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develo})iiient for cutting helbrc the timothy and redtop arc 

 ready. These clovers are rather short-lived perennials ; but, 

 as was pointed out in my first paper u})on the hay crop, it is 

 possible to produce hay in permanent mowings in which 

 these clovers will be fairly prominent indefinitely, and that 

 without reseeding ; for a portion of the heads in the rowen 

 crop are usually ripe before this crop is cut, and the seeds 

 scattered from these heads constantly renew these clovers. 

 As the older plants die, their place in the mowings is taken 

 by the young plants from these accidentally scattered seeds. 

 The persistence of these clovers in mowings, however, is de- 

 pendent, as was pointed out in the earlier article, upon a lib- 

 eral sup})ly of the mineral elements of plant food, especially 

 lime, phosphates and potash. 



AJsike Clover. — Alsike clover is intermediate in its char- 

 acteristics between the common red clover and white clover, 

 havino; the erect habit of growth of the red clover, l)ut the 

 heads shaped like those of the white are in color pink, — a 

 blending of the red and white. Whether alsike clover was 

 originally produced as a hyl)rid between the red and the 

 white is not definitely knoAvn. Alsike clover is of much 

 value in mowings, especially upon the stronger and moister 

 soils, where it is better than the common red. It is consid- 

 erably finer than the red, and therefore cures more easily. 

 It is of great value as a honey plant. According to the 

 writer's observation, however, it does not persist as long as 

 the red, neither does it })r()duce as heavy a second crop. It 

 should, however, bo included in mixtiu'es of seeds for the 

 stronger and moister soils, where hay including clover is 

 desired. 



White Clover. — This well-known plant is not often in- 

 cluded in mixtures of seeds for mowings. Its cree})ing habit 

 of OTowtli renders it rather unsuitcd to this use. It is, how- 

 ever, of much value in all permanent mowings, into which it 

 comes naturally if the soils are adapted to it, and if the min- 

 eral elements of plant food are abundantly supplied. In 

 such mowings it contributes largely to the product both in 

 quantity and in quality. It is, moreover, the most valuable 

 of the clovers for bees. 



