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SAPLING RED CLOVER (Trifolium ereclum.) 



This is precisely the same plant as the common red clover, 

 and is used in the same manner and for the same purposes. 

 The only difference in it is, that the stems being stouter, it 

 is not liable to lodge, but stand erect, and so be in a better 

 condition to mow, and admits the sun to its roots better. 

 As to which may be preferable is a mere matter of taste or 

 prejudice. Either is good, the sapling clover being about 

 two weeks later. 



CRIMSON CLOVES (Trifolium inearnatum.) 



This is an annual, presenting a beautiful crimson flower 

 when in bloom. It is principally valuable as a green food, 

 though the hay is thought to be equal or superior to that 

 made of red clover, but being an annual it interferes more 

 with the operations of the farm, it being necessary to sow it 

 as a separate crop. 



An analysis of the hay cut in bloom, as made by Wolff 

 and Knop, shows: 



Flesh formers 12.2 



Heating properties 30.1 



Crude fibre 33.8 



Fat 3.0 



Ash 7.2 



It is said to be earlier than lucerne or the common red 

 clover. It may be sown upon wheat or grain stubble in the 

 fell, the land being simply harrowed and the seed sown. 



Few things, it is said, in the vegetable world, presents a 

 more beautiful sight than a field of crimson clover in full 

 bloom. It is not grown to any extent in this State, a few 

 bunches appearing sometimes in fields with other clover. 

 Its chief value is in its quick return. Sown in autumn it 



