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George W. York, Editor. 



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38th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 21, 1898. 



No. 16. 



SWEET CLOVER. 

 A Symposium On Its Value as a Forage Plaut. 



Some time ago we called for testimony from those who 

 had experiecce with sweet clover as a food for stock, that 



SWEET CLOVER — AN EARLY FORAGE-PLANT. 



I have read Prof. A. J. Cook's article on sweet clover, 

 publisht on page 97. I do not wish to enter into a controversy 

 in regard to the use of melilotus as a forage-plant — whether it 

 is wise to try to use it for such purpose In all parts of our 

 country can only be settled by fair trial. Sweet clover is not 

 indigenous to our country, but both species have been brought 

 from the Eastern World. These grasses were first placed by 

 early botanists with the true clovers — red and the white. The 

 Greeks establisht the genus " trifolium," or the three-leaved 

 plant, under the name " triphullon ;" but later, when the 

 Latin language was written, it was called "trifolium." Sub- 

 sequently the two sweet clovers were separated from the 

 clovers and formed the genus melilotus. The Latin word 



A. Luxurious Oroivth of Sweet Clover in Oenesee County, Michigan. — From Bee-Keepers' Revieiv. 



having been called in question. We have received several re- 

 sponses to that request, and herewith give some of them, fol- 

 lowing them with some extracts from other sources : 



" melilotus " was formed of the preflx vicli, honey, and lotus, 

 some leguminous plant. — Prof. Asa Gray. 



One of the explanations of the use of lotos In the Latin Is, 



