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leaf giving a larger percentage of digestible 

 matter than the red clover at the same period of 

 growth. However, it is more difficult to cure, 

 and suffers great loss in handling if care is not 

 exercised. 



It also makes excellent pasture, starting quickly 

 after the first cutting, and being less readily 

 destroyed by the tramping of animals than red 

 clovers. 



Composition of Alsike Clover 



Per cent 



Water 74.80 



Dry matter 25.20 



Ether extract 0.90 



Crude fiber 7.40 



Protein 3.90 



Ash 2.00 



Nitrogen-free extract . 11.00 



CRIMSON CLOVER 



Crimson clover is an annual. Because of its 

 adaptabilities, it has quickly made a place for 

 itself in American agricultural practice. Its habits 

 of growth are not so well known as those of the 

 other kinds described, and for this reason, among 

 others, is not so generally distributed, even in 

 those sections in which it thrives. Its habits are 

 such as to make it undesirable to substitute for 

 red clover, although it may well supplement it. 



