MEDIUM RED CLOVER 59 



ing the period of their growth, while maturing seed 

 from them has the opposite effect. 



Medium red clover is characterized by a rapid 

 growth. Seed sown in the spring has in certain 

 climates produced a crop of hay in 120 days from 

 the date of sowing. It is also most persistent in its 

 growth from spring until fall when sufficient mois- 

 ture is present. In this property it far outranks any 

 of the other varieties of clover. It comes into bloom 

 in the South during the latter half of May and in the 

 North during the month of June, early or later, ac- 

 cording to location, and in about sixty days from 

 the time that it is cut for hay. Ordinarily, a second 

 cutting of hay may be taken from it and still later 

 some pasture. 



It furnishes excellent pasture, soiling food and 

 hay for nearly all classes of live stock. While it is 

 much relished by the stock, it is probably not ex- 

 ceeded in its capacity for quick and prolonged 

 growth throughout the growing season by any pas- 

 ture plant, except alfalfa. For a similar reason it 

 stands high as a soiling food. No other variety of 

 clover grown in America will furnish as much of 

 either pasture or soiling food. For animals pro- 

 ducing milk and for young animals, the pasture is 

 particularly excellent. It is also the standard pas- 

 ture for swine where it can be grown, and where 

 alfalfa is not a staple crop. When the hay is well 

 cured, it makes a ration in even balance for cattle 

 and sheep, and for horses it is equally good. The 

 prejudice which exists in some quarters against 

 feeding it to horses has arisen, in part, at least, from 



