66 CLOVERS 



States that lie south of the 37th parallel, it may be 

 found profitable to grow crops of medium red clo- 

 ver; but in these, other legumes, as crimson clover, 

 cow peas and soy beans, will probably furnish food 

 more reliably and more cheaply. 



In Canada the highest all-round adaptation for 

 clover is in Ontario and Quebec, unless it be the 

 mountain valleys and tide lands of British Columbia 

 Because of the high adaptation in the soil of the 

 two provinces first named, and the pi entif ulness of 

 the snowfall, clover in these is one of the surest of 

 the crops grown. The maritime provinces of New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward's 

 Island, particularly the former, have soils a little too 

 hungry to produce the highest returns in clover. On 

 the open prairies between Ontario and the Rocky 

 Mountains, not much success has attended the at- 

 tempts to grow any kind of clover, owing probably 

 to present uncongeniality in soils and more espe- 

 cially in climatic conditions. However, there are 

 good reasons for believing that with the introduc- 

 tion of hardy varieties and through the use of North- 

 ern grown seed, an inoculated soil, where inocula- 

 tion may be necessary, that medium red clover will 

 yet be grown over wide areas in all the provinces of 

 Northwestern Canada, south of and including the 

 Saskatchewan valley. 



Soils. Fortunately, this most useful plant will 

 grow in a considerable variety of soils, though, of 

 course, not equally well. Highest in general suit- 

 ability, probably, are clay loams underlaid with a 

 moderately porous clay subsoil. They should at 



