304 CLOVERS 



Sweet clover will grow vigorously in some par! 

 or parts of every State in the Union. Of course, it 

 has higher adaptation for some conditions than 

 others. In some of the Central and Southern 

 States, it has multiplied to such an extent without 

 cultivation as to have assumed the character of a 

 weed ; hence, the legislation against it. When it is 

 called to mind that this plant is a legume, and when 

 the further fact is recognized that it may be used 

 not only in enriching soils, but at the same time im- 

 proving them mechanically, in addition to other ben- 

 efits that it may be made to render, surely the enact- 

 ments which prohibit its growth should be repealed 

 in any State where these exist. In the Northern 

 States, with a normal rainfall, the mission of this 

 plant is likely to be circumscribed, for the reason 

 that other legumes possessed of a much higher food 

 value may be grown in these. In the Southern 

 States, its mission will be more important, since it 

 may be used in some of these with decided advan- 

 tage in binding soils and in renovating them, even 

 when too poor to produce a vigorous growth of cow 

 peas. It is likely also that it may yet be made to 

 render good service in the semi-arid country west 

 of the Mississippi River, where other clovers cannot 

 be grown. 



Sweet clover will grow in all the provinces of 

 Canada. For economic uses, however, it is not likely 

 to grow to any great extent east of Lake Superior, 

 or west of the Rocky Mountains. Other legumes 

 more useful may be grown in these areas. But in 

 the intervening wheat-growing region it is possible 



