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After the clover has been left for three or four days or 

 until thoroughly dry, it can be hauled direct to the huller, or 

 stored or stacked, and hulled later in the season. The high 

 price usually paid for good clover seed makes it a profitable 

 crop for farmers to grow. 



Clover produces seed best on clay land that has an 

 abundance of lime in it. The seed should be run through a 

 grader and screened before it is put on the market. 



Mammoth Clover. -- The mammoth clover resembles the 

 common red clover, but under the same soil and climatic 

 conditions grows ranker and taller. It is from two to three 

 weeks later in maturing and makes a coarser hay. For 

 this reason it is preferred on sandy and worn-out soils. 

 On account of its lateness in maturing only one cutting of 

 hay per season can be secured. If grown for seed it should 

 be clipped back in the spring, when five or six inches high, 

 and the clippings left for mulch. There is no way known 

 to distinguish medium red clover seed from mammoth 

 clover seed. Mammoth clover can be distinguished from 

 the common variety by the later maturing of the mammoth 

 and the absence of the white spot on the leaf, which is 

 characteristic of the common red clover. The harvesting 

 for hay and seed is the same for mammoth clover as for the 

 common red variety. 



Alsike Clover. -- The alsike or Swedish clover is a peren- 

 nial plant and is usually grown mixed with timothy or red- 

 top, which aids in holding the stems erect. The alsike 

 clover has a finer stem than the red clover and has a tend- 

 ency to grow taller. It is later in maturing than the 

 medium red and reaches the cutting stage about the same 

 time that timothy and redtop do, which makes it an excel- 

 lent combination with these grasses. 



