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weather as red clover, and is more resistant to both cold and heat. 

 This enables alsike to grow in several places where red clover faiJs ; 

 such as very wet soil, or in regions where red clover winter kills, and 

 will also grow farther south where the summers are -hot. 



FIG. 176. Alsike clover. 



The quality of greatest importance from an agricultural stand- 

 point is its ability to grow on land low in lime, where ordinary red 

 clover fails. Where red clover does well, alsike can not compete with 

 it, but red clover now fails more or less over such a large area, due to 



