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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



"It makes a better early pasture, will not bloat 

 stock, and is easier grown. 



"It grows without much preparation of the 

 ground, and will grow on ground too poor for any 

 other crop, and is about the best fertilizer for worn- 

 out soil of any of the clovers. 



"In 1912, from 120 acres of ground, I got a 

 little over 900 bushels of seed, which sold for $10 

 to $15 per bushel. That year I sold a carload to one 

 seed house the first carload lot known to have been 

 sold by any grower of sweet clover. 



"In 1913 I harvested about 600 bushels off 200 

 acres, and it is selling at $15 per bushel for the hulled, 

 recleaned seed. 



"I attribute the reason for sweet clover seed 

 being so high and alfalfa seed so cheap to be because 

 alfalfa will grow in only a few states profitably, while 

 sweet clover will 



"I am absolutely positive about it not bloating any 

 kind of stock, and it will not give horses the heaves like 

 alfalfa sometimes will. 



"A good crop of seed averages from about 4 bush- 

 els to 15 bushels per acre. I consider it equal to alfalfa 

 as a feed ; that is the reason I am growing it in prefer- 

 ence to alfalfa, one of the reasons, at least." 



grow in nearly every 

 state in the Union, 

 if not in every one. 

 "It produces the 

 best blossom for 

 bees of any of the 

 clovers. It is a help 

 to orchards, keeping 

 down weeds, making 

 hay as well as fertil- 

 izing the land. 



"I cut my first 

 crop for hay the lat- 

 ter part of May. The 

 last of August the 

 seed is ripe, then 

 another short hay 

 crop. You can al- 

 low the first crop to 

 go for seed, but the 

 stems get pretty 

 thick and tall, so 

 that it is harder to 

 handle. It is a bien- 

 nial legume plant, so 

 that the first year 

 it does not go to seed, but will seed the next year. 

 Enough seed falls off every fall to reseed the ground, 

 so that it is a continuous crop similar to alfalfa. 



"I thresh with a regular grain separator either 

 out of the stack or shocks. I think 10 pounds of seed 

 per acre is sufficient to sow in this section. I prefer 

 to sow in the fall and winter. A good many have ex- 

 cellent success by sowing in February, March, April, 

 May and June. I think a good deal depends on the 

 season ; in fact, almost all. 



"Prepare land about as for alfalfa. I have had 

 good success, however, by sowing right on the sod and 

 then harrowing or discing. The yield is about the 

 same as alfalfa, but it makes a larger tonnage than 

 alfalfa under similar conditions. 



"It seems to stand all kinds of pasturing, both in 

 the spring and fall. I know of some fields that are 

 pastured clear up into May and then make a good 

 crop of seed and a hay crop besides. I do not think 

 it lasts as long as alfalfa for pasture in the fall. There 

 is no bad effect on the milk of cows pasturing sweet 

 clover or eating the hay. I refer to the white bloom- 

 ing variety. 



W. J. Bryan in clover. B This photograph shows the Stcretary of State and a party of friend* inspecting 

 a field of sweet clover in E.'G. Finnup's farm near Garden City, Kan. This held stood 3 1 2 feet high in the 

 middle of June. 



CONVICTS CLEAR IDAHO LANDS 



Idaho has put its convicts to work clearing and 

 developing state lands in the Gem Irrigation dis- 

 trict. The land will be sold, after the convicts com- 

 plete their work of clearing off the sage brush and 

 ditching, as improved farms. The land is expected 

 to bring close to $100 per acre. Pending their sale, 

 the improved lands will be used to raise produce 

 for the prison. 



Governor Haines, 



who originated the 

 policy, believes he 

 has solved the prob- 

 lem of finding a 

 healthful employ- 

 ment for the pris- 

 oners. He also ex- 

 pects the develop- 

 ment on the Gem 

 project and on oth- 

 ers where the state 

 holds lands, to cut 

 a big hole in the 

 annual taxes. 



T h e G e in Irri- 

 gation district is 

 one of the most 

 pro raising irriga- 

 tion tracts in the 

 West. It comprises 

 about 30,000 acres 

 of land, included in 

 which are about 

 8,000 acres of state 

 lands. These lands 

 sell for from $20 to 

 $30 per acre in their raw state, in addition to 

 which the purchaser buys a water right from the 

 district. The land is excellent for fruit. It is lo- 

 cated about twenty miles southwest of Caldwell in 

 the Snake River valley. 



SHOSHONE PROJECT GETS CREAMERY 



Water Users and business men in the Shoshone, 

 Wyoming, government irrigation project have or- 

 ganized a creamery company. The company is 

 capitalized at $10,000. No stockholder can own 

 more than one share of the stock, the par value of 

 which is $50. 



SOUTH AFRICAN PROJECT ASSURED 



The long-proposed Crocodile river, South 

 Africa, irrigation scheme now seems certain to be 

 realized, the cost being estimated at $3,310,000. The 

 area brought into condition for cultivation will be 

 66,000 acres. 



Cuts used with the Sweet Clover article are from photographs 

 made for the International Harvester Co. 



