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FIELD CROPS 



If it gets into the field, the entire growth of clover which 

 contains dodder should be cut away close to the ground and 

 burned. Great care should be taken that no pieces of dodder 



are left or dropped, as 

 they will at once start 

 into new growth. 



WHITE CLOVER 



467. White Clover is 



one of our commonest 

 plants, appearing in pas- 

 tures, lawns, roadsides, 

 and other places which 

 are left unbroken for 

 two or three years. It 

 is a shallow-rooted plant 

 with a creeping habit 

 of growth. It does not 

 grow high enough for 

 hay production, but with 

 Kentucky blue grass 

 forms the best pasture 

 combination for a large 

 part of the country. 

 The botanical name, 

 Trifolium repens, indi- 

 cates its trailing habit. 

 The plant is perennial, 

 with small, long-stalked leaves and small heads of white 

 or pinkish flowers on long stems. The seeds are only 

 about half as long as those of red clover, and are orange 

 or yellow in color. The plant grows and blooms practically 

 throughout the season. 



Fig. 114. Alsike (1) and white clover (2). 

 Note the differences in habit of growth and 

 the manner in which roots are produced all 

 along the stem of white clover. It is this 

 character which makes it so persistent in 

 pastures. 



