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Lucerne ought to be sown in drills, "two feet apart — espcdaliy 

 this alfalta. The yield per acre of the repeated cutting is very 

 great. Hoeing between the drills is very advantageous to the 

 crop. 



Clover gives to the farmer in its lovely growth, beautiful crests 

 and delicious perfume, a full reward for his labor, before he puts 

 it into his barn to feed his stock. The seed of the red clover at 

 England weighs sixty four pounds a bushel. The seeds of the 

 French red clover are small, plump and higlily purple in color. 

 The seeds of the white clover are very small, of a rich, golden 

 color, weigh sixty-five pounds a bushel. The seeds of the yellow 

 clover are of a dull greenish yellow, weigh sixty-four pounds a 

 bushel. 



The trifolium incarnatum, (blood red clover) has a conical 

 flower of great redness of color, is sold by florists in pots as a 

 flower; is much cultivated in Italy — does not bear our winter 

 well— can only be depended on as an annual — grows two to three 

 feet high. 



In the regular rotation of crops, clover should come in every 

 fourth year, according to some English practice. The Belgians 

 renew it in every eighth or tenth year. 



When clover is intended to be left to ripen its seeds, it should 

 be mowed off early, or fed off by sheep in May. As the first crop 

 of clover is seldom free from seeds of other plants, which rise 

 among it, the latter are destroyed by mowing or feeding off, then 

 the clover which grows more rapidly than most other plants, rises 

 again without any mixture of weeds. When clover blossom is 

 thoroughly withered and its seed nearly ripe, mow it and leave 

 it on the ground with as little shaking as possible. Four to five 

 bushels of tiie seed on an acre is a usual crop. Our common 

 clover seed require to be clean of its husk. J. Rittenhouse, has 

 invented a mill for tliat purpose, which costs about sixt^- dollars. 



The seeds of the Ijicarnatum do not r&quire the mill ; they 

 grow as well in as out of their husks. 



