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blossoming, as those of lucerne do. The amount of 

 fodder obtained from it is less than that from clover or 

 lucerne, but its quality, where it can be successfully 

 grown, is better. Its fruit or seeds are said to be more 

 nutritious than oats. They are eagerly sought by fowls, 

 and are said to cause them to lay. 



fig. 157. 



Fig. 155. Sainfoin. 



Fig. 156. 



Sainfoin, when green and young, will not stand a 

 severe winter, but after the second or third year will 

 endure a considerable degree of cold. It will succeed 

 in very dry soils, sands, and gravels, owing to its long 

 descending tap root, which has been found sixteen feet 

 in length. Its seeds have been generally distributed 

 over the country, but, so far as I know, they have been 

 followed by no marked success in the way of crops. 



