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bees. 



'ihis subject would not be complete 

 without some discussion of methods 

 of seeding sweet clover. The seed 

 is slower to germinate than red clover, 

 alfalfa, etc., and requires a longer 

 time in the ground. On this account 

 best results are obtained by sowing 

 in winter and early spring. For late 

 spring, summer and fall sowing the 

 seed should be covered about half 

 an inch deep. A firm seed bed is best, 

 and the soil should be stirred only 

 deep enough to cover the seed the 

 required depth with a finely pulver- 

 ized soil. When the ground has been 

 cultivated deeper, it should be al- 

 lowed to settle some before sowing. 

 Sweet clover can be sown in winter 

 and early spring on small grain, and 

 on meadows and pastures without dis- 

 turbing the stand already existing. It 

 can be sown in the spring with oats 

 and spring barley, covering the grain 

 first, then sowing the clover and cover 

 lightly; also in corn at last cultiva- 

 tion and on stubble land after grain 

 harvest. In the fall it may be seeded 

 with winter grain when early enough 

 to make a root growth to stand the 

 usual winters of the locality where 

 sown. From ten to fifteen pounds of 

 good seed are sown per acre, though 

 a heavier seeding may be made for 

 green manure crop to be plowed un- 

 der after the first year's growth. The 

 unhuUed seed is free from adultera- 

 tions or mixtures of cheaper kinds, 

 and is generally preferred in those lo- 

 calities where sweet clover is grown 

 most extensively. 



Inoculation with the proper species 

 of nitrogen-fixing bacteria is very 

 beneficial in getting a start. This 

 can be done with the soil method or 

 with pure bacteria culture. Lime in 

 the soil is favorable to the growth oi 

 legumes generally, but sweet clover 

 thrives and produces successful crops 

 on acid soils; also on wet soils that 

 are not watersoaked. 



There is a gi-eat fi.eld of usefulness 

 for sweet clover in this country; so 

 many acres of poor and idle lands, so 

 many farms not producing what they 

 are capable of under different systems 

 of farming. Livestock, dairying and 

 the growing of legumes such as sweet 

 clover will do much to improve the 

 soil's fertility and provide better for 

 the increasing wants of our rapidly 

 growing population. With sweet clover 

 the interests of the beekeeper and 

 farmer are united, and in a few years 

 we will see this plant growing in 



meadows and pastures everywhere. 

 Lands that are now idle or infested 

 with worthless weeds will soon be cov- 

 ered with a luxuriant growth of sweet 

 clover, and the air will be filled with 

 the fragrance of its flowers and the 

 busy hum of our little worker friends. 



Water Treatment for Foul Brood 



By P. R. McCOY 

 Member of Idaho Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association- 



As soon as foul brood is discovered 

 in any colony of ordinary strength, 

 the diseased colony should at once be 

 treated by placing in a tank with suf- 

 ficient water as deep as the bottom 

 board, tank to be perfectly level, and 

 the water deep enough to keep the 

 bees from escaping from the infected 

 hive. 



Take a clean hive, with full sheets 

 of foundation, place a wire cloth upon 

 the top of clean hive and place the 

 clean hive upon the top of the dis- 

 eased hive in such a manner that the 



WESLEY FOSTER, Boulder, Colorado 

 Elected Sec-Treasurer of the National 

 Beekeepers' Association at Denver, Feb- 

 ruary 1915 



