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VOL. XXVIII NORTHSTAR, MICHIGAN, JULY 1, No. 7 



The Effect of the Cold Weather on Clover 



The cold dry weather of May and the forepart of June, coupled 

 with several severe freezing nights during May, has so stunted the 

 meadows that much of the clover is heading out when not more 

 than six inches high, what effect this will have upon the nectar flow 

 remains to be seen. At this writing, June 14th, bees have been 

 working on white and alsike clover, between cloudy weather, gath- 

 ering a little more than a living, showing that there is some nectar 

 in the blossoms, and we hope for an ordinary flow, although we can- 

 not expect a free flow under the circumstances. It was only last 

 week that we saw a plow start, turning under a field of alsike 

 clover that did not promise well, although there was a good stand. 

 The frost had gotten in its work, then beans are nearly three dollars 

 a bushel. 



