80 A Modern Bee-Farm 
the area sown shall be utilised for hay, and sometimes as 
pasturage. 
Quantity of Seed per Acre. 
Good ground will require less seed per acre than poorer 
soil, for the simple reason that more seed will germinate 
where it is offered more nourishment ; hence a wide margin 
is allowed. 
White and Alsike clovers may be sown at the rate of 
14 lbs. to 20 lbs. per acre; Melilot and Yellow Trefoil, 
10 Ibs. to 15 Ibs. ; Trifolium, 20 lbs. to 25 lbs. 
Where two varieties are sown together, I should prefer 
not to halve the quantities, but to use about two-thirds of 
each. If three varieties are grown together, then say half 
the above quantities of each. 
In ordinary seed leys these clovers are often sown with 
Rye or other grass, and usually in Spring, on land put 
down to corn the previous Autumn, or it may be earlier 
in the same season. Nevertheless, for the object we have 
in view, it is’ better to leave out grass seeds and corn, 
allowing Melilot to stand in the place of the corn, and 
sowing with it either one of the other varieties, or two of 
them where Yellow Trefoil is included. 
The Earliest Field Crop (Plot No. 1) 
is the yellow hop clover, but if sown alone, nothing will 
follow on the same ground after the June cutting. This 
starts with apple bloom and flowers continuously from 
early May until June, and the bees may have the benefit 
of the bulk of blossom before cutting. It makes sound 
feed and heavy crops of hay, and will at times realise about 
twice the value set out in my estimates. e 
But this miniature clover must be mixed with Alsike 
and Dutch, and may be sown any time from April until 
