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September,* as the ground may be prepared, or at liberty. 
After the June cutting we get white and Alsike to follow— 
making nearly three months on the same ground, cutting 
the second time (Alsike and white only) early in August, 
giving probably three tons in all per acre, as against the 
one ton estimate. Alsike and white would follow for 
several years if the ground is generously treated. That is 
one plot of 20 acres, and now for 
Plot No. 2. 
The intermediate early crop will be the Zrzfolium 
mmcarnatum, flowering from the month of May until 
mid-June. Now if this is left for the bees it will not 
make the best of hay, so we will sow it in September 
.with Melilot or sweet clover. We will then cut our 
Trifolium early in June, together with the not yet 
flowering Melilot, leaving the latter to flower from July 
until frost. 
Now if the Melilot is cut when in full bloom, there is 
nothing to follow, and No. 2 plot is again empty, but 
before deciding upon this course we will consider 
An Alternative. 
As both the Trifolium and Melilot flower once and then 
die away, after the first cutting the Melilot may be allowed 
to stand and re-seed the ground as the seed ripens and 
falls. The stalks will then only do for litter. 
The Trifolium may be sown again each Autumn, the 
seed being very cheap, and the plant readily established 
if sown in a showery time, not later than September 15th,+ 
and then simply harrowed in and rolled well. 
* This is for purposes of bee-forage; otherwise, clovers as farm 
crops are usually sown in Spring, Trifolium incaynatum excepted. 
+ While Trifolium should not be sown later than this date, for 
our purpose it must be sown soon after the crop is cut, before the 
Melilot again shoots up. 
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