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of 5 cwt. per acre will be more profitable than 2 cwt.; 
8 cwt. than 5 cwt. ; or 10 cwt. more so than 8 cwt. That is, 
the heavier dressing will give a much larger proportionate 
increase and profitable returns; but, of course, this does not 
refer to concentrated potash and nitrates, of which 4 cwt. 
to I cwt.is sufficient. It should not for one moment be 
forgotten that “light manures” encourage clover develop- 
ment, while heavy manures smother it, and produce rank 
grasses. 
Sanfoin is an excellent plant on chalk soils, giving 
two crops yearly, as also will several of the clovers if 
treated liberally. The former is allowed to remain from 
two to ten or twelve years, according to the nature or 
cleanliness of the ground; when brought under cultivation, 
a second sowing will be of no avail until after a period of 
fourteen years. Red clover (Zrdfolium pratense) is nearly 
always ploughed in after the one full season’s growth, and 
does not follow on the same ground again until after 
a term of seven years. Yellow trefoil or hop clover should 
be mixed with Alsike or white clover, or with sanfoin to 
make a good first crop. After the first mowing the trefoil 
does not again appear, but the main crop then branches 
out and fully covers the ground. 
IT have found that for all small seeds, such as clovers, 
the ground should be finely pulverised and rolled before 
the seed is sown. Do not rake or harrow after it is in, 
but use the roller again and again, when the ground is 
dry. In too many instances the farmer gets a thin stand 
of clover, and then blames the soil rather than his own 
practice of setting the seeds so low that only a small 
proportion of them germinate. 
Whatever may have been said in the past, it must be 
distinctly understood that Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) 
is zo¢ a reliable bee plant. I have had considerable honey 
