70 CLOVERS 



when these have in them some clay, and especially 

 when they are underlaid with clay not distant from 

 the surface, they will grow good crops of clover, 

 especially of the alsike variety. Thus it is that 

 lands which have grown black ash and tamarack 

 generally make good clover lands also. But clover 

 will not succeed well on unreduced peaty soils, since 

 it is not able in these to gather food supplies. 

 But when sufficiently reduced, some kinds of 

 clover will succeed better on these than on some 

 other soils. 



Deposit soils, such as are found in the bottom 

 lands of rivers and streams, vary much in the suit- 

 ability for growing clover, owing to the great differ- 

 ences in the compositions; but since they are usu- 

 ally possessed of sufficient friability, fertility and 

 moisture, good crops of clover may generally be 

 grown upon them where the climatic conditions are 

 suitable. The injury from overflow on such soils 

 will depend on the depth of the same and its dura- 

 tion, also the season of the year when it occurs. 

 Overflow in the spring season before growth has 

 begun, or when it is about starting, will be helpful 

 rather than harmful, especially if some deposit Is left 

 on the land by the subsiding waters. But if the 

 overflow should be deep and of any considerable 

 duration, and, moreover, if it should occur when the 

 clover was somewhat advanced in growth, and in 

 hot weather, the submergence of the clover would 

 probably be fatal to it. 



It may be proper to state here that the lands which 

 grow hardwood .timber will usually grow clover. 



