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of the latter unless when present in great abun- 

 dance. 



Under some conditions it would be easily possi- 

 ble to grow white clover for hay alone, and in some 

 instances with profit, more especially in providing 

 what would be a matchless fodder for young lambs 

 and young calves. It might be so grown in the clo- 

 ver lands that lie immediately southward from Lakes 

 Superior and Huron, in the northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain valleys and on the valley lands around Puget 

 Sound. On these lands in a favorable season, it 

 would be quite possible to cut not less than 2 tons 

 per acre, while on average land white clover alone 

 would not yield more, probably, than ^ ton per 

 acre. But even when grown for the purpose named, 

 some alsike clover sown along with the white clover 

 would add to the yield of hay, and without in any 

 considerable degree lessening its value for the use 

 ' named. 



Securing Seed. — White clover is a great seed- 

 producing plant. The season for bloom covers a 

 period relatively long, and the number of blossoms 

 produced under favorable conditions on a given area 

 is very large. But when seed crops are to be pro- 

 duced with regularity, it is necessary that moisture 

 can be depended upon in sufficient supply in the 

 spring months to produce a vigorous growth in the 

 plants. Such a climate is found in the Puget Sound 

 country and in a less degree for some distance south 

 from Lakes Huron and Superior. In areas which 

 can be irrigated, it is not imperative that the cli- 

 mate shall be thus moist. Such areas, therefore, 



