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McGhee of West Feliciana, who gave much atten- 

 tion to cultivating it and placing it before the public. 

 While it will grow readily in any part of the South, 

 it renders better service in the Gulf States than in 

 those farther north, owing to the longer season for 

 growth. North of the Ohio River it is not likely 

 to be cultivated, since in the Northern States it is 

 not needed, because of the abundance of the red 

 clovers and also the small white. It is a less abun- 

 dant producer than the red clovers, and is also less 

 palatable. Moreover, the season for growing it is 

 much shorter in these States than in those south ; 

 a fact which greatly lessens its adaptation to north- 

 ern conditions. 



Japan clover has no mission for any of the prov- 

 inces of Canada, and for the reason that it has no 

 mission for the Northern States. 



Soils. — ^Japan clover is adapted to a wide range 

 of soils. There would seem to be a concensus of 

 opinion in the Southern States that it will grow on 

 almost any kind of soil. It has grown well on hard, 

 stiff clays, both white and red ; on sandy levels ; on 

 gravelly undulations and slopes; on the banks and 

 in the bottom of gullies ; on soils too poor to produce 

 other crops, as on denuded hills and also in groves. 

 But it will grow much better, of course, on good, 

 rich land, as on moist loams and rich alluvial soils. 

 While it prefers moist situations, it is not well 

 adapted to saturated lands. There is no useful 

 pasture plant in the. South that would seem so well 

 able to fight its own battle unaided on poor soils 

 as Japan clover, nor is there any which has brought 



