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FIELD CHOP PRODUCTION 



In the United States it is found in almost every state. 

 It possesses wide adaptation to soils and climate, growing 

 equally well in the North and South. In most places 

 it is considered a weed, and may be found growing in 

 waste places, along roadsides and railroad embankments, 

 in gravel pits and stone quarries. In some few sections 



Fig. 110. — Sweet clover growing by the roadside. 



of the country, it has recently become highly prized as a 

 cultivated crop. Sweet clover, like alfalfa and red clover, 

 is extremely sensitive to acid soils, producing the most 

 luxuriant growth on well-drained limestone areas. 



302. Uses of sweet clover. — The large, rank growth 

 of stems and the well-developed root system have recently 

 called attention to its value as a soil improver. Few 

 plants add so much organic matter to the soil, and at the 



