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pose. In the sections where it will grow 

 it should be more widely planted as it 

 produces a better quality of hay and of- 

 ten a larger quantity than does the red 

 clover. It is grown in the same way as 

 red clover and in soils adapted to its cul- 

 ture will live from year to year and about 

 as long as the red. On dry soils it does 

 not succeed and soon "runs out" leaving 

 the field to weeds. Many beekeepers have 

 adopted the plan of furnishing alsike 

 seed to their neighbors at less than the 

 market price in order to get them to plant 

 large acreages of it, and where this has 

 been done a noticeable increase in the 

 honey crop has been realized. The honey 

 produced is very similar to that from 

 white clover, and probably many consum- 

 ers will fail to distinguish one from the 

 other. It has become an important honey 

 plant in many sections and should become 

 still more important each year. 



Ordinary red clover yields large 

 amounts of nectar. Perhaps I should say 



