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tral Europe and over much' of Siberia. Although' 

 native to the southern counties of England, it does 

 not appear to have been cultivated there before the 

 year 1651, at vi^hich time it is said to have been in- 

 troduced from Flanders. From what has been said 

 with reference to the distribution of sainfoin in 

 Europe and Asia, it will be apparent that it is a 

 hardy plant, which has highest adaptation for cli- 

 mates temperate and mild to moderately cool. Its 

 hardihood has been shown by its surviving the win- 

 ters in the latitude of the St. Lawrence River, but 

 the abundant snow covering then provided should 

 not be lost sight of. 



Its adaptation to the United States does not ap- 

 pear to have been proved yet, except in limited areas. 

 In some of the Montana valleys good crops have 

 been grown with much success in many of those 

 western valleys, and even on the bench lands at the 

 base of foothills. Nor would there seem to be any 

 good reasons for supposing that good crops could 

 not be grown in various parts of the United States 

 where the soil is suitable. 



In Canada, sainfoin has succeeded in Quebec. In 

 trials made by the author at the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College at Guelph success was only partial, but 

 the trials were limited. There would seem to be no 

 good reasons why this plant should not succeed in 

 many places in Canada where limestone soils pre- 

 vail. 



This plant is best adapted to dry soils calcareous 

 in their composition and somewhat porous in char- 

 acter. This explains its great affinity for the chalk 



