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to expand. Much care is necessary in curing the 

 hay, in order to prevent the too free shedding of 

 the leaves. The methods for making alfalfa hay 

 will apply also to sainfoin. 



Seed may be obtained from the first or second 

 cutting of the crop. It is usually obtained from 

 the second cutting, as the yield is much larger than 

 that obtained from the first cutting. The author has 

 not been able to obtain any facts based on experi- 

 ence regarding the harvesting of the seed crop un- 

 der American field conditions. But the methods fol- 

 low^ed in obtaining seed from alfalfa would probably 

 also answer equally well for sainfoin. Great care 

 is necessary in handling the seed crop, owing to the 

 ease with which the seed shatters. Special pains 

 are also necessary to keep the germinating power 

 of the seed from injury from overheating. Nor 

 does the seed seem able to retain germinating power 

 as long as the seeds of some other varieties of clover. 

 In experiments conducted by Professor C. A. 

 Zavitz at the Ontario Experiment Station at Guelph 

 in 1902 and 1903, the average yield per acre was 

 426.1 pounds. 



EGYPTIAN CLOVER 



Egyptian clover {Trifolium Alexandrianum) is 

 more commonly known in the Nile valley as Berseem. 

 It is of at least three varieties. These are the Mus- 

 cowi, Fachl and Saida, all of which are more or less 

 closely related to medium red clover. The term 

 Alexandrianum as applied above is somewhat mis- 

 leading, as its growth is not specially identified with 



