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do not sow it for pasture on gravelly soil, but the 

 clovers, particularly the alsike, with orchard grass 

 and timothy, since all of these furnish more mid- 

 summer pasture than blue grass does. 



LESPEDEZA.— See Japan Clover. 



LUPINES. — A legume valued most for green 

 manure. Up to the present time lupines have not 

 entered to any extent into American farming. In 

 Europe these plants are cultivated to some extent 

 for forage, but even there they are most largely 

 used as green manures. They are especially valu- 

 able for this purpose on the light sandy soils too 

 poor to grow anything else. They are not suited 

 to calcareous soils or to wet lands. Seed should be 

 sown at the rate of ij4 to 2 bushels to the acre 

 following corn planting time. In the Far West, 

 especially in Montana and Idaho, some of the wild 

 varieties are grown in abundance and when cut 

 very large quantities of hay are secured. It is not 

 likely that these plants will enter to any extent in 

 American agriculture. 



MAIZE.— See Corn. 



MAMMOTH CLOVER.— This strong, vigorous 

 legume calls for much moisture and strong land. 

 Like common red clover, it is a biennial and on con- 

 genial soils lives longer than the common red clover. 

 It resembles the common variety in form and leaves 

 and in general habit of growth. The stems and 

 heads are larger. It attains to a greater height, 

 matures later in the season and its roots are large 

 and penetrate the soil to a great depth. One crop 

 of hay is usually obtained and after that is har- 

 vested little pasture is secured. It grows its best 

 in fertile soils and in warm and cold climates, but 

 it does not have the wide distribution that the com- 



