and its Economic Management. 79 



Sanfoin is an excellent plant on chalk soils, giving 

 two crops yearly, as also will several of the clovers 

 if treated liberally. The former is allowed to remain 

 from two to ten or twelve years, according to the 

 nature or cleanliness of the ground ; when brought 

 under cultivation, a second sowing will be of no 

 avail until after a period of fourteen years. Red 

 clover (Trifoliunt pratense) is nearly always ploughed 

 in after the one full season's growth, and does not 

 follow on the same ground again until after a term of 

 seven years. Yellow trefoil or hop clover, should be 

 mixed with clover and sanfoin to make a good first crop. 

 After the first mowing the trefoil does not again appear, 

 but the main crop then branches out and fully covers the 

 ground. 



I have found that for all small seeds such as clovers, 

 the ground should be finely pulverised and rolled before 

 the seed is sown. Do not rake or harrow after it is in, 

 but use the roller again and again, when the ground is 

 dry. In too many instances the farmer gets a thin stand 

 of clover, and then blames the soil rather than his own 

 practice of setting the seeds so low that only a small pro- 

 portion of them germinate. 



Whatever may have been said in the past, it must be 

 distinctly understood that Red Clover ( Trijolium pratense) 

 is not a reliable bee plant. I have had considerable honey 

 from it when the weather has been just right, following a 

 dry time for the growth of the second crop, but should 

 the plant have a favourable season for full and coarse 

 development, the bees do nothing upon it however fine 

 the weather may be. A crop yielding only one year in 

 four cannot be recommended. 



When growing plants for honey which have no further 

 use, one must make the most of the land under cultiva- 



