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States, as, for instance, Kentucky, Tennessee and 

 Missouri, good crops are grown. Some of the 

 Rocky Mountain valleys, more especially those thr.t 

 can be irrigated, and that are also sufficiently ele- 

 vated, grow excellent crops of alsike. Much of the 

 province of Ontario has very high adaptation to the 

 growth of alsike clover, and in several counties of 

 that province large quantities are grown, not only 

 for hay, but also for seed. In Ontario County in the 

 said province, are certain clay soils rich in lime; in 

 fact, almost marley in character, which have been 

 found especially well adapted to growing alsike clo- 

 ver seed, and in certain areas in proximity to the 

 Georgian Bay, adaptation exists about equally high. 

 In some parts of Quebec good crops are' also grown. 

 But this variety of clover has not been grown as yet 

 with much success in Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta 

 or Saskatchewan. Both soil and climate, however, in 

 these provinces should not be uncongenial to it in the 

 main. In the cultivable lands of British Columbia, 

 as in those of Washington, it grows remark- 

 ably well. Especially in the river bottoms and on 

 the tide lands can immense crops be grown, as also 

 on the tide lands of Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick, but not on the upland sandy soils of these 

 provinces. 



Soils. —The most suitable soil for alsike clover is 

 a moist clay loam, not too friable nor too dense, and 

 moist and deep. A goodly impregnation of lime in 

 the same is favorable to maximum production. 

 Abundant moisture conduces to the same end. This 

 plant will, however, produce good crops, and in a 



