MAMMOTH CLOVER 237 



Compared with Medium Red Clover. — i. The 



mammoth is larger and coarser than the medium red 

 and is considerably less erect in its habit of growth. 

 It has larger and longer roots; hence, it goes down 

 more deeply into the subsoil in search of food. 



2. It is, on the whole, longer lived than the 

 medium red variety and has greater power to grow 

 in a sandy soil and under conditions in which mois- 

 ture is not plentiful. 



3. It provides more pasture than the medium red 

 variety during the early part of the season, but not 

 so much after harvest, the season of growth being 

 less continuous then than with the former. 



4. The hay which it furnishes is usually con- 

 siderably more bulky and coarse, and because of this 

 it is not so highly prized by stock. 



5. It blooms about three weeks later than the 

 medium red variety and remains a little longer in 

 bloom and seeds more freely, but can only be cut 

 once in a season. 



6. It furnishes more green food for plowing un- 

 der than the medium red ; hence, it is, on the whole, 

 a better improver of the soil. 



