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relatively high compared with other clovers, the 

 seed from white clover would be quite remunerative 

 v/ere it not that in a dry season the yield is dis- 

 appointing. In some instances two crops are 

 grown in succession; in others, one crop is reaped. 

 The land is then sown to barley the next year, and 

 the following year clover seed may be reaped again 

 without sowing a second time. Usually, after two 

 successive crops of seed have been cut, blue grass 

 crowds the clover. 



It should be possible to grow prodigious crops 

 of white clover in certain of the northern Rocky 

 Mountain valleys, as, for instance, in Montana and 

 Washington, where the conditions for the applica- 

 tion of water to grow the plants and of withhold- 

 ing the same when ripening the seed are completely 

 under the control of the husbandman. The soils in 

 these valleys, as previously intimated, have high 

 adaptation for growing white clover. 



Renewing.. — White clover is probably more 

 easily renewed than any plant of the clover family. 

 In fact, it seldom requires renewal in a pasture in 

 which it has obtained a footing as long as it remains 

 a pasture. This arises from the abundance of the 

 seed production and from the power of the same 

 to retain germinating properties for a long period. 

 Nevertheless, there may be instances when it may 

 be wise to scatter more seed in the early spring in 

 a pasture in which white clover may not be suffi- 

 ciently abundant. It is also renewed, in a sense, 

 when suitable fertilizer is applied on the pastures. 

 A dressing of potash will greatly stimulate the 



