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the purposes of feeding cattle, sheep, and horses ; 

 and I believe it to be equal to the red clover as a fer- 

 tilizer. It will flourish on both dry and moist land ; 

 does not suflFer from the severest frosts or drought, as 

 red clover does ; is as free from fuzz or dust as Tim- 

 othy ; hence ' it will not cause horses to cough or 

 heave as red clover hay does. It will grow from one 

 to two and a half tons of superior hay to the acre, 

 according to the season. It yields two mowings an- 

 nually, if cut expressly for hay when In full bloom, 

 which, in this latitude, is generally the last of June 

 or first of July. But if cut for seed, it should stand 

 about two weeks later, then affording abundance of 

 superior pasturage for all kinds of_stock. The seed 

 is cut from the first crop. 



The Alsyke, when left to seed, has its stalks yet 

 green when its seeds are ripe, and produces much 

 better hay than the red clover, when cut for that 

 purpose. 



From 3| to 4 lbs. per acre, when sown with wheat, 

 rye, oats, or barley, is sufiicient. It generally yields 

 from 3 to 8 bushels of seed per acre. 



CHAPTER VII. 



YELLOW CLOVER, HOP TKEFOIL OK SHAMROCK 

 CLOVER. 



TiifoUum Procuinbens — Specific Character. 



Stems spreading or ascending, pubescent (3 to 6 

 inches high) ; leaflets wedge obovate^ notched at the 

 end ; the lateral at a small distance from the other 

 (pinnately 3-foloilate) ; stipules ovate, short. Sandy 



