ALSIKE CLOVER 241 
summer or early fall. The quantity of seed will 
be about one-half that recommended for red 
clover, as the seeds are about half as large. A 
pure sowing of alsike, however, is not usually 
advisable, because of the tendency to lodge, as 
already pointed out; although, where it grows well, 
it may be used in a soiling-crop rotation with 
great advantage. 
Value and yield 
Mixtures of red and alsike clovers and timothy 
make a most excellent forage, the timothy sup- 
porting the clover and preventing lodging. The 
alsike will mature about a week later than the 
red clover. It makes a very rapid and usually 
a large second growth. The best time for cut- 
ting is when the plant is in flower, as at this 
period it is richest in digestible nutritive matter. 
It contains more water, as a rule, than red clover, 
thus causing the same tonnage weight to carry 
less nutriment. The yield will range from eight 
to twelve tons per acre, depending on the charac- 
ter of the soil. The composition of this clover is 
similar to that of red clover. 
Alsike hay and pasture 
Alsike clover makes very palatable and useful 
hay, its fineness of stem and large proportion of 
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