WHITE CLOVER AS FORAGE 25] 
WHITE CLOVER 
White clover is not suitable for soiling forage or 
hay, but is very useful in the formation of pas- 
tures, especially on low-lying lands. On good land 
it lasts from four to five years. It is superior to 
red clover in thriving on lands of inferior quality, 
standing pasturing well, and possessing higher 
nutritive value. Sometimes the creeping stems 
and foliage become too luxuriant, when it may act 
injuriously in suppressing other rina: 
White clover is less sensitive to climate than 
red clover. It bears drought very well, although its 
roots confine themselves mainly to the superficial 
layer of the soil. In dry seasons the old branches 
do not lengthen, and growth is confined almost 
entirely to the principal stem. White clover suc- 
ceeds best in a moist soil, containing lime and an 
abundance of humus. It can also adapt itself to 
sandy soils, which are not too loose and dry, pro- 
viding the surface contains sufficient nutriment. 
The parent stem sends out creeping branches; 
‘these in turn branch and at intervals give off 
shoots. If conditions are favorable, the branches 
become long and extend in all directions; in this 
way a large surface is soon covered. 
If the plant has not been sown with a cereal 
crop, full development is made the first year, 
flowering early in spring, but rather later than red 
