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so short that it is unprofitable for hay, but it is especially 

 valuable for fattening sheep. 



Alsike oe Swedish Olovee, T. liybridum. — Grows every- 

 where, it is a valuable pasture plant, and is not liable to 

 sickness ; its flowering head is light pink in colour. 



Ceimson oe Italian Clovee, T. incarnatum (Fig. 69). — Is 

 a well-known forage plant but somewhat late, and it only 

 affords a single cutting. 



Yellow Suckling Clovee, T. minus (Fig. 70). — A useful 

 plant though small, in good land it produces excellent 

 herbage, and grown with rye grass it makes good hay. 



Crimson Clover (Fream). 



Fig. 70. — Yellow Suckling Glover 

 (Fream). 



Tebfoil, Yellow Clovee, oe Hop Teefoil, Medicago 

 lupulina (Fig. 71). — This is not much appreciated for 

 feeding purposes, though in a mixture of other clovers and 

 grasses it is a good fodder plant. 



LucEENE, M. sativa (Fig. 72), is an excellent fodder 

 plant, which from the fact of its sending down deep roots is 

 capable of withstanding drought. Under the influence of 

 irrigation in hot climates it yields abundantly, and in 

 temperate climates without irrigation three or four cuttings 

 may be had. It lasts for several years, but will not grow 

 if there is an absence of lime in the soil. It is more com- 



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