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THE GRASSES OF TENNESSEE. 



It is to the pasture what red clover is to the meadow, 

 and is a suitable food not only for cattle and horses, but 

 for hogs. They thrive amazingly on it. After the first 

 flowering it salivates horses, but it 

 has no such effect on cattle or sheep. 

 As a honey-producing flower, the 

 White Clover is not surpassed by any 

 plant, the florets, some years, being 

 almost full of syrup. 



It varies very much in different 

 years, sometimes almost disappearing, 

 then again, another year, being thick 

 in every pasture. So much is this the 

 case, that we have what are called 

 "White Clover years." This is due to the presence or ab- 

 sence of rain. When there is a wet spring White Clover 

 appears in great luxuriance everywhere, and in dry weather 

 it only shows itself in abundance on moist lands. 



It is indigenous to both Europe and the United States, 

 and, though growing everywhere here, it has to be sown on 

 the Northern pastures. Here it comes spontaneously, almost 

 taking every other grass, and sometimes destroying other 

 grasses. It is an invaluable accompaniment of blue grass, 

 especially triumphant where the blue grass is pastured too 

 heavily. 



The comparative value of White and red clover, cut in 

 bloom, may be seen by the following analyses by Prof. 

 Way:. 



Other analyses may be found on pages 34, and 37. 



