12 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



of clover was somewhat slow. However, as soon as 

 the wheat was harvested, with the sunlight and 

 warm days following and with gentle showers, 

 progress was much more rapid. The primary stems 

 began to produce a rosette of leaves from whose 

 axils ten leafy branches were sent out. Early in the 

 summer tubercles appeared on the roots and the 

 work of gathering nitrogen from the air began. 



A short time after the wheat was harvested. 

 Farmer Good turned his shorthorn steers in the field 

 to eat the clover. One of these steers was a par- 

 ticularly fancy anunal, a beautiful roan shorthorn 

 that was being fitted for the International Live- 

 Stock Exposition. He was enjoying himself very 

 much as he picked off the young clover, coming 

 closer all the while to the place where our subject, 

 the clover plant, was now making such rapid growth. 

 It was nearly midday and as Strawberry Prince, the 

 big roan steer, had eaten so much that his sleek hide 

 was as tight as a drum, he felt the need of a rest, so 

 selecting a favorable spot he lay down, his shapely 

 head just a few inches from our clover plant, who, 

 after looking him over for a few moments, ex- 

 claimed : 



"My! My! But you are the biggest thing I ever 

 saw. How many of us does it take to fill you up?" 



