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nutritious properties of red clover. We can add, we believe 
it is worth the cost of cultivation to the bee-keeper, for 
honey alone, even though he is not the possessor of a four- 
footed animal, because its flow of nectar is not affected by 
atmospheric changes, as is the case with many plants, nota- 
bly white clover and linden, and its honey is second to none. 
Alsike or Swedish clover (Zrifolium hybridum) is also a 
good grazing and honey plant, and sown in connection with 
Fig. 81.—Alsike Clover. 
dairying pursuits or stock-raising, will prove doubly valuable. 
Mr. M. M. Baldridge, who has devoted much careful study 
to this clover, says: ‘‘The stem and branches are finer and 
less woody than the common red, and when cut and cured 
for hay, it is perfectly free from fuzz and dust. It does not 
turn black, but remains the color of well-cured timothy. 
The bees have no trouble in finding the honey, as the blos- 
sons are short, and the heads no larger than white clover. 
