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and since then has been thoroughly tested both as a honey plant and 

 also for hay and pasture for all kinds of stock. 



Mr. J. M. Hicks, of Battle Ground, Ind., says : " Alsike Clover has 

 no superior as a honey-producing plant, yielding the best and richest 

 honey known, and as a hay crop it is not surpassed, often producing 3 

 tons of good hay per acre. The stems and stalks are much finer than 

 those of common red clover, and cattle, horses, and sheep feast on it, 

 eating it clean without waste. As a pasture of all kinds of stock it has 

 no equal. It will grow on all kinds of land, clay, or sandy, and does not 

 freeze out as easily as red clover. It is quite similar to red clover in 

 appearance. The first crop each season is the seed crop. The seed is 

 about one-third the size of red clover and 4 pounds is sufficient to sow 

 an acre. The bloom is a beautiful pale pink color. I have no hesitancy 

 in saying that Alsike Clover will produce 500 pounds of the richest and 

 best honey per acre in a good season. I would recommend every bee- 

 keeper to sow at least a few acres of Alsike Clover." Mr. W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, of Eogersville, Mich., says that it will pay to raise Alsike Clover 

 for honey alone upon land worth $50 per acje. 



Mr. C. M. Goodspeed, of Thorn Hill, N. Y., says : " I have grown Alsike 

 on my farm and watched its habits closely. It is very hardy, of extra 

 quality as hay and a heavy seeder, reaching in rare cases 10 bushels 

 per acre. In this locality the second growth seldom yields much honey, 

 but the first growth just swarms with bees for about three weeks, or 

 from the time the rich blossoms open until the seed is ripe. In my lo- 

 cality it begins to yield honey shortly after white clover and continues 

 well into the bass-wood season. It yields twice as much honey as white 

 or red clover." Mr. D. A. Jones, of Beeton, Ontario, says : " I think 

 too much can scarcely be said of Alsike as a hay and honey crop, and 

 many of our farmers are waking up to the fact that it is to their inter- 

 est to cultivate it largely in preference to almost any other crop. lied 

 Clover will soon be a thing of the past, as Alsike seed is now in great 

 demand, not only for seeding purposes but also for use in dyeing. I am 

 informed that large quantities are being shipped to Europe for that 

 use." Mr. A. I. Boot, of Medina, Ohio, and Mr. L. C. Boot, of Mohawk, 

 N. Y., both speak of Alsike as the most valuable variety of clover for 

 hay and pasturage and recommend its cultivation as being of the first 

 importance to bee-keepers. Statements testifying to the uuequaled 

 value of Alsike Clover, both for hay and grazing purposes, and as a 

 most valuable honey-bearing plant, might be indefinitely multiplied. I 

 cannot too strongly urge the bee-keepers of the United States to pro- 

 vide abundance of this forage for their bees, both by sowing the seed 

 on their own premises and also by inducing their neighbors to cultivate 

 this variety of clover as the best for all purposes. 



Sweet Clover {Mellilotus alba) abounds in this locality. This is a 

 hardy plant, of wondrous persistence, continuing in bloom from about 

 July 1 until killed by frost. It is adapted to almost any kind of soil. 



