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C. M. Alger, Newaygo, Michigan: 
I have raised the mammoth clover, but do not like it for my heavy land, as it grows 
toolarge. For every acre that I raise I have to buy or borrow two more of my neighbor’s 
to cure iton. It is, however, excellent for pasture, as it stays on the ground longer 
than the medium variety. It is good for raising seed, as it nearly always fills full. I 
have seen 8 bushels per acre. The seed is always grown on the first crop, as the 
second never blossoms. It grows here from 4 to 5 feet high and is good for plow- 
ing under for manure. 
Austin Potts, Galesburgh, Michigan: 
Perhaps not over 20 per cent. of the clover grown here is of the mammoth variety. 
It does not seed as well as the common clover. 
L. H. Bursley, Jenisonville, Michigan: 
I do not find it as good for hay as the common red clover; the stalks are so large - 
that stock will not eat them at all. For pasture it is better than the small variety. 
It does not require pasturing in spring in order to produce a crop of seed. 
James Hendricks, Albany, N. Y.: 
About twenty years ago there was treble the quantity sown in this part of Albany 
County that there is at present; now nearly all our farmers sow the medium clover 
with Timothy. + 
Prof. F. A. Gully, Agricultural College, Mississippi: 
On gocd land with us it grows rank, and the long stems fall down and mat on the 
ground, and if we happen to have wet weather the lower leaves and parts of the 
stalk will begin to decay before the plant is in full bloom. 
The second crop ripens seed, but to what extent I can not say; I consider the 
common red clover more desirable here, although it may not yield as well. 
Trifolium hybridum (Alsike Clover). 
This differs from common red clover in being later, taller, more ten- 
der and succulent. The flower-heads are upon long peduncles, and are 
intermediate in size and color between those of white and red clover. 
The botanical name was so given from its being supposed by Linneus 
to be a hybrid between those clovers, butit is now known to be a dis- 
tinct species. It is found native over a large part of Europe, and was 
first cultivated in Sweden, deriving its common name from the village 
of Syke in thatcountry. In 1834 it was taken to England, and in 1854 
to Germany, where it is largely grown, not only for its excellent forage 
but also for its seed, which commands a high price. In France it is 
little grown as yet, and is frequently confounded with the less produc- 
tive Trifolium elegans. 
The following is condensed from “‘Les Prairies Artificielles,” by Ed. 
Vianno, of Paris: 
Alsike does not attain its full development under two or three years, 
and should therefore be mixed with some other plant for permanent 
meadows. It is best adapted to cool, damp, calcareous soil, and gives 
good results upen reclaimed marshes. It is adapted neither to very dry 
soils, nor to those where there is stagnant water. Being of slender 
 . growth, rye grass, rye, or oats are often sown with it when it is to be 
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