So bushels of seed to the acre. Last year I made some 

 ay from a low-lying piece of ground of less than 

 an acre in sweet clover. I had sown the strip in tim- 

 othy the year before; but as the seed of the clover 

 was washed on it from higher ground, the clover 

 choked the timothy, and so I went and cut it for hay. 

 It made about three loads, but it is very difficult to 

 cure, as the stems persist in staying sappy for days 

 after the leaves crumble oif when you touch it It 

 has to be made young or it will be so hard that horses 

 cannot eat it, let alone cows. I fed it to horses, and 

 they seemed to relish it; cows also like it green 

 in pasture as long as it is young, say not more than 

 a foot high; but they have to become used to it, as 

 some cows will not touch it at first. Most cows like 

 it as hay at first trial. C. L. R. 



Illinois, May 18, 1907. 



SWEET CLOVEE IN THE SOUTH. 



In your issue of April 25 a Pennsylvania corre- 

 spondent has a good word in behalf of melilotus. This 

 plant in the North and West is usually regarded as 

 a weed. In the South the white-flowered variety is 

 regarded with much favor as a forage plant, and 

 also for grazing. It is largely grown in certain sec- 

 tions or this State and Alabama, in the limestone re- 

 gions, and when the plant is mowed at the proper 

 stage, before there is too much wood developed in 

 it, the quality of the hay is considered second to 

 none of the clover family, alfalfa not excepted. It 

 thrives to advantage only on lands strongly im- 

 pregnated with lime. Here it is at its best, and 

 reaches its greatest perfection. It will take root and 

 grow luxuriantly on bare lime spots where there is 

 no other soil on the surface of the ground. In time, 

 left to itself, it will completely hide these unsightly 

 bald places, and corn and other field crops can he 

 grown profitably on the land. It has an enormous 

 tap root that penetrates deep down into the subsoil 



»nd gains nourishment from plant food denied to 

 ther leguminous plants. It reseeds itself every two 

 years; but if the plant is mowed (in this climate at 



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