to $5.uvi an acre each year for the bees alone. I 

 Lave made a very close study of this matter. 



I think it will not be many years before these bees 

 will have hundreds of acres of sweet clover to work 

 on, and then I expect to see real results. I have 

 seventy acres of sweet clover 20 miles from home, 

 where I never expect to keep bees; for I want only 

 a good rich pasture in this place. 



A willow-tree once blew down and broke the fence 

 so that my cattle walked right into my neighbor's 

 hay-field. A ditch extended from my field into his, 

 and the sweet-clover seed had been washed down until 

 it grew along the banks in his field. This neighbor 

 had told me he was afraid it would cover his farm; 

 but my cattle found it that night, and ate it nearly 

 to the ground without touching either the alsike or 

 the timothy. Feank Coverdale. 



Maquoketa, Iowa. 



[In a letter written later, to Dr. Miller, Mr. Cover- 

 dale made the statement that sweet clover is worth 

 $4 an acre for honey, ?15 an acre as pasturage for 

 cattle, and $30 an acre for seed, when the seed sells 

 near home for |10 a bushel. This makes a total of 

 $49 an acre. — Ed.] 



GROWING SWEET CLOVER. 



HOW TO GET A GOOD STAND. 



From Gleanings for May 15, 1909. 



[Mr Coverdale has had several years of experience in 

 growing sweet clover for seed, and he is in position to 

 know its value also for stock and for bees His statements 

 here, in regard to the growing of this clover, are of especial 

 interest because of his long experience — Ed. 3 



If one wishes to grow sweet clover for the seed 

 alone he will find that it is not profitable, for this 

 plant must be grown for all there is in it Sweet 

 clover differs from all other clovers, and requires 

 entirely different handling- A good stand for seed 

 can not be secured on poor land in this locality; and 

 even if it could, one would miss every other year, as 

 this plant is a sure biennial. Furthermore, sup- 

 posing it were possible to get a good stand, and the 



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