of scab, no work of wire worms or grubs; and tlie 

 trop that we got was at the rate of at least 100 

 bushels per acre. From this experiment I infer that 

 sweet clover is not only worth as much to turn under 

 as any of the common clovers, but I should say even 

 more. — Gleanings, Nov. 1, 1900. 



AN ESTIMATE OF ITS \ ALUE PER ACEE AS A HONEY-PLANT. 



Bees have done very poorly for me this season 

 on account of cold wet weather in June, losing a few 

 hives by actual starvation before I was really aware 

 of it; and if it had not been for a three-acre field 

 of white sweet clover I should have lost more as 

 this patch kept about fifty hives in fair condition 

 In fact, they went far ahead of the out-apiaries. I 

 have sown this season five acres more, and next 

 spring I intend to put out about forty acres more, 

 as I can rent land for this purpose at $1.50 per 

 acre. I intend to put out mostly the yellow variety, 

 as it comes in just at a time when there is nothim? 

 else, and the blooming-period is longer; but the three 

 acres of white, I am satisfied, was worth to me this 

 season $30.00, and I also have considerable seed 

 from it. R. L. Snodgeass. 



Gordon, Kan., Oct. 2, 1903. 



SWEET CLOVER AT THE OHIO EXPERIMENT STATUN. 



Below is the decision of the Ohio Experiment Sta- 

 tion, sent out in the form of a newspaper bulletin 

 in 1898: 



Many portions of Ohio have the roadsides and other sod- 

 den or "out of tilth" lands occupied by tlie white sweet- 

 clover plant (Melilotus alba, L.) Since it has been regard- 

 ed as a noxious weed the former Ohio Statute placed it in 

 the same list of proscribed plants with Canada thistle, com- 

 mon thistle, oxeye daisy, wild parsnip, wild carrot, teasel, 

 burdock, and cockle-burs. 



Under the operation of this statute, private lands might 

 be entered upon to destroy the melilotus growing for any 

 purpose, as for bee-pastures. The destruction of bee-pastures 

 in this manner actually occurred near Delaware. 



Risfhtly, then, it may be asked, "How shall we rank sweet 

 f^over?" To answer this we must consider where sweet 

 •over grows and what is its character. Sweet clover grows 

 5>onta3aeously along tramped roadsides, even to tlie wbeel 

 ruts in abandoned roadways, and In tramped or sodden land 



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