he had increased his honey yield by scattering sweet 

 clover seed on waste land in his vicinity. Gi^AJsriNg 

 called for a show of hands from those who could gi 

 testimony along that line. My own experience is 

 similar to his, in a smaller way, as I have fewer 

 bees. My yield of honey is much greater, and the 

 quality of the honey is very much improved since 

 sweet clover has become an appreciable factor in the 

 honey crop. 



Mr. B. did not say what kind of sweet clover he 

 had; but it is not diflGlcult to infer that his is the 

 white kind, since he spoke of its following white 

 clover. That is the kind to have for those who want 

 it to follow white clover. There is so little white 

 clover here that it cuts no figure in honey production, 

 so I have been busy every spring increasing my 

 acreage of the yellow kind. I grow that instead of 

 white clover. The first few blossoms usually open 

 near the end of May, and it yields freely all through 

 June. It slackens up in its blooming then; but after 

 maturing a big crop of seed it begins to bloom again. 

 Putting the time a month later, one might say the 

 same of the white as I have said of the yellow. 

 The bee-keeper here who has abundance of these two 

 clovers is practically independent of any other honey 

 flora, since they supplement each other, and together 

 yield honey until killed off late by freezing weather. 



The honey obtained here from sweet clover is 

 tine, and I have no trouble at all in selling it at top 

 prices, both comb and extracted, I have these clo- 

 vers growing on my own farm here around the 

 orchard, and wherever there is a piece of ground 

 available. And I have also some flourishing patches 

 along the roadsides. 



Sweet clover bears transplanting well if taken in 

 early spring. I like to start out armed with a spade 

 and a pailful of plants as well as seed when I try 

 to establish it in new places. I have spent hours that 

 way, and thought the time well spent. 



Comstock, Neb., July 1, 1906. Mks. A. Lr. Amos. 



[Our own observation corroborates the above, 

 the effect that yellow sweet clover is three or f<f 



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