two or more years it has left a ricli spot. I wiP 

 sow it on all my alkali land this spring that I ca 

 get water on, as it needs irrigation here the same 

 as alfalfa. 



A. A. Bkown. 

 Gazelle, Cal., Jan. 30, 1899. 



SWEET CLOVEE FOR COWS. 



VChsit Ivind of cattle does Mr. Sawyer have, any- 

 how? If I had a cow that would not eat sweet clover 

 Eiter I had kept her six months I would certainly 

 dispose of her. I have sweet clover growing in my 

 pasture, but I have as yet to see it bloom. The cat- 

 tle keep it eaten down all the time. 



Jas. Pratt. 



Cumminsville, Neb., Dec. 31, 1899. 



PREFERRED TO AI,FALFA BY A HORSE. 



I cut a crop of sweet clover this year, threshing it 

 for seed, and giving some of the straw to the horse. 

 1 found it would pick out the old harsh sweet-clover 

 straw in preference to good alfalfa hay. Of course, 

 the leaves were all threshed off, leaving Just the 

 stems: but the horse was very eager for it, while 

 cows would not touch it. The hay was not cut 

 until the plants were dead and yellow. 



D. E. Rose. 



Douglas, Kan., Sept. 15, 1903. 



THE VALUE OF SWEET CLOVER AND OATS FOE HAY. 



I have a correspondent in Alabama who owns a 

 farm of 640 acres, who grows 160 acres per year of 

 oats and sweet clover, and cuts the combination crop 

 expressly for bay. He has blooded stock (cattle) and 

 keeps no bees. He says the hay when baled and mar- 

 Keted in Birmingham, Ala., sells readily at $15 per 

 ton. M. M. Baldridge. 



St. Charles, 111., Aug. 10, 1906. 



SWEET clover — WHAT THE ILLINOIS EXPERIMENT STA- 

 TION SAYS OF IT., ETC. 



I send herewith circular No. 116, Illinois Experi 

 ^^^nt Station, which refers to sweet clover as one 

 the most useful legumes for green manuring. 



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