The bacteria developed much more rapidly in the soil 

 sown to sweet clover than in that sown to alfalfa. 

 The plant of sweet clover does not depend on arti- 

 ficial inoculation or fertilization as does the alfalfa 

 plant. 



Another advantage is that the seeding does not have 

 to be done so early. The seed of alfalfa should be 

 sown from the 15th of August to the first of Sep- 

 tember, if best results are expected. The seeding of 

 sweet clover should be done about the first of October. 

 Four to six weeks are gained for the maturing of 

 crops growing on the land to be sown to sweet clover, 

 which may be corn, tobacco, tomatoes, or other farm 

 and garden crops, while the land to be sown to alfal- 

 fa should be broken and thoroughly cultivated before 

 seeding, wbich requires about four weeks. 



The sweet clover yields as much forage as alfalfa, 

 if not more. From analysis, the sweet clover con- 

 tains the following composition: 



Water, 6 86 per cent; protein, 22 55 per cent; crude 

 fiber, 23.49 per cent; carbohydrate, 33.61 per cent; fat, 

 3.91 per cent; ash, 10.05 per cent, making its feeding 

 value as a forage crop high. Its value as a fertilizing 

 agent in gathering nitrogen can hardly be realized. It 

 has the ability to thrive splendidly on the poorest 

 sandy soil and on dry and badly washed hillsides, 

 where the other clovers would never start 



The seed of sweet clover should be sown thin on 

 old worn fields, then the stalks will be large and 

 heavily branched, producing a great amount of seed. 

 About the first of September the stalks should be cut 

 and placed in the ruts and washes. Then the seed 

 will be scattered sufficiently to set a heavy sod, and 

 will produce a fine pasture the next season. The 

 second or third year after sowing, blue grass will 

 take m this locality and soon be a solid set. 



A description of the sweet-clover roots will show 

 that they are a high-class fertilizer. Unlike other 

 legumes the roots are somewhat fleshy and not 

 fibrous. During the first year these roots reach far 

 into the ground and draw up from considerable depth 

 an abundance of plant food which they store up for 



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