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Limitations of Sweet Clover 
I note the excellent ai'ticle by A. 
Bloomingdale on page 28 on Sweet 
clover. I thoroughly agree with Mr. 
Bloomingdale that .January 1st to March 
15th is a good time to sow the seed, but 
I think after Mr. Bloomingdale has more 
e^xperienoc with unhulled seed he will 
change his opinions on this point. There j 
are at least three very good x’easons why 
unhulled Melilotus seed is not as good 
as the hulled. First, this seed, especially 
when uiihulled, heats very easily. I have 
seen it heat within an hour after being 
thrashed. Not only does it heat easily, 
but it does a good job of it, and the 
germ may be entirely killed within 24 
hours. 
Second, the nnhullod seed contains a 
gootl deal of light-weight and shrunken 
grains, which, if they germinate at all, 
will do so in a very feeble fashion. 
Third, Sweet clover is ordinarily slow i 
about germinating and requires plenty 
of moisture in order to give a good 
germination. This outer husk prevents 
moisture from reaching the seed as 
quickly as it would otherwise do, and 
thus makes germination more uncertain 
and unreliable. 
I do not in the least agree with Mr. 
Bloomingdale in his statement that stock 
cat Sweet clover hay better than Alfalfa 
hay. I grow both of them every year 
and my stock prefer the Alfalfa. Sweet 
clover hay is certainly good feed, but it 
is diflicult to cure, it js pretty coarse 
aud usually woody even if cut when in 
bud, and not only do my stock eat it 
less, but they do not thrive on it as 
well. I consider it a pasture plant in¬ 
stead of a hay plant. Last Winter I fed 
a bunch of heifers in the early part of 
the season on Alfalfa hay, in the latter 
part on Sweet clover. They received no 
grain nor silage, but they fattened on 
the Alfalfa and I believe lost flesh on 
the Sweet clover. 
Furthermore, there is no comparison 
in my mind between the yield of Alfalfa 
liay and of Sweet clover hay. My fields 
of Sweet clover before cutting will ap¬ 
pear to. be simply piled up with this 
plant, and one would guess that he would 
cut four or five tons per acre. After it 
has cured out and is ready to go into the 
barn, we arc simply amazed to find how 
little there really is there, and my Al¬ 
falfa meadows alongside give just the 
opposite results. I think an Alfalfa 
meadow will produce fully throe times as 
much hay in a season as an ordinary or 
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valuable plants that I have ever grown 
and I am growing it by the hundreds of 
acres, but I do not consider it anywhere 
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and I think that we must consider* its 
limitations or we will be disappointed. 
Ohio. CIIAS. B. WING. 
Sawdust for Orchard Mulch 
I expect to set an orchard this Spring. 
Would you recommend the use of saw¬ 
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When well rotted or mixed with lime 
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Value of Street Sweepings 
Would it pay me to cart street sweep¬ 
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have five miles to go. What value have 
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West Nyack, N. Y. 
The street sweepings vary in value, de¬ 
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