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A “Yellow Sweet Clover” Case 
Here is the outline of a case which will 
interest many readers. A farmer in a 
far Westei'n State ordered yellow Sweet 
clover seed from a seedsman. What this 
farmer evidently expected to get was seed 
of Melilotus ofRciualifi or biennial yellow 
Sweet clover. This behaves like white 
Sweet clover, but does not grow so tall. 
The seedsman sent a quantity of seed and 
the farmer paid for it and seeded it. In¬ 
stead of growing as he expected this 
clover made a growth of a few irches. 
then went to seed and died. It was 'us 
a disappointment and loss to this far ..er, 
who expected a larger growth and a two- 
year crop. 
Upon investigation it became clear that 
the seedsman had sent Melilotus indica. a 
small yellow-flowered annual species of no 
value except in the far Southwest. Tliis 
annual clover is a small plant commonly 
known as sour or bitter clover. Through 
most of the Southwest it is considered a 
noxious weed, and causes great trouble in 
the grain fields. In parte of Arizona and 
California this annual yellow Sweet 
clover is largely grown as a green manure 
in orchards, aiid Avhen properly handled 
it has given good results. Thus this an¬ 
nual clover has a value in the Southwest, 
hut is useless in the State where the 
farmer who bought the seed lives. 
This farmer rightly claims that he has 
been damaged. lie lost the price of the 
seed and the u.se of his land, for had he 
seeded the larger yellow clover he would 
have had two good crops. There is no 
question almut the damage, but the 
farmer further claim.s that the seedsman 
is responsible for it and should jiay it. 
On the other hand, this seedsman claims 
that the farmer ordered yellow Swe(‘t 
clover without saying whether he wanttal 
the annual or biennial species. There is 
a demand for both kinds, and without 
further instructions they sent the smaller 
yellow kind for green manure. The 
farmer comes back by saying that the 
seedsman should have known that he 
wanted the larger clover, since everyone 
knows the smaller yellow has no value 
except in the Southwest. The seedsman 
insists that the farmer simply ordered 
yellow Sweet clover, and that is what he 
got. Now, who is right, and what is a 
fair settlement? 
Waist Carrier for Fruit Picking 
The little picture here given, taken from 
bulletin issued 
y the Department 
f Agriculture at 
Vashington, shows 
device used in 
licking I.oganber- 
ies on the Pacific 
oast. The “waist 
arrier” is made to 
ontain a shallow 
licking box, such 
s the man carries 
II his hand. This 
•arrier, as W'e see, 
s held by strans 
round or over the 
boulders. It leaves 
loth hands free for 
licking, so that the 
licker can stand up 
0 the bush withmit 
ending, and is convenient and conuort- 
hle. 
Illinois Apple Show 
The Illinois Horticultural Society this 
year celebrated the sixty-third year of its 
e.Kistence by holding with its regular an¬ 
nual meet an apple show. The result has 
been that the State growers have held on 
two floors of the Hotel Morrison, one of 
the most palatial stopping places in Chi¬ 
cago, one of the finest exhibits of the 
apple family ever seen in the IMiddle 
West. With little more than half a crop 
to draw from they came to the show with 
some of the most beautifully colored fruit 
ever pi’oduced on Illinois soil. In the 
matter of uniform size, freedom from 
blemish and flavor, the fruit, in the 
opinion of experienced fruit growers and 
the judges, was the equal of that picked 
from famed fancy orchards which have 
been given a nation-wide publicity at a 
cost of thousands of dollars. The exhibit 
was judged by I’rof. W. H. Alderman of 
the I’hiiversity of West Virginia. 
In the matter of variety there were all 
the familiar names that belong to this 
popular fruit, all the colors with which 
nature has painted them, this year more 
lavishly than ever. There were some 2(X) 
separate exhibits on plates, in barrels, 
baskets, boxes, and trays. They were 
tiered five tiers high in glass-headed bar¬ 
rels on balconies of the hotel. It has 
been figured that Illinois is now produc¬ 
ing one and eleven hundredths bushels 
for every man, woman and child in the 
State. 
There was an exhibit of spraying and 
packing machinery, a talking by growers 
and university experts, and a laboratory 
of fruit-bug dope that seemed to .show 
that Illinois has taken hold of the ai)ple- 
growing business with a vim that sur¬ 
passes all past efforts, and which promises 
to place Illinois at the very head of the 
apple-growing States of the nation. 
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