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GARDEN A SUCCESS 
Exterminate the hidden 
pests before they destroy 
your plants and vege¬ 
tables. 
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The Red-Head model is particularly 
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This insures always an easy operation 
and a steady, forceful spray. 
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Comfort in¬ 
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Annual Sweet Clover; New Plant Hired 
Man 
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from Hawaii shows that they grew two 
crops in the season—the second from 
seed produced hv the first crop. The first 
averaged five feet in height, the second 
4^4—with fully seven weeks bloom for 
the bees. I 11 Mississippi seeds wore sown 
in the Fall to see if they would endure 
tlie Southern Winters. The plants came 
through the Winter, and by May 15 were 
large enough to plow 'tinder for fertiliz¬ 
ing —thus indicating a new value for the 
plant. In -fact, it would seem as if this 
clover is to serve as the unusual nitrogen 
hired man. It may not seed fully as far 
North as Canada, though there are early 
maturing strains which may be developed. 
A Promising Crop. —On the whole, it 
seems to us that this is the most promis¬ 
ing manurial plant that has been found 
or popularized in recent years. We can 
see at once a dozen ways iu which it 
may be utilized by Eastern farmers. The 
West and Northwest are far ahead of us 
in methods of utilizing the old two-year 
Sweet clover—yet it might prove of far 
greater value on our soils than on the 
richer Western land. Many of our 
farmers have discredited Sweet clover be¬ 
cause they think it is a weed and because 
they think they must lose one year of 
growth while it is getting ready to pro¬ 
duce its big crop. As for “weeds,” we 
forget that many of our present popular 
greens and vegetables were formerly con¬ 
sidered of little value. We shall live to 
learn that the “weed” of today is the 
wealth of tomorrow. The annual Sweet 
clover is as the trotting horse to the ox 
team as compared with the common 
variety. Any farmer who needs to fill 
his soil with organic matter will appre¬ 
ciate the following: 
One of the most interesting tests made 
thus far with the annual white Sweet 
clover was at the Iowa Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station in 1010. when the clover 
was sown with Iowa 103 oats. The oats 
were drilled in at the rate of three bushels 
per acre, and biennial clover was seeded 
at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, with a 
small amount of seed of the annual white 
Sweet clover scattered iu also. An ex¬ 
cellent stand of clover was secured. 
When the oats were in the milk stage 
they were cut with a mower for hay. clip¬ 
ping the clover plants off close to the 
ground. Following the removal of the 
oats the clover grew vigorously. The bi¬ 
ennial white Sweet clover, which made a 
very thick stand, grew to a height of 
about IS inches, while the annual white 
Sweet clover plants grew to a height of 
from three to 4% feet and came into 
bloom, but did not set seed. Similar re¬ 
ports regarding the growth of this clover 
when seeded in with small grain have 
come from different parts of the country. 
Pasture Possibilities. —In Kansas 
thp clover was seeded in the Spring on 
Winter wheat. This wheat made a rank, 
heavy growth, yet after it was cut the 
Sweet clover came on and made a growth 
of 3i'o to 4 1 /) foot—and matured seed. 
Let any man consider the amount of pas¬ 
ture for hogs or cattle .this growth of 
clover would make, or how it would fit 
the land for corn or potatoes! Why 
cannot you do the same after any crop 
which will mature at least 10 weeks be¬ 
fore frost? Someone might easily have 
made a fortune by holding this seed like 
a miser until a large quantity had been 
gathered, and then offering it at an ex¬ 
travagant price. That has been done 
many times with worthless “varieties” by 
using some well-advertised name, like a 
piece of cheese to entice the mice. In 
the case of this new clover a full and free 
distribution will be made. The Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture and several seed com¬ 
panies are at work developing strains of 
this annual clover, but the original dis¬ 
covery was made at the Iowa College, 
and full credit should be given Mr. H. D. 
Hughes. The Iowa College is now ready 
to distribute small samples of the seed to 
farmers everywhere who will try it and 
report. Write to the Farm Crops Section, 
Iotra Agricultural College. Ames , Iowa. 
Medicine for the Garden 
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Can you tell me what our gardeu soil is 
iu need of? My husband puts all the 
leaves that we rake up in the Fall on it, 
and in the Spring spades them under. 
For the past two years we have had 
quite a time making things grow. The 
stalks are thin and plants look sickly: 
vegetables are small and very backward, 
not at all like they used to be. Can it be 
that the leaves are at fault? We use just 
common manure. Should we use other 
fertilizer besides? mrs. p. a. d. 
Pennsylvania. 
The great trouble with this soil is that 
it is sour. Most garden crops will not 
thrive in an acid soil. Leaves, as they 
fall, contain considerable acid, and. if 
they are worked into the soil year after 
year, there will be trouble. The first 
thing to do is to sweeten this land. After 
spading or plowing, spread lime in the 
rough furrows and work it into the soil. 
You do not say how large your garden is. 
but in such a case lime at the rate of one 
tou per acre should be used. The leaves 
and the manure supply an abundance of 
nitrogen, but are lacking in potash and 
phosphoric acid— both elements greatly 
needed in garden soil. We should use al 
the rote of 400 lbs. of ground lime or 
acid phosphate per acre, and, if possible, 
S00 lbs. of wood ashes. 
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