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Developments in Growing Hubam 
A STROXtJ (JIM >YVEIi. 
—The i> i c t ii res 
shown in tliis issue aro 
en tf Pit veil from photo- 
graphs sent us by Prof. 
H. I >. Hughes of the 
Iowa Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. They show dif¬ 
ferent views of the new 
Sweet clover, now 
known as “Iluham.” 
The II. N.-Y. lias had 
much to say about this 
animal Sweet clover, 
and the more we learn 
about it the more evi¬ 
dent it becomes that in 
this crop the farmers 
on the North Atlantic 
slope a re to have a 
wonderful farm helper. 
The lirst picture shows 
a single plant grown in 
Iowa. This stood over 
nine feet high, and in 
the picture Prof, 
Hughes stands with his 
hat in hand trying to 
reach up to the top of 
the plant. Of course, 
no one would attempt to 
grow such clover for 
bay. since if would be 
too heavy and coarse to 
He* of great Amine except 
when cut into the silo. 
Tills plant, however, 
shows Avhat can he done 
in producing a manorial 
crop, for avo must re¬ 
member that tliis crop 
grew to full size in 
about 140 days. Think 
what it would mean to 
grow such n crop on 
ordinary soil well limed 
•and have it plowed un¬ 
der in the Fall to he 
ready for next year’s 
cropping. 
A CROSS-BRED VA¬ 
RIETY—The picture fit 
Fig. .'!2.“» shows a plant 
resulting from a cross 
between this annual 
Sweet clover and the 
old biennial sort. This 
makes a big plant which 
was groAvn in one sea¬ 
son. It is said. Iioav- 
ever, that the seeds 
from this cross are gen¬ 
erally sterile and are 
not likely to reproduce 
their kind, so that there 
Avouid he little danger ^ Nine-foot Plant of Iluham Clover at Ames, Iowa. Photographed in October, When the Meed Was Ripe 
in mixing the seeds of and Mont of the Leaves Had Fallen 
Clover 
tile pure Iluham clover 
and Ibis crossing with 
the old clover. Here 
again AVO can under¬ 
stand from a view of 
this plant what it would 
mean to plow such an 
immense growth into 
the ground as green ma¬ 
nuring. Tlte third pic¬ 
ture, Fig. 1524. was taken 
in Alabama, and shows 
a sc 
lf-seeded plant 
of 
the 
Tliibam clover 
in 
the 
center. The pi 
ant. 
ma rked A is the a mum 1 
yellow clover, while 
Hie 
plant 
marked It is 
the 
first 
year’s growth 
of 
the < 
>ld biennial Su 
cot 
clove 
r. The picture 
1 is 
taken to show the < 
•ou¬ 
trnst. 
in growth and 
tlie 
ilium 
■use superiority 
of 
the 
Iluham clover 
for 
green 
i manuring. 
FT 
TTTRE POSNIRIL- 
IT no 
!K.—Thousands 
of 
people tried fills clover 
last year on a small 
scale, and this year 
many thousands more 
have seeded it. Within 
another year then 1 Avill 
be large crops of seed 
available for ordinary 
planting, but it Avill be 
some years yet before 
there will he enough of 
the seed to make the 
plant compare in cost 
with Alfalfa or the old- 
fashioned Sweet clover. 
When the time comes, 
lioAvever. that heavy 
plant jug can be made, we 
are confident that this 
clover Avill prove itself, 
and that, we shall find 
it. to be one of the most 
useful plants ever intro¬ 
duced in this country. 
No one knows yet just 
bow the clover can be 
used to best advantage. 
In Iowa experiments 
Avere made at seeding 
the Ilu'bam clover with 
oats af the usual time 
of seeding. The clover 
made a slow e a r 1 y 
growth in the oats, the 
latter crop being cut 
about July 1 for hay. 
This operation clipped 
off t ho young clover 
plants. After the oats 
