BIENNIAL WHITE BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVERS 
BIENNIAL WHITE BLOSSOM 
The White Blossom Biennial variety is the most common type and in the 
greatest demand. It will grow in almost any climate and on almost any 
type of soil, thriving on land too poor for Alfalfa or Red Clover. It is a 
biennial, disappearing at the end of the second season, unless allowed 
to go to seed and reseed itself. 
White Blossom fits very well into the rotation scheme and may be 
sown with corn at the time of cultivation or following a crop of 
winter grain. 
As hay or green forage, it ranks with alfalfa in feeding value. At first 
stock seldom like it, but soon develop a preference for it, providing it is 
cut before it reaches the blossom stage when it becomes woody. On ac¬ 
count of its heavy and deep spreading root system and its ability as a 
nitrogen gatherer when inoculated, as a soil improver, it stands at the 
top of the list for use on poor soil. 
Soil and Seeding 
Although Sweet Clover will grow 
on thin, poor soil, deficient in or¬ 
ganic matter, even thrive on sand, 
it does require lime. 
Before attempting to grow a 
crop of Sweet Clover for any 
purpose the soil should be 
tested and lime applied if 
needed. Like other Legumes, it 
does not store nitrogen unless 
it is inoculated with the right 
strain of bacteria, so Sweet 
Clover shold always be inocu¬ 
lated before it is sown. 
If seeded alone, as is the usual 
practice, the land should be pre¬ 
pared in the same way as for any 
standard farm crop. The seed may 
be sown like Red Clover with win¬ 
ter or spring grain, or alone, either 
in early spring or mid-summer. 
Sow fifteen to twenty pounds of 
seed per acre. 
• for Pastures 
It provides a large quantity of 
forage of high feeding value. It 
reaches the grazing stage quickly, 
and is benefited by close pasturing. 
If sown alone in early spring, the 
pasture will be ready about June 
1st. The more stock you turn in on 
it the better, for close grazing en¬ 
courages the production of a con¬ 
stant supply of small, tender 
shoots. If the plants grow so fast 
that they cannot be kept pastured 
down they become coarse and un¬ 
palatable; should this occur, it is 
best to go over the field with a 
mower, setting the knife to cut 
about eight inches high. Take stock 
off about six weeks before frost in 
the fall of the first season. The fol¬ 
lowing spring the second year’s 
growth comes on very quickly and 
stock may be turned in as soon 
as it is well under way. If a crop 
of hay or seed is wanted, do not 
pasture after the middle of June or 
the 1st of July. If it is desired to 
have the Sweet Clover reseed itself, 
remove the stock about two months 
before frost. 
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