GROWING FOR HAY 
First, the new growth of Sweet 
Clover comes, not from the crown 
of the plant as in Alfalfa, but from 
the side shoots from the lower part 
of the main stem. For this reason 
whenever a second growth the 
same season is desired, the first 
cutting must be made high enough 
to leave six or eight inches of stem 
to produce side shoots. For a good 
quality of hay, Sweet Clover must 
be cut early, before the plants be¬ 
come tough and unpalatable. When 
sown in spring, Sweet Clover makes 
one cutting of hay the first season. 
Since the first season’s growth 
does not tend to become so tough 
as the second season’s, this cutting 
may be delayed until the plants 
have grown as big as they are 
going to. You can tell when it is 
time to cut by watching for the ap¬ 
pearance of crown buds which 
come out shortly before growth 
ceases. Remember the mower knife 
should be set to cut about six 
inches above the ground or no fur¬ 
ther growth will result. 
Sweet Clover hay should be han¬ 
dled and cured the same as alfalfa. 
TO BUILD UP THE SOIL 
When grown for this purpose, 
Sweet Clover is usually sown in 
GRUNDY COUNTY 
SWEET CLOVER 
This is a variety of biennial that 
is distinctly different from the com¬ 
mon White Sweet Clover. It grows 
only 314 to 5 feet high, has some¬ 
what finer stems and matures 
about two weeks earlier. It has no 
advantage over the common type 
for pasture or plowing under. When 
Grundy County is used, the second 
crop may be plowed under in am¬ 
ple time to put the land to alfalfa 
that fall. The seed is very small, 
threfore, it does not require as 
much to sow an acre as to sow the 
common type. We recommend sow¬ 
ing about 12 pounds to an acre. 
YELLOW BIENNIAL 
SWEET CLOVER 
This variety is a biennial type 
like the common White Blossom 
and is handled in the same way. It 
is not as coarse as the White, there¬ 
fore, it is inferior, for pasture or 
soil improvement. It makes a 
smaller, finer growth, matures and 
produces a better quality of hay. 
HUB AM OR ANNUAL 
WHITE SWEET CLOVER 
This is an annual type of Sweet 
Clover making its entire growth the 
first season, maturing, seeds, and 
then dies. As a soil builder, it has 
mid-summer, either in corn or fol¬ 
lowing grain, and plowed under the Up eqqal, It cap bp sown in the 
following spring. By this time it'; spring; with smalTgram'and'plowed 
will have made a heavy root under for fertilising the same fall, 
growth, and, if inoculated at time For ppsturey however, it is not to 
of sowing, will havehccumulated, a, be;competed with the Wliite Bien- 
quantity of nitrogen. 1 Both rpots ;,niaFtype.'‘ H}Xperts..say tnht honey, 
and tops decompose, rapidly when ;-p'rpduced from it is; the best Of any,: 
plowed under. " " ' ■ ^ SOW about 15 pounds pet acre. 
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