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The circles show the location of the colonies. The numerators of the fractions represent the number of acres 
of alsike and the denominators the number of bushels threshed. 
ages in his field. His yield was three bush¬ 
els per acre. By inquiry I found that fields 
more than two miles from bees were not 
worth threshing that year. This farmer was 
well pleased, but insisted that there were 
not enough bees. As he had 40 acres for 
1919, and several of his neighbors had sown 
alsike, I placed 100 old colonies on his farm. 
I have made a complete survey of the 
township, and got all information possible 
from threshers and other sources, concerning 
about 80 square miles, giving the location 
of bees, with the number of colonies, and 
the location of alsike clover fields, with 
acreage and yield. 
The accompanying map shows in circles 
the location of bees, with the number of 
colonies. The numerator of the fractions 
represents the number of acres in alsike, 
and the denominator denotes the number of 
bushels threshed. 
The yield was not heavy at any place, as 
drought shortened nectar flow at least three 
weeks- It will be noticed, however, that 
near a large number of colonies the yield is 
three to four bushels per acre, while two 
miles or more from bees the yield is not 
more than one bushel per acre. 
The lesson of this article is interesting 
to the farmer as well as the apiarist. The 
farmers near the bees received more cash 
per acre from the seed than they did from 
any other crop produced, and at the same 
time they were storing fertility in their soil. 
Another lesson learned is that the major¬ 
ity of farmers are ‘ ‘ from Missouri ’ ’—they 
must be shown. Notice the number of al- 
sike fields near some of the bees, while mile 
after mile where there are no bees there is 
no alsike. I plead guilty to doing mission¬ 
ary work near my beevards. 
Grover Hill, O. Ernest Kolin. 
The experience of Dr. Kohn has been 
duplicated in many other localities where 
alsike is grown, particularly in Ontario, 
Canada. There the growers are asking bee¬ 
keepers to put bees on their farms. 
ALSIKE CLOVER AS A HONEY PLANT. 
Alsike clover is far more hardy than 
red clover and will grow on damp or wet 
land on which the latter will not grow. 
It is adapted to moist clay soils and sandy, 
loam soils rich in humus, but it will not 
thrive in dry sandy or gravelly land. Lime 
is essential but less is required than by 
either white or red clover. In Ontario. 
Canada, it is regarded as the foremost 
honey plant, and in many localities it is 
the only source of honey in quantities. 
Hundreds of acres are grown in this prov¬ 
ince exclusively for seed; but there is prob¬ 
ably no region in this country, in which it 
produces larger yields than in that of the 
