SWEET CLOVERS 
^Jloffman’s 
Every Bag lagged, Showing High Test 
One of the best crops to plow under—adding nitrogen and 
much organic matter to the soil. Very popular to sow in corn 
fields at last cultivation. Makes pasture following summer. 
Can then be plowed and the ground put into wheat. Thrives 
on soils too poor for many other clovers. Provides high protein 
pasturage during the first half or more of the summer. High 
quality sweet clover hay has about the same feeding value as 
alfalfa hay of the same quality. However is more difficult to 
cure and not usually desirable. Bee keepers prize sweet clover 
highly as a fine bee pasture. 
Best cattle pasture comes the second year. Don’t plow down 
until it has made a good top growth. Cows should be turned 
on when it is 6 to 10 inches high, depending on the soil, 
size of herd, and acreage. Will sometimes carry three cows 
per acre from May to midsummer. Cows must be fenced in 
until they acquire a taste for it. Best to keep growth down to 
a foot. Give cows plenty of water and some dry roughage. 
Sweet Clover grows most anywhere on soils that are not 
sour. It does need lime! BE SURE TO INOCULATE seed! 
Adds great value to soil. Sow 15 to 20 pounds per acre. 
WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER 
Fine soil builder. Makes coarse hay. Planted in the spring, 
will make good growth by fall. Lives for two years. Will 
reseed itself if left stand. By far the most popular variety 
in the east. 
YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER 
Like the white blossom, is a biennial. Grows smaller tops— 
about 2 to 3 feet the first year, 4 to 5 the second year. Has 
finer stems, thus preferred for hay or pasture. 
GRUNDY COUNTY SWEET CLOVER 
Early dwarf strain of the biennial white variety. Matures two 
weeks earlier. Has finer stems. Better for hay. Grows palatable 
feed. Does not provide as much top growth for turning under. 
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Legumes get two-thirds of 
their nitrogen from the air. 
An extra 2 or 3 weeks' growth 
in spring may double the 
nitrogen value of a winter 
cover crop. Nitrogen thus 
added may be equal to 500 
to 800 pounds nitrate of soda 
to the acre. Important thing 
is to inoculate your seed of 
all legumes before you sow 
it. This increases its ability 
to gather the precious nitrogen 
for you. 
“I must either build more 
cribs, or get a corn elevator, 
or stop planting your Hybrid 
corn. But take my order for 
436 bushels anyway.”— Geo. 
Soner, York, Pa. 
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Dairy cows enjoying good 
pasture on a growth of young 
sweet clover. 
