CLOVERS 
Red Clover 
RED CLOVER 
(Trifolium Pratensis.) Red Clover is the most impor- 
tant of all leguminous forage crops, both on account of 
its high value as feed and from the fact that it can be 
so well employed in rotations. 
Red Clover is not a particularly exacting crop in re- 
gard to its soil requirements, excepting that it be well 
drained. It succeeds better as a rule on clayey soils than 
on loams and better in loams than in sandy soils. 
Red Clover makes an excellent pasture for all kinds of 
live stock, and may be sown either with or without nurse 
crop. 
Be careful to select seed which does not contain Buck- 
horn. You can depend on our Sunflower and Columbine 
Brands of Red Clover. 
WHITE CLOVER 
(Trifolium Repens.) White Clover is excellent for pas- 
ture and is especially valuable for mixing with Kentucky 
Blue Grass, both for lawns and pasture. A few pounds 
of White Clover should be in all permanent grass seed 
mixtures as it helps fill up the bare spots and is very 
nutritious. Very hardy and a perennial. Sow five to eight 
pounds per acre. 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
(Trifolium Hybridum.) Very valuable for growing on 
wet or swampy land. It is very hardy, withstands drought 
and will not winter kill. Makes an excellent crop of hay. 
About six to ten pounds will sow an acre and as the seed 
is very fine, it should be covered only slightly. - 
SWEET CLOVER 
The features or qualities which make Sweet Clover so 
valuable are: First, the ability to thrive, produce good 
hay and good pasture on very poor soils; and second, 
the ability to improve the soil on which it is growing. 
Although Sweet Clover is very hardy and will thrive 
in the most unfavorable places, it is sometimes difficult 
to get a good stand. This difficulty can be overcome by 
sowing the seed on a thoroughly compacted seed bed with 
just enough loose dirt to cover and by sowing scarified 
seed. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba.) 
Biennial, grows to a height of from 4 to 6 feet, vigor- 
our grower, extremely hardy and produces abundant 
pasturage and lots of hay. This is the standard Sweet 
Clover of the country. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover (Melilotus offici- 
nalis.) This is also a biennial, about two weeks earlier 
than the white, not quite as tall. Do not confuse this 
with the annual Yellow Blossom which is of very little 
value. 
LADINO CLOVER 
This is a perennial that is presumed to be a large form 
of White Dutch Clover. It is a low growing leafy plant 
with succulent and somewhat coarse stems that have a 
tendency to remain rather close to the ground. Under 
proper moisture conditions these stems will take root 
at the nodes, or joints, and in this manner thicken up 
the existing stand. It is splendid for pasture and makes 
a good hay crop but is not suitable for lawns. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
A plant similar to clover and the best of the Lespedeza 
types. It has an advantage over alfalfa and sweet clover, 
in that it will grow on untreated soil, no lime or phos- 
phate being needed. Korean Lespedeza can be grazed all 
spring and summer and hay can be cut or seed taken 
from the crop in the fall. Agriculturists state their ‘“‘be- 
lief’? that this Lespedeza is the “coming legume.” 
Korean Lespedeza 
