. The clovers: how to sow, grow, harvest and save the seed . etting and saving one-half the seed, while the Birdsell getsall of it, cleans it and sacks it in marketable condition. Theyield of white clover seldom exceeds two bushels per acre, butits value in the markets fully makes up for the smaller quan-tity produced, as compared with red clover. The price of thewhite German seed is from $10 to $14 per bushel. Besides the clovers we have mentioned in the preceding-pages there are some minor clovers, the illustrations anddescriptions of which we have copied, by permission, fromHenry Wallaces C
. The clovers: how to sow, grow, harvest and save the seed . etting and saving one-half the seed, while the Birdsell getsall of it, cleans it and sacks it in marketable condition. Theyield of white clover seldom exceeds two bushels per acre, butits value in the markets fully makes up for the smaller quan-tity produced, as compared with red clover. The price of thewhite German seed is from $10 to $14 per bushel. Besides the clovers we have mentioned in the preceding-pages there are some minor clovers, the illustrations anddescriptions of which we have copied, by permission, fromHenry Wallaces Clover Culture. Mr. Wallace is perhapsbetter informed on all that pertains to clover than any otherauthor with whom we are acquainted. He is at present the edi-tor and publisher of Wallaces Farmer and Dairyman, a weeklyagricultural paper, published at Des Moines, la., subscrip-tion price $1 per annum. To such of our readers as desire tokeep in touch with the progress of clover culture in the UnitedStates and at the same time read one of the best farm papers. (Trifolium fucatu /«.) THE MINOR CLOVERS. 41 once every week, we heartily recommend Wallaces Farmerand Dairyman. Mr. Wallace informs us that he is now pre-paring a new book on the clovers fully covering all that isworth the farmers study of the plant in all its forms, whichwill be given as a free premium with a years subscription tohis paper. THE MINOR CLOVERS. OF these is the melilotus alba, commonly known as sweetclover, which can be found growing in gardens, whenceit escapes to the highway, vacant lots, especially in cities, andto neglected fields. A sub-variety of it is known as Bokharaclover. It grows to the height of six or eight feet on goodland when not cropped, and its only value, on lands that willgrow red or mammoth clover profitably, is as bee pasture. Forthis purpose it will pay apiarians to sow it along the roadsidesor in the vacant corners and other neglected lands. In thedrier portions of the west and in the
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