. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. r. country, although not particularly troublesome. It is said to afford good forage and has been recom- mended for special places now and then, but it appears to be of little value ^ as compared with several other plants that thrive under similar conditions. It is an an- nual wiry pubescent plant, lying close to the ground. Medicago media is the Sand lucern men- tioned on page 193. A medic that has recently received attention is Snail clover (Medicago turbinata, Fig. 679). It is native in south- western Spain, introduced into California as
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. r. country, although not particularly troublesome. It is said to afford good forage and has been recom- mended for special places now and then, but it appears to be of little value ^ as compared with several other plants that thrive under similar conditions. It is an an- nual wiry pubescent plant, lying close to the ground. Medicago media is the Sand lucern men- tioned on page 193. A medic that has recently received attention is Snail clover (Medicago turbinata, Fig. 679). It is native in south- western Spain, introduced into California as a winter forage plant. The seed starts as soon as the fall rains come, and the plant grows vigorously through the winter and spring. The heavy crop of seeds is ma- tured in early summer, after which the plant shrivels up. It volunteers from year to year, so that direct seeding is not necessary after the crop is es- tablished. The pods, which are large and smooth, lie on the ground after the plant has withered, and are easily gath- ered. If they are allowed to remain, the seeds will germi- nate the following fall. The plant gives promise as a for- age plant because of its heavy growth ; and its heavy seed production and ready germi- nation may make it valuable as a cover-crop and green- manure. It thrives on moist land but is somewhat drought- resistant. It shows liability to frost injury in some local- ities. Bur-clover is a name applied to two medics, Medicago denliculata and M. maculata. The former is a weed on the Pacific coast, but furnishes much forage in dry summer pas- tures. The spotted clover, or southern bur - clover, ,1/. maculata, is recom- mended for the South, par- ticularly for winter pas- ture in the sandy soils of the pine-woods regions. Various other medics are mentioned in experiment station and other litera- ture, but they are not of suflicient importance to The economically import- ant species in this country at present, aside from alfalfa, are .1/. dentic
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