Alsike Clover in Northern Wisconsin

CLOVERS
AND
How to Grow Them

BY
THOMAS SHAW

Author of "Forage Crops Other than Grasses,"
"The Study of Breeds," "Soiling Crops and
the Silo," "Animal Breeding," "Grasses
and How to Grow Them," etc.

NEW YORK
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
1906

Copyright, 1906
By ORANGE JUDD COMPANY

TO ALL PERSONS
WHO ARE OR MAY BE INTERESTED
IN THE
GROWING OF CLOVERS
THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR

St. Anthony Park, Minn.
1906

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In preparing this work, the chief sources of informationbeyond the author's experience and observationhave been the bulletins issued by the variousexperiment stations in the United States and discussionsin the Agricultural Press.

For the illustrations the author is indebted toProfessor A. M. Soule of the experiment station ofTennessee, Professor H. H. Hume of the experimentstation of Louisiana and Mr. W. T. Shaw of theexperiment station of Oregon.

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

Some books have been written on Clover in theUnited States, and as far as they go they serve agood purpose. Many references and discussionshave also appeared in various bulletins and reportsissued by the experiment stations. These haveproved helpful not only in the States in which theyhave been issued, but also in other States where theconditions are similar. But no book or bulletin hasyet appeared which discusses the growth of cloversas applicable to all parts of the United States andCanada. Nor has any been issued which takes upthe subject in orderly and consecutive sequence. Itis evident, therefore, that there is not only room fora book which will cover the ground with at leastmeasureable fulness, but also in concise and orderlysuccession, but there is great need for it. It hasbeen the aim of the author to write such a book.

Only those varieties of clover are discussed atlength which are possessed of economic value. Thetreatment of the subjects is virtually the same as wasadopted in writing the book on "Grasses and Howto Grow Them." Some references are made to thehistory, characteristics and distribution of eachvariety. These are followed by discussions with referenceto soil adaptation; place in the rotation; preparingthe soil; sowing; pasturing; harvesting forhay; securing seed; and renewing the stand.

The book is intended, in some measure at least,to meet the needs of the students of agriculture, withreference to the plants discussed and also of all whoare concerned in the tilling of the soil.

St. Anthony Park, Minn.
1906

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