Alsike Or Swedish Clover

The American Bee Journal has an irticle on alsike clover, by Mr. M. M. BaWridge, who has raised it for twelve vears, beside timothy and common red clover, and he claims special advantages Cor the alsike, or Swedish. He positively asaerts, from repeated exjrerinients; that it is superior to the comnion red clover as a fertilizer, because it has a greater abundance of roots. Instead of one ïnain tap-root it has three or four heavy branching roots, extending deep and wide, and their branch roots reach out in all directions. For this reason it is not so liable to heave from frost, or to be injured by extreinely dry weather. It, however, is branching and falls to the ground like white clover, and makes better pasture and hay to be sown with timothy or red clover, since they being more upright growers tend to keep the alsike from the gnmnd. It is considered a hybrid 1 ii'l ween the common red and white clovers. The sterns and branches are liner and less woody, and the hay is free from f uzz or dust. It has munerous branches and abounds in blossoms rich in honey, whicti bees can easily harvest. In the latitude of Chicago it ripens in the latter part of July. Unlike the red, the seed is obtained" from the flrst cutting. Whcn sowed alone four pounds of seed is a great abundance. Yet it is better tu mix with timotliy or red clover. Alter sowing the usual quantities of Uu' other seeds, one pound of alsike will give a good pasture. If seed is the object, then two pounds of alsike should be sowed. It can be threahed as red clover, and separated by fine. sieves.