The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-10

growth and plans were made to give
1t field trials.
This spring small samples of the
seed will be sent free to all farmers
THAI as kfor them. The seed from the
that the prices offered sound like fiction.
that the price offered sound like fiction.
On the basis of an offer of $40 for six
seeds, Mr.. Hughes figured that the
new clover seed was worth $3.50, O00,.
900 per bushel. One man sent a
signed check in which he left a blank
space and asked Mr.. Hughes to fill
in any sum he saw fit. However, no
effort has been made by the experiment
station to make money on the new
seed and as fast as it has become avail
able it has been sent out free for trial
and for increase.
The seed multiplies rapidly. One
farmer in the spring of 1918 had fifty
seeds, and from these seeds in the
fall he had total of 800 pounds. This
is an item Of the new clover. In gen
eral appearance it resembles the com
mon yellow clover 1t has white flow
ers and grows much taller and more
rapidly. Being an annual, 1t com
pletes its growth in one season and
does not have the same kind Of root
system that the biannual does. The
seeds are different, being flatter than
the BIENNIAL and having a diagonal
crease across them which makes them
readily distinguishable from the other
kind.
Interest in this new variety Is spread
over a large region as shown by. the
letters received regarding it. 1T will
be fine for soil improvement, it offers
considerable promise as; pasture and
its late blooming feature makes it valu-
able as a bee pasture reports the
Oregon experiment station. Viggo
,Lund;s "a former student of Iowa State
college who has returned to Denmark,
says: sThe annual white sweet clover
was seeded tho latter part Of May and
before frost came it had grown to six
feet. 1t shows much promise in Den
mark as a crop to be seeded with small
grain and then allowed to grow after
the grain has been removed" G. r.
Smith, of Logan, Ia, says he has al
ways been yellow sweet clover boost
er. but he has this to say about the
new variety: ct appeals to me as u
great crop to sow in with small grain
for fertilizer and I believe it has a
great future"
incubation and lining are often nee
essary, as all sweet clovers require
considerable calcium. This new clover
has been tried out by experiment sta.
tons all over the country, under all
conditions and favorable reports have
come back. Seedmen are enthusiastic
over the results they have had and are
busy developing it. One farmer who
says he has been between the plow
handles for sixty years, admits 1T is
a fine plant and has asgreat future" \
pss I'll
This Department. wishes to- call at.
teritfon to the combination sale ad that
appears in this issue. This sale is being
staged by the Ida County Bssaders AS
ISOLATION Of IDA county, ard 1t vii. be,
held at Ida Grove In the sale pavilion
Thursday, March 18th. The offering
consists of 35 head OF pure bred stock,
consigned to the sale by several of the
leading breeders of Ida county, and
among the list we! notice three Perchs
eron mares, three French draft mares,
two French draft stations, eight Here;
ford cows, two Hereford bulls,S one
Aberdeen Angus bull, sixteen Hampshire
sows. The sale. will start promptly at ~
o'clock, and i Catalogue may he had
for. the asking Colaa u: IL III "a hain, OF
schallels and Tom H lee, 81 la Grove
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