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Title: Clovers and How to Grow Them

Author: Thomas Shaw

Release Date: November 23, 2006 [EBook #19905]

Language: English

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[Illustration: 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 information beyond the
author's experience and observation have been the bulletins issued by
the various experiment stations in the United States and discussions in
the Agricultural Press.

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

THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE

Some books have been written on Clover in the United States, and as far
a