| Show sweet clover as a a honor honey plant H R boardman in gleanings I 1 am surprised that any beekeeper bee keeper of 0 experience who has had a reasonable opportunity ot of observing should report sweet clover anything less than a first class honey plant and yet I 1 am aware that there are a few adverse reports coming from very reliable sources I 1 am quite sure yes I 1 think I 1 know from my own experience and observations with this plant extending through a period of a dozen years or more that it Is unsurpassed and equaled only by the noted alfalfa and these convictions are supported by the opinions of 0 some ot of the most practical and reliable beemen bee men ot of my acquaintance the last season was the first tor for several years when white clover alone yielded me any surplus and this too with the fields white with its bloom ta in every direction as tar far as bees could fly and yet I 1 should not be warranted in claiming that white clover was not a good honey plant it has a worldwide world wide reputation that Is unimpeachable it it were no more abundant than its cousin it would hardly have gained this enviable reputation certainly not in the last few years smaller firms farms E D C bennett in waverly republican the Is large f farmer has a chance to make big hauls hauls and and lay up more money in one season than the small email farmer can in several he also has the opportunity to lose more in one season and the greater probability of loss it would be etter tetter l tor for the whole land it the farms arm were none of them larger than acres scavenger sheep kept 0 only tor for scavengers are not the sort which prove themselves ot of value they do well on poorer food than will other animals tor for the reason that they masticate better and get the more sustenance from it but this Is no reason for withholding good food from them for all the good food they get they will give return ex eat drouth has cut cat in two the profits of many tanners farmers do not teed feed glass for or art |
