Show Alsike Clover Thrives ves on Sour or Wet S Soils On wet fields where the production of ordinary crops Is difficult difficult difficult cult or Impossible alsike clover can be made to produce large quantities of ot valuable feed says F. F L. L Davis of the soils solIs department deportment of the Missouri College of ot Agriculture Alsike clover will grow and produce well on sour land where the common red clover wouldn't make a n stand It Is the one variety of ot clover that tolerates acid soil The most Important reason for ad- ad al alsike lIe clover IO Is that It tt will grow grow on sour or wet soils to which other crops are poorly adapted The most Important benefits derived from growing It on these soils are 1 It does not feed the land down to such suh an nn extent that It lowers the production of the following crop crOl and 2 It makes one of the best beRt green manures of the legumes Greater yields fields of crops are grown following alsike clover er than other crops An extended experiment at the Rhode Island experiment station comparing comparing com com- paring cabbages mangels els rutabagas buckwheat heat potatoes rye corn millet oats onions red clover squash timothy timo timo- timothy thy th alsike and red top showed that alsike wn was almost unsurpassed in this respect Alsike clover produces almost as well as red clover and better than titan I crimson or white |