Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief
Washington, D. C.
July, 1917
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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1917
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SWEET CLOVER should be cut for seed when three-fourths of the seed pods have turned dark brown to black. At this time some flowers and many immature pods will be found on the plants, but the field will have a brownish cast.
Sweet-clover seed pods shatter badly when mature. For this reason every precaution should be taken to cut the plants at the proper stage and to save as much of the shattered seed as possible.