Mr.  Muth.  Near  Cincinnati  we  have  an  abundance  of  sweet  clover  growing.  It
is  the  best  honey  plant  there  is.  It  will  grow  almost  anywhere — in  old  brickyards,
or  stony  ground,  or  along  railroads.  The  Alsike  clover  should  be  sown  more  than
it  is.  It  is  as  good  food  as  red  clover,  grows  as  easily,  and  very  rank.  Three  yeans
ago  a  great  storm  blew  through  Cincinnati-  A  few  days  before  that  storm  the  Alsike
clover  was  full  of  bees.  In  a  few  days  after  I  never  saw  any  more  in  that  clover
field.  Perhaps  the  state  of  the  atmosphere  had  something  to  do  with  it.  It  is  a
good  clover,  and  yields  abundantly.  Perhaps  there  is  no  better  honey-producing
plant  than  mignonette.  It  is  raised  in  gardens  generally,  and  cultivated  exten-
sively by  bee-keepers.
President  Cotton.  The  Alsike  needs  a  damp  soil.  The  sweet  clover  will  succeed
in  most  any  place,  as  it  has  a  long  tap-root

Mr.  Muth.    The  raspberry  is  splendid  for  producing  honey,  as  is  also  bass-wood.
Dr.  (yRear.  We  should  plant  bass-wood,  as  its  flowers  yield  an  abundance  of
good  honey.     It  pays  a  large  per  cent,  for  the  planting  by  tlie  honey  it  yields.
Mr.  Maaon.  If  the  farmers  would  change  and  sow  Alsike  clover,  I  think  it
would  be  beneficial  as  a  fertilizer,  and  it  makes  good  pasture.  The  Alsike  seed
costs,  at  present,  twelve  dollars  per  bushel.  The  object  with  me  is  to  get  something
that  will  fill  up  the  season  from  July  to  September.  I  have  not  succeeded  with
sweet  clover.  If  farmers  would  sow  Alsike,  instead  of  red  clover,  we  would  have
no  trouble  at  all.
