As sweet clover is a biennial plant, it lends itself readily to short rotations. It may be seeded in the spring on winter grain or with spring grain, the same as red clover. It will produce at least as much pasturage the following fall as red clover, and in some parts of the country a cutting of hay may be obtained after the grain harvest. The following year the plants will produce two cuttings of hay or one cutting of hay and a seed crop. In some sections of the United States this plant is replacing red clover in rotations, as it will succeed on poorer soils than red clover and will add much more humus to the soil. It will withstand drought better than either red clover or alfalfa, and on this account its use in rotations may be extended into drier sections. As a rule the beneficial effect of sweet clover on the subsequent crops is more marked than that of other legumes. This is especially true with corn, and whenever possible corn should follow sweet clover in rotations. Root crops also are benefited by its use in rotations, as the large deep roots of sweet clover open up the soil. SWEET CLOVER AS A HONEY PLANT. A number of the leading honey plants fail to secrete nectar in part of the territory in which they are found, but white sweet clover ranks as a valuable source of nectar wherever found in sufficient quantity in the United States. The period of nectar secretion usually follows that of white and alsike clovers in the Northern States, and consequently comes at a time when the colonies are strong enough to get the full benefit of the secretion. The honey from white sweet clover is light in color, with a slight green tint, the flavor being mild and suggestive of vanilla. The characteristic flavor and color of the honey seem to be less marked during a rapid secretion of nectar, In the irrigated portions of the West honey from white sweet clover is often mixed with that from alfalfa. Beekeepers have long recognized the value of sweet clover as a source of nectar, and for years tons of seed have been sold annually by dealers in beekeepers' supplies. It has never been found profitable to cultivate any plant solely for nectar, and those beekeepers who were primarily interested in the plant for bee forage have scattered the seed chiefly in waste places and along railroad embankments and roadsides. A number of beekeepers who were also engaged in general farming have for years utilized the plant for forage, and they were among the earliest to grow the plant for seed, so as to be able to supply their fellow beekeepers. Sweet clover to-day is almost the only plant which beekeepers seek to increase in waste lands in their localities.