FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



SAND, HAIR! OR WINTER VETCH. 



(VICIA VILLOSA)-®rtn^)t>itfen- 



Withstands our North-western Winters. 

 Scarlet or Crimson Clover has failed to do 

 this, therefore drop it and in place sow this 

 new forage plant along with your winter rye. 

 Owing to its remarkable earliness and 

 great feeding qualities, no dairy farmer 

 can afford to be withciit a field of it. The 

 large second crop alone will pay if only for 

 its value as a green manure. It withstands 

 the extremes of heat very easily, and will 

 undoubtedly prove a valuable plant for the 

 South and the dry Western States. 



This forage plant is here to stay in the West and North- 

 Western States, owing to its adaptability to withstand severe 

 drought, heat or cold. As a crop for soiling, or plowing 

 under, we predict that this plant will take the same promi- 

 nence in onr Northern States as Scarlet or Crimson Clover 

 has done in Delaware and Maryland. Sown in August or 

 September it will furnish a magnificent crop of green 

 fodder by the end of April, and if cut before coming into 

 bloom, it will immediately start into growth, furnishing a 

 second crop which can be eaten off by sheep or hogs, or 

 plowed under as green manure. It can also be sown along 

 with Dwarf Essex Rape, first of all eating off the rape in fall 

 and allowing the Vetches to stand over for spring feed ; the 

 pasturing by sheep or cattle does not in any way injure the 

 Vetches, which restart into growth very readily, and quickly 

 respond at the first sign of growing weather in spring. 

 One important feature is, that a sowing maae in August or September covers the ground before 

 winter sets in and prevents washing of the soil during the winter and spring, thus effecting a great 

 saving of soluble mineral fertilizers contained in soil, which otherwise would wash or leach out. 

 The Washington Department of Agriculture estimates the value of a plowed under crop of this Vetch 

 as equivalent to putting into the ground $16 to $45 worth of commercial fertilizers per acre. 

 It can also be sown in April, and will be ready to cut by the middle of July, the second growth 

 affording excellent hog pasture during the summer and fall. The yield of green forage varies from 

 10 to 15 tons per acre, equal to 3 to 4 tons when cured as dried hay. Sow 30 to 40 lbs. per acre, 

 mixed with a half bushel of rye or wheat to furnish support for the vines. 



Per lb., 15 cts; 10 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $3.50; 100 lbs., $6.50. 



WINTER VETCHES— @anblt>icf en. 



CRIMSON OR SCARLET CLOVER. 



(TKIFOLIUM II>rCARNATUM.) 



A valuable clover either for cutting green during the early spring and summer months or for 

 plowing under. It can be sown amongst corn, tomatoes and turnips at the time of the last cultivating 

 or after such crops as cucumbers and melons, or on oat or rye stubble and harrowed in. It is not 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand our winters north of latitude 42° or in the States of Wisconsin, Michigan, 

 Iowa and Minnesota. Sow broadcast at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, from July 15th to September 15th. 

 Choice American grown seed, 10 cts. per lb.; $4.00 per bus. of 60 lbs.; $6.50 per 100 lbs. 



In small lots by mail, add 8 cents per lb. for postage. 



