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i] LIST OF CHOICE FARM SEEDS FOR 1926. 
SOY BEAN. 
Valuable in the north chiefly as a soil {mprover and won- 
derful forage crop, though the beans which are excellent both 
as human food and food for stock, will usually ripen in our 
section. Sow when the ground is warm in spring, plant in 
drills 30 inches apart, using 15 to 20 pounds of Seed to the 
| acre for forage. if for Seed use 5 pounds more. 
Ito San (Early yellow)—Dwarf growing; early yielding a 
large quantity of seed. 
Hollybrook—A popular variety, producing a large quantity 
of fodder. 
Wisconsin Black—Not so early as Ito San, but a heavier 
waciscr and better for forage. Plants stocky, of medium 
= eight. 
COW PEAS. 
Highly valued as a forage crop, its feeding qualities being 
very high. As a soil renovator and fertilizer is quite equal to 
clover. The dry peas ground make a rich feed for cattle. Sow 
either broadcast or in drills—covering the seed from 2 to 3 
inches—after the ground is warm, as the Peas rot very readily 
in cold, wet soil. When sown broadcast use from 560 to 90 
pounds) seed to the acre. If in drills, half the quantity is 
enough. 
Whip-poor-Will—A standard variety, maturing Seed in 95 to 
110 days. 
SERADELLA (Ornithopus Sativus)—An annual forage plant, 
especially valuable in sections subject to hot, dry sum- 
_mers. Yields heavy crops on poor soils. Sow 45 lbs. per 
acre. Write for prices. 
SAND OR HAIRY VETCH. 
Vicia Villosa. Winter Vetch. Sandwicken. 
- One of the most valuable fodder plants for the West and 
Northwestern States, owing to its ability to withstand severe 
drought, heat and cold. The vines are slender and thickly 
clad with leaves and side stems, which furnish nice, suc- 
culent feed. Individual plants will make a 10 foot growth 
before going to seed. Sow at the rate of 80 to 120 pounds per 
acre for hay. 
As a Pasture Plant for Late Fall and Early Spring Sand 
Vetch is without _an equal. From sowings made in August 
an excellent late Fall pasturage for sheep or hogs can be had 
in 50 days, the plants being by that time two feet in height. 
After close eating it can be left to prevent soil washing dur- 
ing Winter and Spring. It is one of the first plants to start 
into growth in spring and will be again ready to pasture by 
May, or it can be allowed to mature for green cutting or for 
Hay crop. Hogs, sheep and cattle eat it with great relish. 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates the value 
of a plowed-under crop as equivalent to $16 to $45 worth of 
commercial fertilizers per acre. Sow in either fall or spring, 
at the rate of 60 lbs. per acre, broadcast, with the addition 
of one-half bushel Rye or Oats to furnish support for the 
vines. On rich soil it yields enormous crops of green fodder, 
from 10 to 15 tons to the acre; equal to 3 to 4 tons when 
cured as dried Hay. It is also a remarkable grower on sandy 
and thin land. 60 lbs. to the bushel. 
SAMPLES AND LATEST PRICES SENT ON REQUEST. 
CLOVERS 
In the northern United States and Canada the mark of the 
good farmer is his ability to grow Clover successfully and 
profitably. It is an indispensable part of a self-sustaining 
crop rotation, is probably the most important of all our hay 
plants, except Alfalfa in the west, forms an indispensable 
ingredient of balanced rations and can be turned under with 
immense benefit to the land as it is one of the chief nitrogen 
gathering crops. 
Clover pasture is well adapted to hog-raising and cattle 
thrive on it, if sufficiently restricted to avoid bloating. It 
should be sown in conjunction with some other grass such as 
Timothy or Awnless Brome Grass. Clover is unexcelled as a 
soiling crop and is much used for sileage. The seed crop 
yields a profitable return, the seed reproducing about 30 fold 
on the average, and can usually be taken from the second 
growth after the first has been cut for hay. 
We offer strictly high-grade recleaned Clover Seed of all 
varieties. Do not be induced to buy cheap seed, as cheap seed 
is dear at any price, being certain to contain noxious weed 
seeds, likely to be detrimental to crops, farm and community. 
' MEDIUM RED OR JUNE CLOVER (Trifolium pratense)—The 
grade we offer is choice recleaned home-grown seed, free 
from weeds and other impurities (60 lbs. per bushel.) 
MAMMOTH CLOVER (Trifolium pratense perenne)—A larger 
and coarser grower than the preceding, but with less ten- 
dency to die out after the second year. Should be used for 
pasture and fertilizing purposes. 
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ALSIKE CLOVER (Trifolium hybridum)—Swedish Clover. 
It adapts itself to all kinds of soils, and is capable of re- 
sisting extremes of wet and drought alike. It makes a 
very fine, soft, dustless hay that really is better than Red 
Clover hay. (60 lbs. per bushel.) 
WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium repens)—Excellent for pasture 
and valuable for bee-keepers as it makes fine honey. (60 
lbs. per bushel.) Choice Seed, containing a minimum per- 
centage of Alsike Clover. 
WHITE CLOVER—Extra Choice Seeds for lawns, 
(by mail 52c); 1 lb. 85c; (by mail 92c); 5 lbs. $38. 
HUBAM CLOVER—Annual White Sweet Clover—A very vigor- 
ous, rapid growing annual sweet clover discovered in 1916 
at the Iowa Experiment Station. It makes a tremendously 
tall, bushy growth and as a green manuring or soil im- 
provement variety it stands alone, as it makes the greatest 
growth in the shortest time of any clover now known. A 
most nutritious pasture plant and a bees’ paradise from 
June until frost. Sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. 
BOKHARA OR SWEET CLOVER (Melilotus alba)—White 
blossom, biennial. A clover valuable for the excellent 
honey which it yields, and highly important as a soil 
builder and inoculator for Alfalfa, as a green forage and 
hay crop and as a pasture plant; generally adaptable to un- 
favorable soils and conditions. Stock do not take to it 
readily at first, but soon learn to like it and thereafter 
eat it greedily. As a soil renovator it has no equal. Re- 
ports show 4 and 5 tons of hay at one cutting. Sow 10 to 16 
bs. per acre. Hulled Seed. 
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50. 
Clovers inoculated with “Nitragin” will give best results. 
See page 42 
RAPE—DWARF ESSEX 
The earliest cultivated and most profitable plant for sheep, 
hog or cattle feed known. It can be sown in early spring along 
with Oats or Rye, and eaten off by sheep within a week 
or so after harvest. It can also be: sown on Oats, Rye or 
Wheat stubble, or on any vacant land up to the first days of 
August, and will yield an immense crop of green fodder in 
six to eight weeks from the time of sowing. As a fattener 
for sheep and hogs it is superior to clover. Should’ be sown 
in drills at the rate of 3 lbs. per acre, or broadcast, using 4 
to 6 lbs. per acre, all through the summer months, so ag to 
furnish a successive crop of sheep feed. One acre of Rape 
will pasture 36 sheep for two months, 
SUGAR CANE. 
Sorghum. 
Wisconsin Early Amber—The most widely used in the North- 
ern States. Its distinctive features are earliness and great 
jeld of syrup. Sow when the ground is warm so as to 
lasure a good germination. If wanted for fodder sow from 
50 to 60 lbs. of Seed broadcast to the acre. For syrup 25 
Ibs. {sg sufficient. If drilled in continuous rows so as to 
cultivate one way, 12 to 15 lbs. is required. Weight per 
bushel, 50 lbs. 
Southern Amber Cane—Recommended for fodder only. 
WHITE KAFFIR CORN. 
A splendid fodder for cattle and horses; the seed an excellent 
poultry feed. Cultivated for both forage and grain. Grows 
4 to 6 feet high. It is generally grown in drills from 2 
feet 6 inches to 3 feet 6 inches apart. Thoroughly pulver- 
ize the soil before sowing and do not sow until the ground 
is warm, using about 12 lbs. of seed to the acre. 
BROOM CORN. 
Broom corn is one of the best paying crops and is adapted 
to any soil that will grow corn. It will make a crop with Lt f 
little rain. One acre will yield 1 to 1% tons of cured brus 
and up to 40 bushels of seed, which is nearly equal to oats in 
feeding value. Plant in drills 3% feet apart, and in rows about 
3 inches apart; and cultivate the same as corn. About 6 to 8 
pounds of seed will sow an acre. If planted the first of June, 
the crop will be ready to cut September 15th. 
All Seeds offered on this page are F. O. B. Milwaukee. 
Prices subject to change without notice. -Two bushel seam- 
less bags 50c each, extra. 
SAMPLES AND LATEST PRICES SENT ON REQUEST. 
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