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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Cutting and 



Stacking Alfalfa 



in Wisconsin. 



CURRIE'S ALFALFA 



(Lucerne) 



MEDICAGO SATIVA. 



STRICTLY CHOICE DOMESTIC. 



Alfalfa is a crop of inestimable value. 

 It may be cut 3 to 4 times a season, each 

 cutting bringing enormous yields (10 tons 

 find more) of sweet nutritious forage much 

 relished by all kinds of stock. It is an ex- 

 cellent soiling crop and makes the best of 

 hay when properly treated, being in itself 

 the nearest approach of any farm product 

 to a perfect ration. The Seed should be 

 sown broadcast at the rate of 15 to 25 

 pounds per acre, and seeding may take 

 place from about the middle of April, or 

 earlier, should the ground be in good con- 

 dition, until late in August or September, without a 

 nurse or cover crop. The soil must be deep, rich and 

 well-drained, and the seed-bed well prepared. The in- 

 oculation of the seed with a commercial culture such 

 as "Standard Inoculating Bacteria" (see below), im- 

 mediately before sowing will materially assist in the 

 production of a crop. The seed should never be sown 

 on heavy, sticky clay land where water stands a short 

 distance below the surface. As a land enricher Alfalfa 

 is unsurpassed. The long roots. 10 to 15 feet under 

 ground, bring up lots of buried mineral fertilizer, while 

 like all the Clover family, it is a great nitrogert 

 gatherer. No farmer should be without it. 

 Genuine Montana Grown Seed — Recleaned. Because of the particularly rigorous climatic conditions of Montana, strains of 

 Alfalfa produced in that state are considered better able to withstand the severe winters and trying conditions of other 

 northern states. Per lb. 40c (by mail 47c); 20 lbs. $7.00; 100 lbs. $34.00. 

 Northern l,n>»u Seed — Finest Quality. Recleaned. Suited to conditions of practically all northern sections. Per lb. 40c; (by 



mail 47c); 20 lbs. $6.75: 100 lbs. $32.00. .•- , .„ n/> ■ „ 



(.rlimn-s Alfalfa — Certified with affidavit of our grower to be Genuine Grimm. Per lb. 65c; (by mail ,2c); 10 lbs. $6.(10; 100 lbs. 

 $55.00. 



SOY BEAN 



Valuable In the north chiefly as a soil improver and wonderful '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 vellow) — Dwarf growing, early yielding a large quantity of seed. 



Per lb. 15c (by mail 22c); 10 lbs. $1.15; 50 lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $9.50. 

 Mammoth Yellow — A popular variety, producing a large quantity of fodder. 



Per lb. 15c (by mail 22c); 10 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $4.25; 100 lbs. $8.00. 

 Gnelph (Medium Early Green) — The favorite variety in the Northern States, either 



for the production of seed or forage. Per lb. 15c (by mail 22c); 10 lbs. $1.15; 



50 lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $9.50. 

 Black neautv — Not so early as Ito San. but a heavier yielder and better for forage. 



Plants stockv, of medium height. Per lb. 15c; (by mail 22c); 10 lbs. $1.15; 50 



lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $9.50. 



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The Guaranteed 

 Legume Inoculator 



Alfalfa, all clovers, all beans and peas. 

 and vetch, are legumes. Legumes, if in- 

 oculated, will develop on their roots small 

 protuberances, called nodules. These no- 

 dules take nitrogen from the air and sup- 

 ply it to the plant. Nitrogen is one of the 

 most necessary and most expensive of all 

 the chemical elements entering into plant 

 growth. Modern farmers therefore grow 

 their nitrogen, grow it with legume crops. 



But legumes can not take nitrogen from 

 the air unless there are nodules on the 

 roots, and nodules do not ordinarily de- 

 velop unless the germs are artificially 

 •d on the roots. Placing these germs 

 is called inoculation. 



Standard Inoculating Bacteria is a cul- 

 ture of living germs, grown direct from 

 nodules taken from the roots of legume 

 plants. The germs are shipped in amber 

 bottles to exclude the light, with glass cot- 

 ton plugged air tubes to supply air to the 

 germs. This bacteria is then mixed with 

 water and the seeds are sprinkled before 

 planting. This places the germs right on 

 the incipient root of the plant where it be- 

 longs, and inoculation is sure and certain. 



Remember there is a separate germ for 

 every legume — one for each of the clovers, 

 for alfalfa, soy beans, garden beans, peas, 

 vetch, etc., etc. 



When ordering state crop to be inocu- 

 lated. 



STANDARD INOCULATING BACTERIA. 



Price. Postpaid. 

 len size. .$ .50 2 Acre size... $1.45 

 1 Acre size. . .75 4 Acre size. . . 2.25 

 6 Acre size $3.00 



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 50 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. 1 lb. 15c 



(by mail 22c); 10 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $4.25; 100 lbs. $8.00. 



SAND OR HAIRY VETCH 



Vlcla \ lllosn. Winter Vetch. Sandwleken. 



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, succulent 

 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. 



An 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 during 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 *4,"» 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. Per lb. 30c (by mail 37c); 10 lbs. $2.6r>; 

 25 lbs. $6.25; 100 lbs. $24.00. 



All Seeds offered on this page are F. O. B. Milwaukee. 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



Two bushel seamless hags SOc each, extra. 



