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HENDERSON'S MEDIUM RED CLOVEK 



Trijolium pratense 

 Common or Medium Clover, June Clover 



This is by far the most important Clover grown in the Northern. 

 Eastern and Central states, though it is also largely grown in 

 some parts of the West and South. It thrives most luxuriantly 

 on strong, well drained loams, though it does well on a great 

 variety of soils excepting sour, or acid soils, when lime, pla-ter 

 or wood ashes must be applied to counteract the acidity. 

 Red Clover according to locality is a biennial or short- 

 lived perennial. It grows one to two feet in height and 

 usually makes two crops a year, yielding two to three 

 tons of cured hay per acre. Clover hay is very nutritious; 

 all stock fed on it require less grain; chopped and 

 steamed it is a good substitute for green food for poultry 

 during the winter. As pasturage all animals thrive on 

 it. particularly cattle, sheep and pigs, and as a green 

 manuring and soiling crop it is very valuable, adding 

 humus and nitrogen to the soil. In Northern states 

 Red Clover seed is usually sown in the spring; the 

 earlier the better. If grown alone, use 12 to 14 pounds 

 of seed per acre if broadcasted and cover not over 

 half an inch deep. Red Clover may be seeded with 

 a number of different grasses as Timothy, Orchard Gra-s 

 or Tall Oat Grass, but usually it is grown with Timo- 

 thy. 8 to 10 pounds of Clover and half a bushel of 

 Timothy seed being sown per acre. A very satisfactory 

 combination is 5 pounds of Red Clover, 5 pounds of Alsike 

 Clover, 20 pounds of Timothy and 5 pounds of Fancy 

 Red Top per acre. This makes a fine quality of mer- 

 chantable hay and the field does not run out so soon a 

 Clover and Timothy alone (See engraving). 



Price (subject to change without notice). Henderson's 

 Superior Sample (extra recleaned), 65c. lb., $37 75 per bushel 

 of 60 lbs.; $62.00 per 100 lbs. 



MAMMOTH OR PEA CI OVFR Trifoiium 

 l \t\l U \KJ I n VINE RED ^l_^vci\ pratense perenne 



(PERENNIAL RED CLOVER or COW GRASS) 

 Perennial. Time of flowering. July. Height. 2 to 3 feet. Quite 

 distinct from the common Red Clover, being of larger and coarser growth 

 and valuable for purposes for which the latter is entirely unsuited. It 

 lasts longer and is two or three weeks later than common Red Clover. 

 Of very robust growth, yielding enormous bulk valuable for reclaiming 

 exhausted lands. Sow (if alone) about 12 lbs. per acre; weight, 60 lbs. 

 per bushel. Henderson's Superior Sample (extra recleaned). 

 Price, 68c. per lb.; $38.50 per bushel, $63.00 per 100 lbs. 



*2E& s e h r ALSIKE or HYBRID CLOVER SKS 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July and August. Alsike or Swedish 

 Clover is a hybrid intermediate in growth and appearance between Red 

 and White Clovers. The blossoms are pinkish white. It is a perennial 

 and one of the hardiest of all Clovers, thriving particularly well in cool 

 and cold climates and stands freezing well, but also adapts itself to most 

 climates where Clovers grow, and will grow in moister soil than Red 

 Clover, in fact, has produced splendid crops under irrigation. The plants 

 attain a height of one to two feet; stems and leaves, though smaller 

 than those of Red Clover, are much more numerous, making hay of finer 

 texture. It is very nutritious, its feeding value equalling that of Alfalfa 

 and is good for either green forage, pasture or hay. When mixed with 

 Red Clover it improves the quality of the latter. It is valuable for 

 sowing with other Grasses and Clovers as it forms a thick bottom, 

 increasing the yield of hay. 



Alsike frequently produces good crops on soils on which Red Clover 

 will not grow. We strongly advise farmers to add 2 or 3 lbs. per acre 

 to their usual seeding of Red Clover and Timothy. Sow (if alone) 

 8 lbs. per acre: weight 60 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 55c. per lb.; $30.75 per bushel of 60 lbs., $50.00 per 100 lbs. 



WHITE BOKHARA CLOVER 



(SWEET CLOVER,) Mdilotus alba 

 Biennial. Time of flowering. June to September. Height, 3 to 5 feet. 



A perennial leguminous plant of tall, shrub-like growth, occasionally 

 grown as a forage plant, and often for bees; the numerous small white 

 flowers possess a sweet, honey-like fragrance. The importance of 

 Bokhara Clover, however, is it> value for plowing under for green 

 manuring, particularly to prepare poor soils where it is difficult to get 

 other crops to grow. Sow 10 lbs. per acre; weight 60 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 45c. per lb.; $24.75 per bushel, $40.00 per 100 lbs. 



JAPAN CLOVER Lespedeza Striata 

 An annual leguminous plant considerably grown, particularly in the 

 South, as a summer pasture, green forage and hay crop. It also has 

 much value as a soil enrieher when plowed under as green manure. It 

 will flourish on poor and exhausted soils, 'too poor to produce profitable 

 crops of any other forage plant. Though an annual, once sown it 

 reseeds itself from year to year, and in that way will last indefinitely, 

 and is pronounced by competent authorities as the best pasture plant 

 for impoverished soil in the Southern states. Sow 14 lbs. per acre; 

 weight 20 lbs. per bushel. 



Price, 65c. per lb. $12.50 per bushel of 20 lbs.; $60.00 per 100 lbs. 







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Henderson's Superior Recleaned 



CRIMSON or SCAKLET CLOVEK 



Time of flowering, June; height, 2 feet. 

 Trifolium Incarnatum 



Crimson Clover forms an upright branching plant 1 to 2 feet in height, 

 according to soil, locality and season. It roots very deeply and is a 

 bountiful provider of nitrogen. 



Plowing under a good crop of Scarlet Clover is equivalent to 20 tons of 

 stable manure per acre and even if the Clover be harvested or pastured. 

 the benefits derived from the wonderful nitrogenous root formation will 

 alone many times repay the cost of seed and labor. 



It is the cheapest source of nitrogen, and has restored to profitable 

 cultivation thousands of acres of poor land. 



As Hay-— Cut when coming into full bloom, not later — and properly 

 cured — it is richer in protein than Red Clover and especially adapted 

 for growing and working animals. The yield of cured hay on a\ 

 soils is 2 to 3 tons per acre, on lighter soils less and on heavier, richer 

 soils, phenomena crops have been produced. 



For Green Forage and Silage it is especially adapted for dairy stock 

 and is much relished by them. The average yield cut green before the 

 flowers commence to mature is 8 to 15 tons per aero, though up to a 

 20-ton yield per acre is sometimes reported. 



As Pasture Crimson Clover makes one of the best early spring 

 pastures, supplying an abundance of nutritious herbage for several 

 weeks if stock is turned on it when about 6 inches high. 



As a Green Manuring Crop, Cover Crop or Winter Soil Mulch Crim- 

 son Clover is of the greatest value, particularly as its season of growth 

 permits it to be sown in summer or early autumn after a grain or 

 table crop has been removed and then be plowed under the next S] 

 Thus it does not in any way interfere with other crops. 



Crimson Clover should not be fed either cured or green after I 

 flowers begin to mature tor the hairs of the calyx then begin 

 and harden and are apt to form troublesome 'hair balls" in the 

 stomachs of animals. 



Sow at the rate of 15 pounds of seed per acre, either b oadc - 

 drilled. Cover lightly with a harrow. If sown too early, es] e -tally 

 in Southern States. Crimson Clover is apt to mature and form seed- the 

 same season without making full growth. In the latitude of New 

 York City sow from July 15 to September 15. and in the South as 

 late as October. 



Price, 35c. per lb.; $18.75 per bushel of 60 lbs.; $30.00 per 100 lbs. 



