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HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 

 RE^CLEANED .-. .-. /. 



CLOVER SEEDS 



FACTS 



ABOUT 



CLOVERS 



Important to Every Farmer 



GROWN FOR HAY 

 GROWN FOR PASTURE 



GROWN AS FERTILIZERS 



AND 



SOIL IMPROVERS 



Clovers yield 2 to 3 tons of cured, nutri- 

 tious hay per acre; and furnish a better 

 balanced ration, than almost any other 

 kind of food. Red Clover makes two 

 crops in one season. 



All farm animals thrive on the Clovers, 

 particularly cattle, sheep and hogs. Pew 

 pasture crops grown will furnish as much 

 grazing in a season as Red Clover. 



All Clovers have the power to gather 

 Nitrogen from the air, and store it in 

 the soil in the form of nodules on the roots; 

 thereby providing rich food for crops of 

 cereals, etc., which follow. 



Thus they save the cost of expensive 

 commercial fertilizers, and the labor of 

 loading and spreading farm yard manure. 



The long roots of Clover penetrate 

 deeply into the soil, improve its drainage, 

 render it more friable, and increase its 

 capacity for holding moisture. 



When plowed under, Clover crops add 

 humus to the soil, and further improve its 

 mechanical condition. 



RED CLOVER 



(Common or Medium Clover, June Clover.) 



Botanical, Trifolium pralense. German, Kopfklee, roth bluhender. French, Trefle rouge. 



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, plaster or woodashes 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 pas- 

 turage all animals thrive on it, particularly cattle, sheep and pigs, 

 and as a green manuring and soiUng 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 num- 

 ber of different grasses as Timothy, Orchard Grass or Tall Oat 



Grass, but usually it is grown with Timothy, 8 to 10 pounds of 

 Clover and half a bushel of Timothy seed being sown per acre. A 

 very satisfactory combination is 10 pounds of Red Clover, 20 pounds 

 of Timothy and 10 pounds of Fancy Red Top per acre. This makes 

 a fine quality of merchantable hay and the field does not run out 

 so soon as Clover and Timothy alone. {See engraving.) 



CAUTION. — Every care should be exercised in buying Red Clover, 

 for there are always on the market at a cheap price large quantities, 

 badly infested with weed seeds, which in size and appearance closely 

 resemble Red Clover, and cannot be cleaned out. Our seed is of high 

 germination, pure and free from weed seeds and foreign matter. 



Price (subject to change without notice), Henderson's Superior 

 Sample (extra recleaned), 34c. lb., $18.50 bushel of 60 lbs., $30.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



"1 am glad to be able to say to you that I had the best crop of Clover I have ever 

 seen grown, which I plowed under, grown from your seed. All my crops are first.' 

 class this year. Hay crop grand." WM. B. OSLER, East Greenwich, R. I. 



PRICES OP CLOVEKS ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS 



