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Henderson's Superior Recleaned 



CRIMSON OK ••• ••• 



SCARLET CLOVER 



A Boon to Agriculture — A Gold Mine on 

 Your Farm — Valuable as a Pasture, Green 

 Forage and Hay Crop and Most Valuable for 

 Qyickly Restoring Fertility to Worn^Out Soils 



The importance of this Annual Clover is realized more and 

 more every year, not only as a pasture, green forage and hay 

 crop, but as a cover crop and soil renovator. While it grows 

 most luxuriantly on fertile loam, yet it will thrive better on 

 thinner and poorer soils than Red Clover and is more efficient 

 for green manuring than the latter. 



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. 

 As Hay — Cut when coming into rull bloom, not later — and 

 properly cured — it is even superior to Red Clover, is more 

 nutritious, richer in protein and especially adapted for 

 growing and working animals. The yield of cured hay on 

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

 heavier, richer soils, phenomenally large crops have been 

 produced. 

 For Green Forage and Silage it is of high feeding value, es- 

 pecially 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 acre, 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 Crimson 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 vegetable 

 crop has been removed and then be plowed under the next 

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

 crops. 



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 revolutionized 

 the methods of farming in many States, has restored to profit- 

 able cultivation thousands of acres of poor land. 

 As a Cover Crop and winter soil mulch it is peculiarly well 

 adapted. It may be sown among corn, tobacco, sorghum 

 and other crops after the last cultivation and when the 

 primary crop is removed the Crimson Clover will come on 

 and cover the ground fall, winter and early spring. It is 

 one of the best cover crops for orchards and small fruits, and 

 also one of the best sources of nitrogen for them. 

 Harvesting and Feeding. Crimson Clover should not be fed 

 either cured or green after the flowers begin to mature for the 

 hairs of the calyx then begin to stiffen and harden and are apt 

 to form troublesome ' 'hair balls" in the stomachs of animals. 

 Seeding. Sow at the rate of 15 pounds of seed per acre, either 

 broadcast or drilled. Cover lightly with a harrow. If sown 

 too early, especially in Southern States, Crimson Clover is apt 

 to mature and form seeds 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. — Henderson's choicest new Crop Crimson clover seed of 

 highest growing quality, thoroughly recleaned and free from 

 weed seeds. (See cut). 18 cts. lb., $9.50 bushel of 60 lbs., 

 $15.00 per 100 lbs. 



KED CLOVER. 



Trifolium 

 pratense) 



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

 Sample (extra recleaned,), 28c. lb., $15.00 bushel of 60 lbs., $25.00 

 per 100 lbs. 



MAMMOTH OR PEA VINE KED CLOVEK. 



{Trifolium pratense perenne) 

 Quite distinct from the common Red Clover, being of larger and 

 coarser growth. 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, 30c. lb., 

 $16.00 per bushel, $26.00 per 100 lbs. 



ALSIKE OK HYBKID CLOVEK. 



{Trifolium hybridum) 



A hybrid intermediate in growth and appearance between Red 

 and White Clovers. It is a perennial and one of the hardiest of all 

 clovers, thriving particularly well in cool climates and stands freez- 

 ing well. It is valuable for sowing with other grasses and clovers 

 as it forms a thick bottom, increasing the yield of hay. 



Sow (if alone) 8 lbs. per acre; weight, 60 lbs. per bushel. 30c. 

 lb., $16.00 bushel, $25.00 per 100 lbs. 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVEK 



{Trifolium re pens) 

 A very hardy creeping variety, which accommodates itself to a 

 great variety of soils, but grows most luxuriantly in moist ground 

 or in wet seasons. It is valuable in mixtures for permanent pastures 

 and lawns. Sow (if alone) 8 lbs. per acre; weight, per bushel, 

 60 lbs. 50c. per lb., $?8.00 per bushel, $45.00 per 100 lbs. 



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