CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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FIELD SEEDS 



Specially Adapted for 

 the Southern States. 



CLOVERS. 



Alfalfa. 



AI.FAZ.FA OB IiUCEBNE CIiOVSB.— 



The most talked of and most widely plant- 

 ed of all the varieties of clover. 



Alfalfa in the South will produce 5 to 7 

 tons of hay to the acre each year and in 

 money value is worth 45 per cent more 

 than other clovers and 60 per cent more 

 than Timothy hay. It will grow 4 or 5 

 crops a year and it does not exhaust the 

 soil: it enriches the soil. Its long branch- 

 ing roots penetrate far down, 15 to 20 feet 

 and so loosen the subsoil that it is a gi- 

 gantic subsoiler, resists drought, and gets 

 plant food where other crops would be a 

 failure. 



It is said that the feeding value of a ton 

 of alfalfa is equal to a ton of shell corn. 

 Plant from January to April for Spring, 

 and September to November for Fall at the 

 rate of 30 lbs. per acre. 



"We handle the following brands: 



Banner. — Price, postpaid, 50c. per pound; 

 not prepaid. $17.00 per bushel. 



Fancy. — Price, postpaid, 40c. per pound; 

 not prepaid, $16.50 per bushel. 



Write for prices in large quantities. 



AZiSIKi: CI^OVEB. — This plant ranks 

 nearly as valuable as the medium red 

 clover for ordinary soils, and in special 

 conditions is much better. The plants are 

 smaller and ordinarily it produces a some- 

 what lighter crop than the medium red 

 clover, but as it is also much more closely 

 eaten by stock, there is less waste. The 

 quality of the hay is better. As the plant 

 is a perennial, while the medium red clover 

 is a biennial, it makes more of a perma- 

 nent meadow or pasture plant. It succeeds 



on impoverished soil or acid soils, nothing 

 better than the medium red clover and on 

 wet soil it is invaluable. It will not, of 

 course, grow in water, but will stand more 

 moisture than the other clovers. Sow in 

 Spring or Fall, 6 pounds per acre. lib., 50c., 

 postpaid; 10 lbs., $4.50; 60-lb. bu., $18.00, 

 not prepaid. 



Medium Bed Clover. 



MEDIUM BED CLOVEB. — The most 

 universally grown throughout the country. 

 On fertile soil and especially where hay is 

 desired, it has only one superior, and that 

 is Alfalfa. Sow in Spring and Fall, 12 

 pourds per acre, lb., 60c., postpaid; 10 lbs., 

 $4.50; bu., $31.00, not prepaid. 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVEB. — This is the 

 common little running clover found in 

 most good pastures. Its chemical analysis 

 shows it to be richer in protein than almost 

 any other legume which we grow for 

 forage. It is, of course, too small to grow 

 for hay, but it is invaluable in all pastures. 

 Sow in Spring and Fall. 8 pounds to acre. 

 1 lb., $1.00, postpaid; 10 lbs., $9.00, not pre- 

 paid. Write quantity prices. 



YEI.I.OW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVEB. 

 — (Melilotus Indica) — This is a variety of 

 Sweet Clover sometimes called Sour Clover, 

 growing from 10 to 15 inches high, which 

 is being used by many for quick results. 

 It comes earlier, makes a full crop the 

 first season. You can sow the seed in the 

 Fall or early Spring. 35c. per lb., postpaid; 

 1 bu., 60 Ibn.. $7 00, not prepaid. Write for 

 prices, quantity lots. 20 lbs. to acre. 



HUBAM CLOVEB. — A fast growing an- 

 nual white sweet clover, reaches 4 to 10 

 feet in height from three to six months 

 after planting. Yields six times that of 

 Red Clover. Under ordinary conditions 

 Hubam will make a very satisfactory 

 growth on any soil of average fertility. 

 It's a great drouth resister. It requires 2 

 to 3 pounds of seeds per acre if planted in 

 cultivated rows and S to 12 pounds if 

 seeded broadcast. Plant either during the 

 fall or early spring, Hubam should be 

 harvested when one-half of the seed pods 

 have turned brown and the first ripe seed 

 is beginning to shatter on the ground. 

 Prices: lb., 90c.; 5 lbs. for ^4.00, postpaid. 



