302 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. 



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Clover Seeds 



Red Clover. 



Highest Grade Clovers 



All of the Clover Seed offered below is of 

 the highest quality as to purity and germi- 

 nation. They are all adapted for this sec- 

 tion and fully comply with Federal and 

 State Seed Laws. 



Alfalfa. Purest Northwestern grown seed 

 only. The most valuable hay crop and 

 soil enricher. Requires well drained, 

 limestone soil and should be inoculated 

 with Stimugerm. Sow in Spring or late 

 Summer, 20 lbs. per acre. 



Alsike. Excellent hay Clover, thriving on 

 poorly drained and slightly acid soils. 

 Sow in early Spring, 6 to 8 lbs. per acre. 



Crimson. A quick growing annual Clover, 

 used on light soils as a green manure. 

 Sow 12 to 15 lbs., per acre. 



Medinm Bed. The old standbv and one of 

 the most valuable for hay. pasture, and 

 green manure. Thrives best on well 

 drained, sweet soil. Sow 10 to 15 lbs. 

 per acre. 



Manunotli Red. Grows larger, yields 

 heavier, and is a little hardier, particu- 

 larly on damp soils, than the common 

 Medium Red. Matures with Timothy. 

 Sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. 



Habam or Annual White Sweet. A strain 

 of White Sweet Clover that produces a 

 large yield of good hay in one season. 

 Excellent for bees and a good soil en- 

 richer. 



WMte Sweet Clover. Biennial; makes good 

 hay and forage; thrives on poorer soil 

 than any other Clover and is considered 

 the greatest of all soil enrichers. For 

 hay, sow 12 to 15 lbs., per acre. 



Wlxlte Dutch, Clover. Our grass seed mix- 

 tures do not contain White Dutch Clover, 

 as it does not mix well with grass seeds, 

 which are lighter in weight. However, 

 WTiite Dutch Clover has a definite place 

 in lawns, as it produces a quick sod and 

 helps to feed the other grasses. Unless 

 a very heavy seeding is required, as for 

 poor soils, 1 lb. per 2000 square feet is 

 Efficient. 



STIMUGERM 



^^HLEGUME INOCULATION ^4 



Soil and crop experts agree that Stimu- 

 srerm not only increases croc production but 

 also greatly improves the soil. It should 

 be used on the seed of all legumes, like 

 clo\er. peas, and beans. 



Be sure to state kind of seed on wlxich 

 Stimug-erm is to be used. 



For Small Seeds — Clovers, Red, Alsike and 

 Sweet: Alfalfa etc. 14-bu., size, 35c; ^- 

 bu. size. GOo; 1-bu. size. $1.00; 2^^-bu. 

 size, S2.25: 10-bu. size, $8.00. 



Por Larg-e size Seeds — Soy Beans, Cow Peas, 

 Peas. Beans, etc. ^-bu. size, 35c; 1-bu. 

 size, 60c; 2-bu. size, SI. 00; 5-bu. size, $2.25. 



Special Garden Size for Garden Peas, Beans, 

 and Sweet Peas. 25c. 



Hay and Pasture Mixtures 



We can highly recommend the following 

 mixtures of grasses and clovers for hay 

 and pasture. All mixtures are made up 

 from strictly first quality seed and can also 

 be used for planting vacant lots, orchards 

 and meadows, where a good heavy sod is 

 desired but not a closely cropped lawn. 

 When ordering state nature of soil on which 

 these mixtures are to be used. 



Permanent Hay Mixttire. A special mix- 

 ture of grasses and clovers that will pro- 

 duce heavy yields of hay and is very per- 

 manent. Also useful for planting in or- 

 chards. Sow 50 lbs. per acre. 10 lbs., $3.25; 

 100 lbs., S27.50. 



Permanent Pasture Mixture. A special 

 mixture of long lived grasses and clovers 

 that will produce fine pasturage from early 

 Spring until late Fall. Also used for mead- 

 ow.s. 10 lbs., -53.25: 100 lbs., $27.50. 



Green Manures 



Green Manure is the term applied to any 

 crop grown for the purpose of plowing un- 

 der. Green Manures are valuable in two 

 waj'S. First, the growing crop utilizes, 

 stores up. and when plowed under returns 

 to the soil valuable fertilizing materials that 

 would otherwise be leached away by the 

 rains. Second, certain plants (clovers, 

 beans, peas, and vetches), have the faculty 

 of extracting and storing up nitrogen from 

 the air. and when turned under such crops 

 add nitrogen to the soil in the best form 

 for the use of succeeding crops. 



For Green Manure the nitrogen gather- 

 ing plants, as noted above, are the best to 

 use, and of these cow peas. Canada field 

 peas and soy beans are most generally used, 

 although any of the clovers are good. Other 

 crops used for green manure are buckwheat, 

 rye and the millets. 



Where possible two crops should be 

 grown and turned under in one year, thus 

 saving valuable time. For this purpose rye 

 or vetch or both should be sown in the Fall 

 and plowed under the following June, when 

 cow peas, soy beans or buckwheat may be 

 sown for turning under in the Fall. 



ABCO MAK2:S SCAlTUBi: 



Adco when applied to a pile of vegetable 

 matter makes excellent manure. See page 83. 



