GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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FOR THE FOLLOWING CROPS IN ACRE SIZES: 



Red Clover, 

 Mammoth Clover, 

 Crimson Clover, 



White Clover, 

 Burr Clover, 

 Sweet Clover, 

 Alsike, 



Alfalfa, 

 Peanuts, 

 Vetch, 

 Garden Beans, 



Garden Peas, 

 Sweet Peas, 

 Cow Peas, 

 Canadian Field Peas, 



Soy Beans, 

 and all other 

 legumes. 



In Garden Size for Peas, Beans and Sweet Peas; also a mixed culture good for all three. 



In ordering- state what crop you wish to plant, quantity wanted, and ask 



for book on "Farmogerm Method." 



GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS. 



For Price List See Bed Pages in Back of Book. 



One of the most remarkable metamorphoses in the history of agriculture of any land 

 has come over the entire South within the last thirty-six months, or since the arrival of 

 the boll weevil, and the consequent diversification of the cotton fields. It has been proven 

 by actual experiment along practical lines that there is as much profit in diversified farm- 

 ing as there ever was in the palmiest days of the production of the once omnipresent 

 staple. It has been shown in actual and uncontrovertible figures that cotton is no longer 

 King, and that corn and oats and live stock, together with the production of truck and 

 other things give by far larger returns than did the soil before it was drained of its 

 fertility by the one crop system. 



In former days a large part of the income from the cotton plant went elsewhere to 

 pay for the corn, the oats, the hay, the meat, the mules and other things that have been 

 the main stand-by of the farmers of the North and the West. But now matters have 

 changed and some of the products that were once imported are now being exported. 

 To-day the States of Louisiana and Mississippi are more nearly independent than they 

 were ever before in their agricultural history, and the time is not far distant when these 

 States will experience such an impetus in the direction of diversification that they will 

 become financially the richest of the Union. 



That one crop system, however, has brought about a condition of affairs that was not 

 experienced during the days when agriculture was young in these States. It has reduced 

 the once natural fertility of the soil to such an extent that the Southern farmer of to-day 

 must take immediate steps to prevent further loss of the elements and to enable him to 

 take advantage of the free gifts of nature in the shape of an almost unlimited growing 

 climate and an abundance of water. In other words, he must replenish the worn out soil 

 with those elements that have been so freely taken, before he can hope to reach the full 

 measure of his profits. 



In no other way can this be done so well or so quickly as to cultivate those legumes 

 that grow so well in the South and at the same time supply the soil with the nitrogen 

 that has been stolen. Simultaneously the farmer must use these crops for the live 

 stock that also thrives and is raised so cheaply that his profits are added to more largely 

 than in any other section of the country. By the practice of these two things the farmer 

 not only adds the elements that have been stolen but also increases his bank account and 

 finds himself on the highway to prosperity never dreamed of when the land was con- 

 tinually tied up in the one staple crop. 



Alfalfa, Cow Peas, the Velvet Bean, the Soy Bean, the Clovers and the like are, among 

 other plants of a similar nature, admirably adapted to this double purpose and the farmer 

 of to-day is growing them and making his pork at the rate of only 3 cents per pound 

 where it costs the Northern farmer from 9 to 11 cents. The corn crop of this State now 

 is worth more than $20,000,000 more than the cotton crop, and the hay crop from these 

 other products will be worth more in dollars every year to the farmer than was the crop 

 from the cotton fields when it averaged a million bales per annum. 



The farmers have learned the great lesson. The history of the last 36 months has 

 proved it. Financial prosperity is at hand if but the practices of those months are 

 followed. 



ALSIKE OB SWEDISH CIOVER.- 



Comes from the little province of Alsike in 

 Sweden. One of the hardiest varieties 

 known; is perennial and does not winter 

 kill; stands alike drouth or wet. A great 

 favorite with bee keepers, as it has flowers 

 having a sweet and agreeable odor and 

 affords excellent forage for bees. Sow 10 

 to 15 pounds to the acre. 



CBIMSON CLOVEB. — Trifolium Incar- 



natum. — Crimscon Clover, an annual varie- 

 ty, which is a native of a warm climate, 

 has not been grown as extensively as it de- 

 serves to be. It has been highly praised up 

 as a forage plant, said to be equally as 

 good for pasturage as well as for mowing 

 and to do better in poor v\ orn out soil than 

 any other variety. It certainly has attract- 

 ed a great deal of attention in the South 

 during past years, and the Experiment 

 Stations of Louisiana and other Southern 

 States speak highly of it. It has been 

 grown for years in the South of France 

 and Germany, with great success and owing 



to its quick growth it is a very desirable 

 variety. As a forage plant it may be 

 mowed twice and then plowed under, there- 

 by acting as a fertilizer and renovating the 

 exhausted soil. In the Southern States 

 Crimson Clover should be sown in the 

 months of October and November. How- 

 ever, it may be sown with good results as 

 late as January and February and will pro- 

 duce a fine crop. The demand for this 

 variety of Clover has increased consider- 

 ably of late years. From 10 to 20 pounds 

 should be sown per acre. 



BURR CLOVER. — (Medicag-o Macculata) 

 This variety of Clover was brought from 

 Chili to California and thence to the States 

 under the name of California Clover. It 

 is often taken for Lucerne .which name is 

 wrongly applied. The Burr Clover has only 

 two or three yellow blossoms in each clus- 

 ter, while the Lucerne has many blue 

 blossoms in an elongated head. It fur- 

 nishes good grazing from February till 

 April or May. It is also good for hay. 

 Sow 20 pounds to the acre. 



Flowering Annuals to be Had in Their Planting Season. 



