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P. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 



316 Ninth Street, N. W. 

 Vz Block North Penna. Ave. 



Crimson Clover. 



CRIMSON, or SCARLET CLOVER— Also known as Annual, 

 or German Clover. This is for fall sowing only. When sown 

 during June, July, August and September, in this latitude, it 

 produces a wonderful crop and is one of the most successful 

 soil-improvers that we have. Improves worn-out and poor soils, 

 and is the cheapest and best fertilizer. Being a winter crop, it 

 should be sown in August and September. Sow ten to fifteen 

 pounds per acre. Bushel, sixty pounds. 



JAPAN CLOVER 



(Lespedeza Striata) 

 ADVANTAGES OF JAPAN CLOVER 



It grows on the poorest and dryest soils. 



Lands totally unfit for other crops will produce Japan Clover. 



Fine for reclaiming old worn-out fields and restoring them 

 to fertility. 



The roots penetrate and break up hard subsoils. 



It will grow luxuriantly on poor land, and will resist the 

 severest drought. 



Stock eat it readily and fatten on it. 



Only one sowing necessary — it reseeds itself. 



ALFALFA, or LUCERNE— The hardiest and most lasting of 

 all Clovers, and when once established the most productive as 

 well as the best soil-enricher of all. It can be cut for hay 

 several times a year, yielding bountifully at each cutting, and 

 the hay is of the highest feeding value. When established. 

 Alfalfa yields four to eight cuttings per season, depending upon 

 the section. It should not be grazed. It does best on a loamy 

 limestone soil, the lime being very essential to its growth. 



WHITE BOKHARA, or SWEET CLOVER— Can be sown 

 either in the spring or fall. Should be sown at the rate of 15 

 pounds to the acre. It furnishes good inoculation as a crop 

 to precede alfalfa, and is also adapted for sowing on hillsides 

 that are liable to wash or gully; but it will not succeed well 

 on lands that do not contain some lime content. It is also largely 

 used for sowing for bees. 



WHITE DUTCH CLOVER— Largely used in lawn and 

 pasture mixtures, and is well adapted to our soils. It is volun- 

 tary in growth and will cover the ground well and makes a good 

 pasturage. Generally sown in a mixture with other grasses ; 

 not suitable for hay. 



PRICES ON ALL GRASS AND CLOVER SEED 

 ON APPLICATION. 



COW PEAS 



Cow Peas will make a good growth under very unfavorable 

 conditions and on poor soil. However, as their merit as a soil 

 improver lies in their ability to gather nitrogen, it stands to 

 reason that the greatest benefit will be derived where the soil is 

 put in good condition and fertile. Applications of lime to the 

 soil are very beneficial also. The seed may be sown at any time 

 in the spring when it has become warm enough to plant corn, 

 and from that time on to within about two months of frost. 



BEST VARIETIES TO PLANT— Clays, Whippoorwills, New 

 Era, Mixed, Black Cows, Black Eyes, Canada Field Peas, etc. 

 All our Cow Peas are fancy, recleaned, free from hulls. Write 

 for our lowest prices. 



HAIRY OR WINTER VETCH 



This is one of the most valuable forage crops for the South, 

 but requires to be sown in the fall for best results. Can be 

 sown any time from July to October. Succeeds admirably sown 

 at the last working of corn or cotton with oats or wheat. 

 Should be sown at the rate of twenty to thirty pounds to the 

 acre with one bushel of Oats or three-fourths bushel of Wheat. 



WHITE SPRING OATS 



For a spring oat for seeding in March and April, the White 

 Spring Oats are unquestionably the best and surest yielding of 

 spring oats, the advantages claimed for it being that it is earlier 

 to mature, free from rust, healthy, clean and vigorous growth of 

 straw, and makes a remarkably good yield of clean, bright, 

 heavy grain. On account of its earliness to mature, it is one 

 of the surest cropping varieties for the South. 



EARLY AMBER SORGHUM 



Furnishes a large yield of most nutritious forage, which can be 

 fed either green or cured, and will yield two or three cuttings 

 a year, stooling out thicker each time it is cut. It grows 10 to 12 

 feet high. Sow broadcast for forage at the rate of 1 to 1^/2 

 bushels per acre in drills 3j^ to 4 feet apart. 



BUCKWHEAT 



NEW JAPANESE— This new sort has proven to be much 

 earlier and more productive than any other variety. Grains very 

 large and rich brown color. It excells all in yield and earliness. 



Sorghum. 



