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STECKLER'S SUMMER AND FALL CROP PRICE LIST. 



ALFALFA OR LUCERNE 

 CLOVER. 



Alfalfa is the most talked of ana most 

 widely planted of all the varieties of clovei 

 in the world. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture says. 

 "In addition to the hay crop, Alfalfa at two 

 years adds $100 to the value of every acre on 

 which it grows. There is not a State in the 

 Union in which Alfalfa cannot be successfully 

 grown." This is saying a good deal but it has 

 been proven true. 



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, branching roots 

 penetrate far down, 15 to 20 feet, and so 

 loosen the subsoil that it is a gigantic sub- 

 soiler, resists drought, and gets plant food 

 where other crops would be a failure. When 

 the plants are destroyed in order to raise 

 other crops on Alfalfa Land, the large roots 

 decay and produce a vast source of fertility 

 to be used by following crops. 



It is said that the feeding value of a ton of 

 Alfalfa is equal to a ton of shelled corn. 



We handle the following brands. 



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

 not prepaid, $15.00 per bushel. 



Taney. — Price, postpaid, 35c. per pound; not 

 prepaid, $14.00 per bushel. 



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

 not prepaid, $13.50 per bushel. 



Peruvian. — Price, postpaid 60c. per pound; 



not prepaid, $20.00 per bushel. 



Write for prices in large quantities. 



Planted from September to November. 20 

 to 30 lbs. per acre. 



BOKHARA OR SWEET CLOVER. 



Melilotus Alba, Biennial (Bokhara or White Sweet Clover) Melilotus Officinalis, 

 Biennial Melilotus Alba, strong grower. When young it resembles Alfalfa to such a 

 degree that it is often mistaken for it, but when mature, which is during its second 

 season, it attains a height of five to six feet and blooms from June to October. The 

 roots of all varieties are large, fleshy, and much branched, and go down to considerable 

 depth. In the Biennial Species, these, with the tops, die at the close of the second year, 

 if the plant ripens seed. If cut before seed is ripe or if pastured so that seed is not 

 matured, the plant lasts over several seasons. It is of great value in reclaiming old worn 

 out soils and the demand for seed is increasing rapidly. Price, White Blossom, unhulled, 

 postpaid, 40 cents per pound; 10 pounds, $3.50, not prepaid. Planted during September 

 and October, or February and March. 20 pounds per acre. 



JAPAN CLOVER. 



(Iiespedeza Striata.) 



A legume. Southern seed. Grows any- 

 where; is tenacious in any soil; lasts always; 

 well known now in the South. Planted from 

 December to March. 25 pounds per acre. 

 Prices, postpaid, 35 cents per pound. Write 

 for prices on quantity lots. 



CRIMSON CLOVER FOR*%*: 

 THE SOUTH. 



Farmers all through the Middle Atlantic 

 and Southern States are increasing the acre- 

 age of Crimson Clover very materially, as 

 they find it one of the best and most satis- 

 factory of early forage and soil-improving 

 crops. Its greatest value is as a soil-im- 

 prover, practical farmers maintaining that a 

 crop of Crimson Clover turned under is equal 

 to a good application of stable manure. It 

 costs less to seed per acre than any other 

 similar crop; and the results, in putting the 

 much-needed nitrogen and humus into the 

 soil, are considered superior even to cow peas. 

 Planted during Septembber and October, and 



February and March. 20 pounds per acre. Prices, postpaid, 35 cents per pound; 10 

 pounds, $3.00, not prepaid; bushel, $16.00. 



THESE PRICES ABE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



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