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P. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 
316 Ninth Street, N. W. 
14 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. 
Tt 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% 
bushels per acre in drills 314 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. 
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