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tain equal possession; or one year one may- 

 seem to rule, and the next year the other. 



Value— On sands, gravels, or denuded clay 

 hill tops no other plant known to us is so 

 valuable for grazing. Taking a succession of 

 ten years, the same assertion would not be 

 far out of the way for rich lands, while few 

 forage plants on these would yield so much 

 or so valuable hay. 



The analysis of red clover gives 16 per cent, 

 albuminoids and 41 carbohydrates. The aver- 

 age of two analyses of Japan clover gives 

 15.85 albuminoids and 56 carbohydrates, plac- 

 ing it above red clover in nutritive value. 



Product of Hay — On medium good land 

 it ranges from one to three tons per acre; 

 and this may be obtained after having during 

 the summer harvested from the same land a 

 good crop of grain and straw. 



Quality — Some of our farmers who have 

 been mowing Lespedeza striata for five or ten 

 years, regard it as the soundest, best, most 

 wholesome and palatable hay they ever used. 

 These mowings have ranged from two to 

 three hundred tons on a single farm in one 

 season. Yet no complaint as to quality, or 

 relish of animals for it, or as to its nutritive 

 value and good effect oa the stock has ever 

 reached us. Those who have used it longest 

 and in largest quantities and kept animals — 

 cattle, sheep, horses and mules — in best con- 

 dition, commend it most. 



Seeding — A measured half bushel of seed 

 per acre may be sown broadcast the first 

 week in March, south of parallel 39 ° of lati- 

 tude, a few days later, as we proceed north- 

 ward for each degree or two. Sown in the 

 fall or winter it springs up, but freezes often 

 throw it out and destroy it. As already stated, 

 it germinates and grows well on land in any 

 condition, if the surface ^is not so loose as to 

 let the seed sink too deep. When land has 

 been prepared for or sown in grain, the win- 

 terrains put it in about the best condition 

 for growing this plant for heavy crops of hay. 



During recent years the planters of the 

 Southern States have grown Japan clover so 

 extensively that our sales have more than 

 tripled. 



BURR CLOVER. 



Medicago 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 cluster, 

 while the Liicerne has many blue blossoms in 

 an elongated head. It furnishes good grazing 

 from February till April or May. It is also 

 good for hay. 



GIANT BEGGAR WEED. 



One of the most valuable of all forage 

 plants; has been extensively planted and has 

 given entire satisfaction. Its special features 

 are: 



1st. Restoring worn out land. 



2d. Is an annual, when once established 

 it requires no further attention. 



3rd. Is easily eradicated when desired. 



4th. Requires no cultivation. 



5th. Is relished by all forage grazing stock. 



6th. Does not interfere with the growing 

 of the other crops, and is sown like oats. 



Six pounds will plant an acre. 



SteckSer Co.'s !V5ixed Lawn Grass. For 



lawns of any extent we recommend this our 

 best mixture. We have combined all the 

 most suitable varieties that are necessary for 

 making a beautiful lawn. It is the best pro- 

 portioned mixture of grasses in the South. 

 Three bushels to acre. 



SteckSer Co.'s Grass Seed Mixtures. 

 For meadows and pastures. No. I, for light 

 soils; No. 2, for heavy soils; No. 3, for shady 

 soils. When ordering please state condition 

 of soil and location; 3 bushels per acre. 



Steckler Co.'s Special Hog Pasture 

 Mixture. Makes one of the best pastures 

 for hogs. Three bushels per acre. 



DESGE.IPTIVE MST 



Of the Different Varieties of the Sorghum 

 Family. 



suitable for the southern states. 



Sorghum is plant- 

 ed for feeding stock 

 during the spring 

 and early summer. 

 For this purpose it 

 should be sown as 

 early in spring as 

 possible in drills 

 about two to three 

 feet apart ; one peck 

 per acre. It makes 

 excellent green fod- 

 der. As a forage 

 plant for early cut- 

 ting, to be fed to 

 stock, we do not 

 think thatanything 

 is equal to the im- 

 ported Amber Fed- 

 i greed Sorghum, 

 such as we have 

 been selling for 

 years. After sev- 

 eral cuttings, the branching varieties of Sor- 

 ghum, also called Millo Maize, may be prefer- 

 able, but more so for seed than forage. The 



Amber Sorghum, 



Spraying Pumps, Largest Assortment carried by any Seedsman, 



