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



207 Seventh St., N. W., 

 Opposite Centre Market 



Clovers 



RED CLOVER (Trifolium Pratense). — Red 

 Clover not only furnishes most excellent pastur- 

 age and fine hay crops, but its growth improves 

 the land and adds humus to the soil wherever it is 

 grown. It is the standard hay, pasturage and soil- 

 improving crop wherever general farming is prac- 

 ticed. 



ALSIKE CLOVER.— Grows thicker and is finer 

 in growth than Red Clover, making better hay 

 and proDably more and better grazing. It is also 

 hardier, resisting extremes of heat and drought 

 and also severely cold weather to a remarkable ex- 

 tent. It succeeds on a variety of soils, light up- 

 land loamy lands as well as stiff bottom lands. 

 The good qualities of Alsike are being appreciated 

 everywhere. 



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 success- 

 full 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. 



Red Clover. 



Inoculate this 

 Seed with 



MULFORD CULTURE 



JAPAN CLOVER (Lespedeza Striata).— This is particularly suitable for waste 

 lands, woodland pastures ; grows fairly well on poor soils and spread? rapidly, 

 and when once established usurps wild growths, and will in many cases even sub- 

 due broom sedge. It is not, however, a pest, and can be gotten rid of by plowing 

 it up, and is an excellent fertilizer. Japan Clover is particularly valuable for 

 pasture on such soils as described, and where the soil is good yields a fa:r quantity of good hay. It 

 is relished by cattle, is nutritious and fattening. To obtain a stand it is only necessary to scatter the 

 seed broadcast in the spring, during March or April, at the rate of about ten pounds per acre. Harrow- 

 ing the land over before the seed is sown, when it can be done, is, of course, better, though this is 

 not imperative to obtain a good stand. 



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 



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being very essential to its growth, and 

 where lime is absent from the soil it 

 should be added, and, as the roots pene- 

 trate to a great depth, it is not advis- 

 able to sow it on very heavy clay soils. 



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 fur- 

 nishes good inoculation as a crop to pre- 

 cede alfalfa, and is also adapted for sow- 

 ing on hillsides that are liable to wash 

 or gully; but it will not succeed well on 

 lands that do not contain some lime con- 

 tent. It is also largely used for sowing 

 for bees. 



Field of Alfalfa. 



PRICES ON ALL 



GRASS AND CLOVER SEED 



ON APPLICATION 



