CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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STECKLER'S HIGH-GRADE CLOVER, GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS. 



Specially Adapted for the Southern States. 



CLOVER SEEDS. 



MEDIUM BED CZiOVEB. 



— This is the common or 

 medium clover, the one 

 most universally grown 

 throughout the country. 

 On fertile soil and especial- 

 ly where hay is desired, it 

 has only one superior, and 

 that is Alfalfa. Sow in 

 Spring and Fall. 12 pounds 

 to acre. Vz lb., 35c.; lb., 

 60c., postpaid; 10 lbs., 

 S5.50; bu., S30.50, not pre- 

 paid. 



WHITE CLOVEB. — This 

 is the common little running 

 clover found in most good 

 pastures. Its chemical an- 

 alysis shows it to be richer 

 in protein than almost any 

 other legume which we 

 grow for forage. It is, of 

 course, too small to grow 

 for hay, but it is invaluable 

 in all pastures. Sow in 

 Spring and Fall. 8 pounds 

 to acre. 1 lb., 90c., post- 

 paid; 10 lbs., $7.50, not pre- 

 paid, write for quantity 

 prices. 



Bed Clover. 



White Clover. 



AI.PAI.PA OB LUCEBNE CLOVEB.— 



The most talked of and most widely plant- 

 ed of all the varieties of clover. 



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, branch- 

 ing roots penetrate far down. 15 to 20 feet, 

 and so loosen the subsoil that it is a gigan- 

 tic subsoiler. resists drought, and gets 

 plant food where other crops would be a 

 failure. 



It is said that the feeding value of a ton 

 of alfalfa is equal to a ton of shelled corn. 

 Plant from September to November at the 

 rate of 30 lbs. per acre. 



We handle the- following brands: 



Banner. — Price, postpaid; 50c. per pound; 

 not prepaid, S20.00 per bushel. 



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

 not prepaid, S17.C0 per bushel. 



Turkestan. — Price, postpaid, 45c. per 

 pound. 



Peruvia»a. — Price, postpaid, 70c. per 

 pound. 



Write for prices in large quantities. 



AZiSIEE CZiOVEB. — This plant ranks 

 nearly as valuable as the medium red 

 clover for ordinary soils, and in special 

 conditions is m.uch better. The plants are 

 smaller, and ordinarily it produces a some- 

 what lighter crop than the medium red 

 clover, but, as it is also much more closely 

 eaten b\ stock, there is less waste. The 

 quality of the hay is better. As the plant 

 is a perennial, while the medium* red clover 

 is a biennial, it makes more of a per- 

 manent meadow or pasture plant. It suc- 

 ceeds on impoverished soil or acid soil 

 better than the medium red clover and on 

 wet soil it is invaluable. It will not, of 

 course, grov.- in water, but will stand more 

 moisture than the other clovers, sow in 

 Sprinsr or Fall 6 Dounds per acre. V^ 

 lb., 35c.; lb., 60c., postpaid; 10 lbs,, $5.00; 

 bu., S24.00, not prepaid. 





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JAPAN CIiOVEB. — A legume. Southern 

 seed. Glows anywhere; is tenacious in any 

 soil; lasts always: well known now in the 

 South. Planted from December to March. 

 2 5 nounds per acre. ^.^ lb., 40c.; lb., 75c., 

 postpaid; 10 lbs., $6.00; 25 lb., bu., 312.00, 

 not prepaid. 



SOUTHEBN BUBB CLOVEB.— For the 



Southern States this is a most valuable 

 soil-improving and winter-grazing crop, 

 growing luxuriantly all through the win- 

 ter and until summer. After once being 

 seeded, it reseeds itself and improves in 

 growth and appearance each succeeding 

 year. It is admirably adapted for use 

 with Bermuda grass, and the combination 

 of the two makes a splendid all-the-year 

 pasturage. It is also well adapted for use 

 in regular pasturages, and will give a con- 

 siderable increase in the quality of pas- 

 turage just at a time when it is most ap- 

 preciated. The plant matures Its seed 



