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FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
Clovers and Sand Vetch 
Quality far above any requirements of the United States or Canada ; 
We use every possible care in selecting and cleaning of our Grass and 
Clover Seeds, and believe so firmly tliat our quality excels, will allow you 
upon receipt of seed to have same tested tor Purity and Germination, and If 
not perfectly satisfactory, you may return at our expense, and your money 
will be cheerfully refunded. With such a safeguard, can you afford to sow 
seed of unknown quality? 
Eed Clover. 
WINTER VBTCH 
MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE | 
By far the most important of all varieties for practical purposes. Sow in; 
spring or fall and if no other grasses are used, sow at the rate of 8 to 12' 
pounds per acre. Va bushel, $1.70; 14 bashel, $3.30; bushel, $6.50; bushel (60] 
pounds), $12.95. 
MAMMOTH, OR LARGE RED 
(Trifolium Pratense) ' 
Grows nearly twice the size of the medium Red Clover, often making a< 
stand when the other clovers fail. Sow about 8 to 12 pounds per acre.; 
Va bushel, $1.70; H bushel, ^.30; Vi bushel, $6.50; bushel (60 lbs.), $12.95. 
WHITE DUTCH 
A small, creeping perennial variety, valuable for pasturage and for lawns.; 
5-pound lots at 55 cents per pound; lO-pound lots and over at 50 cents per pound ;| 
single pound, 65 cents, postpaid. 
ALSIKE, OR SWEDISH CLOVER' 
Comes from the little province of Alsike, in Sweden. One of the hardiest 
varieties known; is perennial and does not winter kill. Sow 5 to 8 pounds] 
to the acre. Va bushel, $1.50; ^ bushel, $2.90; H bushel, $5.75; bushel (60 lbs.),, 
$11.35. I 
THE GREAT SAND, OR HAIRY WINTER VETCH | 
Nature's Greatest Soil-Builder ! 
Sand Vetch is an insurance on your crops just as Insurance companies are] 
on 5'our building against fire. Read what William C. Smith, of Delphi, Indiana,; 
said: "In 1906, I purchased a farm that had the reputation of being the poorest] 
in the country. It has been kicked and buffeted about as trading stock. Each] 
owner no sooner got into possession of it when he found he had purchased a] 
'gold brick," and never rested until he succeeded in unloading it upon some! 
other ranchman. It never seemed to occur to any of its owners that the farm! 
had simply been handled by soil robbers and was paying the penalty by with-; 
drawing its bounty." .... , . . , 
Mr. Smith purchased this farm because of it» cheapness and possibilities' 
of Sand Vetch. In August of the same year he planted 25 acres of Vetch onl 
the poorest and sandiest land on the farm. Twenty-one acres was turned under' 
for corn crop, and 4 acres left for pasture. May 1st of 1908 the vetch had; 
reached a height of 5 feet, and the mass of vegetation was so heavy that It] 
was about impossible to turn under. The corn was planted on June 3d and 4th,i 
and during the growing season was subject to six weeks of dry weather. "My] 
neighbor's corn opposite and across the highway fired clear above the ears. and. 
did not make 20 bushels per acre, while my corn, planted on soil fertilized by 
Sand Vetch, went 72 bushels by weight per acre, and was sold at a money value! 
of $35.00 per acre. Vetch will increase the yield of any crop the same as it hasi 
done with this corn. No doubt the question susKested to the reader's mind is:| 
Why is Vetch of so much value as a soil or fertilizer crop? The question may bei 
answered with a few words. It is the greatest nitrogen-.gathei'ing and humus- 
producing plant found in nature's garden. We believe it to be true and holy writ 
for every disease of human body nature | 
has a remedy, if man can only find it, and that 
for every disease of the soil there is a remedy to 
be found in the plant, mineral or animal king- 
dom, and it is up to man to find and apply it. 
Vetch is the remedy for clover-sick soil. It is 
the greatest soil-builder ever discovered, al- 
falfa not e.xcepted. With It and ditching you 
can reclaim any poor and worn-out soil. All 
hall King Vetch — Nature's great soil restorer! 
Sow in spring or fall with small grain, broad- 
t;\st or drills. 30 pounds per acre. Highly rel- 
ished by all classes of stock. Va bushel, $1.60; 
14 bushel, $3.10; V2 bushel, $6.15; bushel (60 
lbs.), $12.00. 
CRIMSON CLOVER OR GIANT 
INCARNATE 
South of the Ohio River this wonderful annual 
clover leads them all, for hay, for pastures and 
fertilizer. Sow 15 pounds per acre in spring or 
fall. In the North sow in April, ready to cut 
and pasture July 10th. Kvery farmer ought to 
sow at least one acre for his hogs. IT'S A 
BIG MONEY MAXEB. Va bushel, 95 cents; 
14 bushel, $1.90; i/4 bushel, $3.75; bushel (60 
lbs.). $7.50. 
that 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
