FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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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 that our quality excels, will allow you 
upon receipt ot seed to have same t:sted for Purity and Germination, and if 
not perfectly satisfactory, you may return at our expense, and your money 
will be cheerfully refunded. With sucli a safegruard, can you afford to sow 
seed of unknown quality? 
MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE 
4J.SIKE CLOVeft' 
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 '.2 pounds per acre. 
54 bushel, $1.35; 1/4 bushel, $2.60; bushel, $5.00; bushel, (60 pounds), $9.85. 
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. 'A bushel, $1.35; 
1/4 bushel, $2.60; bushel, $5.00; bushel, (60 pounds), $9.85. 
WHITE DUTCH 
A small, creeping perennial variety, valuable for pasturage and for lawns. 
5-pound lots at 40 cents pound; 10-pound lots and over at 38 cents per pound; 
single pound, 50 cents, post paid. 
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. % bushel, $1.70; 14 bushel, $3.35; % bushel, $6.50; bushel (60 lbs.), $12.85. 
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 your building against fire. Read what William C. Smith, ot 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 its cheapness and possibilities 
of Sand Vetch. In August of the same year he planted 25 acres of Vetch on 
the poorest and sandiest land on the farm. Twents'-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 ahd 4th, 
and during the growing season was subject to six weeks of dry weather. "My 
neighbor's corn opposite and across tlie iiighway 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. Veteii will increase the yield of any crop the same as it has 
done witli this corn. No doubt the question suggested to the reader's mind is: 
Why is Vetcli of so mucli value as a soil or fertilizer crop? The question may be 
answered witli a few words. It is tlie greatest nitiogen-gathering and humus- 
producing plant found in nature's garden. We believe it to be true and lioiy writ 
that for every disease of human body natiu-e 
has a remedy, if man can only find it. and tiiat 
for every disease of the soil tliere 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-siolc soil. It is 
the greatest soil-builder ever discovered, al- 
falfa not excepted. Witli it and ditching you 
can reclaim any poor and worn-out soil. Ail 
liail King Vetch — Nature's great soil restorer 1 
Sow in spring or fall witli small grain, broad- 
cast or drills, 30 pounds per acre. Higlil> rel- 
ished by all classes of stock, y^ bushel, 85 
cents; 'A bushel, $1.60; 1/2 bushel, $3.15; bushel, 
(60 pounds), $6.25. 
CRIMSON CLOVER OR GIANT 
INCARNATE 
Soutli of the Ohio River this wonderful annual 
clover leads them all, for hay, for i)astures and 
fertilizer. Sow Irt poiuuls per acre in spring or 
fall. In the North sow in April, ready to cut 
and pasture July 10th. Every farmer ought to 
sow at least one acre for his hogs. IT'S A BIG 
MONEY-MAKER. % bushel, 75 cents; '/^ 
bushel, $1.40; H bushel, $2.80; bushel (60 lbs.) 
$5.50. 
WINTER VETCH 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
