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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 lliat our quality excels, will allow you 
upon receipt of seed to have same tested for 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? 
MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE 
Bed Clover. 
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ALSIKE CLOVEB 
wmran vetch 
By far the most important of all varieties loi- 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. H bushel, $1.35; V4 Ijushel, $2.60; 1^ 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 13 pounds per acre. 
H bushel, $1.35; V4 bushel, $2.60; bushel, $5.00; bushel (60 lbs.), $9.85. 
WHITE DUTCH 
A small, fereeping perennial variety, valuable for pastuTage and for Jawns. 
5-ponna lots at 40 cents pound; 10-pouud lots and over at 38 cents per pound; 
slngrle pound, 50 cents, postpaid. 
ALSIKE, OR SWEDISH CLOVER 
Comes from the little province of Alsibe, in Sweden. One of the hardiest 
varieties known; is perennial and does not winter kill. Sow 5 to 8 pounds 
the acre. Va bushel, $1.35; V4 bushel, $3.60; V4 bushel, $5.00; bushel (60 lbs.), 
.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, 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. Eacft 
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." f 
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 oa 
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 tmn under. The corn was planted on June 3d and 4th. 
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 hy 
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 ha.*i 
done with this corn. No doul")t the question suggested to the reader's mind is: 
Why is Vetch of so much value as a soil or fertili/ier crop? The question may be 
answered with a few words. It Is the greatest nitrogcn-gatliering and humus- 
producing plant found in nature's garden. We believe it to be tn.c ami holy writ 
that 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 fdund 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 excepted. With it and ditching you 
c'm reclaim any poor and worn-out soil. AH 
hail King Vetch — Nature's great soil restorer! 
.Sow in spring or fall with small grain, braad- 
I ■^t or drills, 30 pounds per acre. Highly rel- 
ished by all classes of stock. % bushel, $1.25; 
H bushel, $2.40; bushel, $4.70; bushel (60 
lbs.), $9.35. 
CRIMSON CLOVER OR GIANT 
INCARNATE 
South of the Ohio lliver 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 
; .,.1 Twstiire .Tuly 10th. Kvnry farmer might to 
sow at least one acre for his hogs. IT'S A BIO 
MOITEY MAKER. Ye bushel, 95 cents; V4 
bushel, $1.90; H bushel, $3.75; bus>->» '"0 lbs.), 
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