FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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Farm and Field Seed Department 
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 for Purity and Germination, and if 
not perfectly satisfactory, you may return at our expense, and your money 
will be clieerfully refunded. Witii such a safeguard, can you afford to sow 
seed of unknov\/n quality? 
MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE 
Ai-SIKE CLOVES ' 
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, $1.75; H bushel, $3.40; 'A bushel, $6.50; bushel (60 pounds), $12.65. 
MAMMOTH, OR LARGE RED 
(TRIFOLIUM PRATEN3E) 
Grows nearly twice the size of the medium Red Clover, often malting a stand 
when the other clovers fail. Sow about 8 lo 12 pounds per acre. H bushel, $1.85; 
'/) bushel, $3.50; yi bushel, $6.60; bushel (60 pounds), $12.75. 
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 Swreden. One of the hardiest 
varieties known: is perennial and does not winter kill. Sow 5 to 8 pounds to 
the acre, '/s bushel, $1.95; J4 pushel, $3.75; 14 bushel, $7.25; bushel (60 lbs.), $14.25. 
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 purcliased a farm that had the reputation of being the poorest 
in the country. It has been kiclced and buffeted about as trading stock. Eacli 
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 Ihe 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. 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. 
and during tlie growing season was subject to si.\ weeks of dry weather. "My 
neighbors corn opposite and across the highway fried 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 J35.00 per acre. Vetch will increase the yield of any crop the same as it has 
,done with this corn. No doubt the question suggested to tlie reader's mind is: 
Why is Vetch of so much value as a soil or fertilizer crop'.' The suestion may be 
answered with a few words. It is the greatest nitrogen-gathering and humus- 
producing plant found In nature's garden. We believe it to be true and holy wit 
that for every disease of human body nature has a remedy if man can only find 
It. and tliat for every disease of the soil there is a remedy to be found in tlie 
plant mineral or animal kingdom, 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, 
alfalfa not excepted. With it and ditch- 
ing you can reclaim any poor or worn- 
out soil. All hail King Vetch— Nature's 
greatest soil restorer ! 
Sow in spring or fall with small grain, 
broadcast or drills, 30 pounds per acre. 
Highly relislied bv all classes of stock. 
Ys bushel, $1.05; bushel, $2.05; 'A bushel, 
$3.95; bushel (60 pounds), $7.85. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
Possesses remarkable fattening proper- 
ties. Kasily growfi. One acre will pasture 
36 sheep two months; lambs will make a 
gain of from S to 12 pounds per month. 
Pigs and cattle are also extremely fond of 
it. Sow 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 5 pounds, 
50 cents; 10 pounds, 90 cents; 25 pounds, 
$2.10; 50 pounds, $4.00; 100 pounds, $7,50. 
WINTER VETCH 
Don't fail to try at least an acre of 
our EVERLASTING ALFALFA. 
DWAEF ESSEX KATE 
