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CLOVERS EMBRACE THE 
BEST IN FEED AND FERTIL- 
IZERS, so suggest their use 
more abundantly as follows. 
ALSIKE 
A PERENNIAL CLOVER 
THRIVES ON LOW BOT- 
TOM WET SOIL WHERE ALL OTHERS FAIL 
On low bottom ground that generally overflows and 
freezes up during winter, AlsUce or Swedish Clover 
does best. It was originally found in the northern 
province of Alsike, Sweden, and is undoubtedly the 
hardiest of all. Should be seeded in the Spring or Fall, 
at the rate of eight pounds per acre, if seeded alone. 
If seeded with Timothy, which makes an excellent 
mixture, we always use four pounds of Alsike and 
six to eight pounds of Timothy. May also be seeded 
with grain crops. Alsike looks like a hybrid between 
red and white clover. It will grow on land that is 
almost a swamp and in time dry out the land and 
sweeten it up so other clovers will thrive in it. The 
hay Is much finer than Red Clover and for feeding 
value, especially horses, far superior. For permanent 
hay or pasture crop, either on low ground or upland, it 
is a wonder. Sow it abundantly — cost is small, con- 
sidering returns. 
MAMMOTH and MEDIUM 
REP CLOVERS 
More Extensively Grown Than All Others 
And Justly So. 
MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
This is regarded as the most valuable of the Clover 
family. It is sometimes called June Clover and is a 
liependable all-round variety for farmers and stockmen. 
It makes two crops each year. The first is usually cut 
when it is in blossom for hay; the last crop may be 
liarvested for seed, cut for hay, or plowed under to 
add fertility to the soil. It may be sown either in the 
Spring or Pall, and where no other grasses are used, at 
the rate or 10 to 12 pounds to the acre, according to 
quality of seed used and condition of the soil. Clover 
adds greatly to the fertility of the land on which it is 
grown. It does not exhaust the soil, but enriches it. It 
pays always to buy the best quality of Clover seed 
which can be obtained. Even though the first cost is 
twice as much as cheaper seed, it will be found in the 
long run that inferior seed is the most expensive, not 
only on account of less hay or seed being produced 
from it, but frorn the fact that one's land becomes 
infested with weed seeds which decrease the value of 
the land on which they are growing. 
It has been demonstrated time after time that crops 
following a growth of Clover are larger and of better 
quality than when grown on land which has produced 
the same crop for a series of years. Clover should be 
rotated with grain crops every three to five years. The 
small nodules or bacteria which cling to the rootlets 
possess the power to draw the nitrogen from the air 
and store it in the soil where it is most needed and 
where it can be drawn upon by subsequent crops. It 
is well to sow Clover with every crop of hay. It serves 
to keep the ground free from weeds, restores fertility, 
and may be pastured in the Pall, or will repay the 
grower even if put to no other use than to be plowed 
under as a green fertilizer. Sow 10 to 12 pounds of 
Red Clover Seed per acre. 
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER 
This is grown largely for pastures and to restore 
fertility to depleted soils. It makes good hay if cut 
soon enough although it has a coarser stem than the 
Medium Red Clover. Mammoth Red Clover supplies 
fine grazing for stock. It sometimes yields more seed 
than Medium Red Clover. Being a rank grower, it is 
very valuable for fertilizing purposes. The foliage, 
flower and stem ar^ darker in color than the Medium 
Red Clover. It ripens later, and makes only one crop. 
Especially valuable on light, sandy lands. Eight pounds 
of seed are sufficient to sow an acre on good soil. 
SWEET CLOVER 
The greatest fertilizing plant in cultivation. 
Sow it on every farm with all small grain at 
the rate of 15 to 18 pounds per acre. Use only 
Scarified Seed. It germinates far better than 
ordinary country run. White Blossom variety 
considered best. 
Sweet Clover is especially valuable for building up 
worn-out soils. It is not usually advisable to plant it 
where Red Clover or Alfalfa flourishes, as these crops 
are commonly more valuable to the grower. However, 
some farmers are planting Sweet Clover in preference to 
other crops for pasture. 
It grows in a variety of soils — heavy, light, wet or 
dry, almost anywhere except in acid soil. But it does 
best on a firm, well-drained soil which is rich in lime 
and delights in exposed subsoils and stony situations. 
The Montana Experiment Station recommends it 
for improving Alkali soils. It is a splendid green 
manure crop for plowing under, as it supplies so much 
humus and nitrogen to the soil. Growers report extra 
large yields of corn and other crops follov^ing Sweet 
Clover. 
YELLOW BLOSSOM 
This variety belongs to the same family as White 
Blossom Sweet Clover, but it is not so prolific in growth, 
will not produce so large a tonnage, does not grow 
quite so tall, but is from ten days to three weeks 
earlier. 
The flowers are yellow instead of white. For bee 
pasture and fertilizing purposes, we believe it to be 
equally valuable, but for hay or pasture it is not so 
desirable. 
AI FAI F A ™^ BIGGEST 
AL.r ALT A MONEY MAK- 
ING PLANT ON THE FARM. 
Sow at least five acres. That much alone will pro- 
duce more and better feed than ten acres of any other 
crop. Don't use ten acres to harvest a five-acre crop. 
Three tons per acre average yield at $20.00 per ton nets 
you $60.00 clear. Can you beat it? See complete cul- 
tural directions in body of catalog. 
Crimson or Giant Incarnate Clover and Sand Vetch 
are two more worthy soil builders as well as hay crops, 
and when followed by corn, or in fact any grain crop, 
make wonderful yields. 
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