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manure. This, therefore, makes them doubly valuable, for 
in this way the farmer can supply himself cheaply and 
abundantly with a most valuable feed without impairing 
the manurial value of the plantc Another benefit lies in the 
joint uses of these plants in that Crimson Clover is a winter 
plant, while Cow Peas is a summer plant, and two crops 
can thus be taken from the land each year. Both furnish ex- 
cellent pasture, are equally good for soiling, ensilage or hay. 
They are as easily cured for hay as is red clover. The small 
amount of seed required to seed an acre, and the low price 
at which good seed is sold, ought to induce farmers to seed 
these crops every available acre. I believe their intelligent 
use will go farther towards relieving the present distress 
among farmers and tend more largely towards solving the 
great problem of economic production than any other crop 
or agent. 
WINTER OATS 
is not a manurial crop, but, sown with Crimson Clover, it is. 
invaluable ; first, for protecting the young clover plants from 
hot or blighting sun ; second, forming an excellent mulch 
for winter; third, for increasing the value of the crop for 
pasturage, soiling, ensilage or hay. When used for the latter 
it keeps the clqver from lodging, a very important item in so 
vigorous a plant as Crimson Clover. Winter Oats, of itself, 
furnishes excellent pasturage, but perhaps its chief value 
lies in its productiveness as grain, which is more valuable as 
a food than spring oats. It weighs from 8 to to pounds 
more per measured bushel than spring oats ; it furnishes 
double the quantity of straw ; can be sown before or at the 
time of wheat seeding, and is ready to harvest about the same 
time. Farmers will at once recognize the advantage of this. 
I am now, and always have been, a farmer, and therefore 
can appreciate the use of good seed. This it is my object to 
furnish; not better than everybody else, but as good as the best. 
My seed is all grown from Pedigree Stock, harvested with ex- 
treme care, so that its vitality is not impaired, and being pro- 
vided with latest approved machinery, seed is thoroughly 
recleaned before being sent out. Seed is packed in new 
cotton sacks, and boxed when so ordered. My seed is put en- 
tirely upon its merit, having sent seed to every State in the 
Union, and Canada. The best evidence of the quality lies 
in the fact of the large increasing trade with my old cus- 
tomers. 
