Of Interest to Farmers 
Crimson Clover.— Although not a new plant, this is not nearly as well known on 
the Pacific Coast as it should be, ranking, as it does, among the best of forage plants. It is an 
annual, and when ripe to cut for hay or seed it never starts again ; but when sown early in the 
Summer on good land, if it has made a good growth, it can be pastured without harm during 
the Fall and Winter, and still make a good crop of hay at the usual time. It is a very rank 
grower, some stools counting as many as 120 to 140 blossoms from one seed. It grows to the 
height of twenty to twenty-four inches, and roots deep even in poor soil. It will grow and 
make a heavy crop of hay on land so poor that the common clover would do but little. It 
grows late in the Fall, early m the Spring, and in warm spells in Winter when red clover will 
not think of starting. 
When land has been plowed and harrowed well, there is no better way than to sow seed 
and then go over with a plank drag. This is much better than a roller. Sow seed and then 
harrow, but not too deep. This generally gives a good stand. 
A large grower who has for several years put up from twenty to fifty tons of it for hay, has 
this to say of it: 
" I consider that Crimson Clover is one of the most profitable crops I can grow, either for 
plowing under to improve land or to cure for hay. I consider a ton of it equal to same quantity 
of the best timothy, or any other kind of hay. I can get as much milk by feeding Crimson 
Clover hay alone as with corn fodder and a liberal allowance of grain. Horses keep in better 
condition on Crimson Clover than on any other feed known, provided it is cut ai' ihe proper 
TIME, which is as SOON AS IN FULL KLooM. It needs curing in the field from five to seven days 
before putting in the barn ; then it will keep bright and free from dust. It should be put in 
wind rows or small heaps the second day after cutting in good weather, to prevent shedding of 
leaves and blossoms." 
Another practical farmer says: 
" Scarlet or Crimson Clover has been found to be a very profitable crop, and consequently 
a very popular one, in the Middle States, both on rich and poor lands. It is seeded at any 
time from June till October, making the earliest possible Spring pasturage., and blooming the 
latter part of April or the first of May, and for feeding as hay should be cut when in full bloom. 
I regard it as a godsend — a veritable gold mine to this section of the country, and believe that 
it is only a question of time when every State in the Union that can, will grow it." 
The quantity of seed to sow per acre is from 10 to 15 pounds, 10 pounds being enough to 
sow in peach, apple or pear orchard, where the ground has been properly prepared. 
Price, 20 cents per pound by mail ; by express or freight, at purchaser's exi)ense, $10.00 
per 100 pounds. 
Sunset Seed and Plant Oo. 
427-9 Sansome St., San Francisco. 
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