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W. E. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
CLOVER SEEDS. 
There are no plants so valuable for fertilizers as the 
Clovers. They have the faculty of absorbing nitrogen 
from the air, and also of rendering available much of the 
inert plant food of the soil Their long, powerful tap 
roots penetrate to a great depth, loosen the soil, admit 
air, and by their decay add immensely to the fertility of 
the soii. The seed may be sown in fall or spring; which 
is the best season will depend upon local climate, and 
method of culture. In any case, it should be evenly dis- 
tributed on a mellow, well prepared soil. Plaster will 
increase the growth remarKably, and should be sown 
broadcast the season following the seeding. 
RED CLOVER. Two varieties— large 
and medium. Both succeed well in Cal- 
ifornia, especially in our bottom lands 
and deep soils; 25 pounds to the acre. 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.' Grows 
low, spreading and very fragrant, and is 
most exceilent for lawns and lawn mix- 
ture; 10 pounds to the acre. 
CRIMSON TREFOIL, OR SCARLET 
CLOVER. Grows about one foot high, 
dark roots, long leaves and blossoms 
of deep red. It makes good hay and will 
give four or five cuttings each season. 
Sow 15 pounds to the acre. 
ALSIKE, OR SWEDISH CLOVER. This variety is 
fast gaining great popularity. It is the most hardy of all 
the clovers; perennial. On rich, moist soils it yields an 
enormous quantity of hay or pasture, and may be cut 
several times in a season, but its greatest value is for sow- 
ing with other clovers and grasses, as it forms a thick 
bottom, and greatly increases the yield of hay, and cattle 
prefer it to any other forage. The heads are globular, 
very sweet and fragrant, and much liked by bees, who 
obtain a large amount of honey from them. Sow in spring 
or fall, at the rate of 10 pounds per acre, where used 
alone, 
ALFALFA. Is cultivated above all other 
clover in California. It produces enormous 
crops, and is out many times in the season for 
hay. It roots deeply, keeping fresh and green 
through our long dry season, and is the most 
valuable and profitable of all crops for abun- 
dance of feed. Sow 20 to 25 pounds to the 
acre. If in the fall sow early enough to get a 
little root before a frost, it can be sown again 
*n February and Spring months. 
Alfalfa. 
BOKHARA CLOVER. This is a fall shrubbery 
plant, growing to a height of four to six feet. It pro- 
duces an abundance of small white fiowers of great fra- 
grance. Sow 10 pounds to the acre. 25c. per lb. 
ESPERSETTE. (French Sanfoin.) This plant is 
of a ligunmvinus character, having many stems two and 
three feet long. Smooth and tapering, with many long 
oblate leafleats in pairs, and spikes of variegated crimson 
flowers. The root is perennial of a hard, woody nature. 
The plant flowers early and can be repeatedljf cut, thus 
furnishing a great abundance of most nutritious food 
through the long dry and heated seasons, and requiring 
no irrigation. Stock will eat it with impunity, without 
danger of bloat as in alfalfa. The seed and seed pods 
are said to be more nutritious than oats. The plant does 
best in calcareous and gravelly soils, and elevated slopes 
and arid regions, where other vegetation fails, It will 
not succeed in wet or low lands where there is no drain- 
age. From 50 to 75 pounds are required for an acre. 
12io. per lb. 110 00 per 100 lbs. 
MELILOTUS. This variety of clover grows on the 
banks of streams and among cobbles, gravel, slickens 
and sand. It yields an immense amount of feed for 
stock, who are very fond of it. The plant attains a height 
of 10 to 12 feet, keeping green the entire season, produc- 
ing seed the second year and maturing in October. Price 
$12 50 per 100 lbs. 
TEXAS BLUE GRASS. — “The Texas Blue 
Grass grows on the roadside, by fences and heghes; shade 
does not hurt it any more than Orchard ^rass. It stands 
the hot and dry summers of the south very well, better 
than any other grass.” Seed very scarce and difficult to 
obtain, and cannot be separated from the chaff. Per oz., 
40c.; lb., $5 00. 
CAROLINA. OR COW PEA. This makes a 
valuable fodder and is a good fertilizer. The pods can 
be harvested or all out green for fodder, or it can be 
ploughed under for a fertilizer. $5 00 per 100 lbs. 
VETCHES. Are much used for stock feed. Sow 
and cultivate same as for peas. 10 cts. per lb. $6 per 
100 lbs. 
LENTILS. Are similar to Vetches, and are culti- 
vated in like manner. 15 cts. per lb. $10 00 per 100 lbs. 
BROOM CORN- Many farmers make this a profi- 
table crop, producing on an acre about 500 cwt. of 
broom and forty bushels of seed; plant and cultivate same 
as for corn. 
BUCKWHEAT. Can be sown late as in July at 
the rate of 30 to 40 pounds per acre. It should be 
thrashed as soon as dry, as if left standing in mass it will 
quickly gather moist. 
FIELD BEANS. Should be planted after all danger 
from frost is past. Does best in rich, dry, light soil. Hoe 
frequently while the plant is dry, but not otherwise. The 
Medium White, White Navy and the Bayo, or Chile va- 
rieties are mostly used for marketing in this country. 
Prices on application. 
FIELD PEAS. Should be sown on good cultivated 
soil at the rate of about one hundred and fifty pounds to 
the acre, in drills or broadcast. They are often sown in 
less quantity with oats and cut and cured together for 
hay, or threshed and bound together. Prices on applica- 
tion. 
SUNFLOWER SEED, fs growing to be a valua- 
ble farm crop. The seed is very desirable for planting, 
while the leaves make excellent fodder. The plant is 
said to be an excellenl protection from malaria, and 
should be grown for hedges about the house where this 
disease prevails. 
ALL FIELD SEEDS, GRASS, CLOVER, ETC., when required in large quantity, 
will be sold at reduced rates, as market is variable, please write for special rates in quan- 
tity. 
FIELD GRAIN. 
O^Seed Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn and other Grains, of every 
variety, will he furnished to our customers in quantities as may he 
desired; also Seed Potatoes at Lowest Market Bates. Prices given 
on application. 
