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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
ALFALFA OR LUCERNE 
OUR MOST VALUABLE CLOVER 
That’s exactly what it is, the most valuable permanent clover in 
the world, and every year sees hundreds of thousands of acres of 
permanent Alfalfa fields added to the farms of this country, and 
we want to assure you that if there was an acre to an acre and a 
half of Alfalfa established on every “one horse’’ farm in the South 
the owners of these farms need never worry about buying hay or 
forage, and it would also largely take the place of corn. We have 
seen work stock in Southern California in the finest condition we 
ever saw horses and mules and they don’t get a peck of grain from 
one year’s end to another. They get all they want of Alfalfa hay 
and that’s enough. They have the muscles to do the work and 
yet keep fat ; not the little 800 or 1000 pound mules that are so 
common here, but 1300 to 1600 pound horses and mules that have 
actually got the pulling power. Alfalfa is just about as nutritious 
hay as you can grow, and once well established and cared for it’s 
there to stay, that is, on land where water is not too near the sur- 
face. We understand that there is one patch of Alfalfa now in 
Middle Georgia planted in 1874 that is better now than when 2 
and 3 years old. What do you think of a single sowing lasting 
over 40 years? It's a stayer and it’s been piling up hay for its 
owner right along, furnishing 4 good cuttings a year and some- 
times 5, practically 5 tons per acre per year. Alfalfa hay is selling 
in Atlanta now at about $40.00 per ton. Do you know any better 
paying farming than that? We don’t. 
Surface rooting crops soon exhaust certain plant food elements 
near the surface and cease to do well. They also suffer from 
drought. Alfalfa roots go down 10, 12, even 30 feet. They bring 
up plant food that no other crop can ever reach. They are beyond 
the reach of the serious effects of any drought we ever have. 
Those are the reasons why Alfalfa is permanent. 
WHY DON'T YOU GROW ALFALFA? 
It’s a fair question. Here is the most valuable hay and feeding 
crop in the world, and we believe we are safe in saying that not 
one farm in three hundred east of the Mississippi River and South 
of Tennessee has an Alfalfa patch. 
Why doesn’t your farm grow Alfalfa? Have you failed in the 
past? If so, has it not been from planting in the spring instead 
of fall, or has it been from lack of proper preparation of the soil? 
Has it been because you haven’t wanted to take chances and have 
never tried? If you do your part well there is mighty little chance 
of failure. 
OUR ALFALFA OVER 99% PURE 
Immense quantities of low grade foreign grown Alfalfa seed, full 
of weeds, trash, etc., have been dumped into the United States in 
past years. There is also much American Alfalfa full of dangerous 
weeds, and the buyer of Alfalfa seed cannot be too careful in pur- 
chasing seed. If some weeds get a start in your fields success is 
impossible. We handle no Alfalfa seed less than 99% purity ac- 
cording to United States Department of Agriculture tests. Most of 
our Alfalfa seed runs 99i/4% to 99%% pure. If you are offered Al- 
falfa seed at a low price we advise you to send a sample to Wash- 
ington for testing. The Department of Agriculture will tell you the 
quality of any small sample of grass or clover seed you send them. 
Grasses and clovers fluctuate and change prices from time to 
time. We sell only the highest grade Alfalfa seed, 99% purity or 
over, and all of it is the strongest American grown alfalfa seed 
on the market. Broadcast at rate of 20 to 25 pounds per acre. You 
can depend on Hastings’ Seed. Pound, by mail, postpaid, 45 
cents. Ten pounds or over about 28c per pound. Write for special 
prices when ready to buy. Ask for free Alfalfa Bulletin Number 101. 
WhiteClover(No. 509) SLfS.'UJS 
nent lawn and pasture mixtures contain some White Clover and by 
itself it makes good grazing for cattle and sheep. It is perennial 
with rather uncertain habits of growth, sometimes covering the 
ground with a thick mat of vigorous plants and sometimes lies 
comparatively dormant, so it should be seeded into sod or mixed 
with other clovers or grasses. It succeeds best on moist ground or 
during a wet season. If sown by itself use 10 pounds per acre, or 
half that amount when put in with other clovers or grasses. Best 
grade seed, 85c per pound, postpaid. Write for quantity prices. 
Sweet Clover or Mellilotus 
/U|| RnT\ land-builder it has few equals. Experiments on the 
^nUivUiy Hastings Farm are leading us to seed down our 
poorer land with it for soil building. It is a coarse clover, re- 
sembling Alfalfa, in fact, has been called “Alfalfa’s twin sister,” 
and using the same kind of inoculation is very valuable in prepar- 
ing land for Alfalfa. It is fine for raising bees and to build up 
your land it is mighty good. Sow about 12 pounds to the acre in 
August to October for fall planting or in February and March for 
spring planting. Pound, hulled, or cleaned seed, postpaid, 40c. 
Write for quantity prices. Present price about 15c per pound. 
Alsilce Clover ^ No 50 I ^ Also known as Swedish Clover. 
for wet lands. Steadily becoming more popular either with red 
clover or with hay and pastures. Alsike grows to about the height 
of red clover with more slender stems and smaller leaves. The 
blossoms are Avhite with pink shading. It makes a fine clover to 
use in combination with Timothy, Orchard and Rye Grass for 
pasture or hay. Alsike does particularly well in the northern half 
of the Cotton Belt. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. Write for special 
prices on quantity lots. Present price, about 30 cents per pound. 
555 ^ A perennial clover lasting for sev- 
wlUKVi yllUi wUOy years. Red Clover for perma- 
nent pasture is not advised in the Lower South, but it seems to be 
admirably adapted to the hill parts of the South, especially the 
valley lands of North Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, as well 
as states farther north. Makes two or more cuttings of hay each 
season and is fine for pasture and planting in orchards. Sow seed 
either in fall or spring at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per acre for 
best grade seed. We guarantee 98% purity or above in our Red 
Clover seed. Weighs 60 pounds per bushel. Pound, postpaid, 60c. 
Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. Present price, about 
30c per pound. We will offer you our best prices. 
