H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 39 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
(No. 504) A Vegetable ^^Gold Mine” for the South (No. 504) 
A great revolution is •well under way in Southern agriculture and through that rev- 
olution, the South, which is essentially an agricultural section, is going to become 
what Nature has always intended, the wealthiest part of these United States. 
We have about all been actively engaged in “land skinning.” Our fathers and grand- 
fathers did likewise before us, while negro and white croppers on millions of the 
South’s best acres have actually “greased the slide” for quick soil exhaustion. 
We have reached a turning point. The order of the day is “land building” instead 
of “land skinning^^’ We have begun to put back the vegetable matter that we have 
either burned up or let wash away. We are beginning to see the senselessness of buy- 
ing that costly fertilizing element, nitrogen, when we have both winter and summer 
grazing and hay crops that take nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil for use 
of future crops of cotton, corn, oats, etc. 
Six years ago few people took much stock in planting Crimson Clover, Vetch,' Bur 
Clover, etc,, but those few have opened the eyes of the South. Last fall thousands of 
farmers planted these new crops and have become full and enthusiastic converts to the 
new religion of soil building in the South. Since the general use of the nitrogen-gath- 
ering bacteria on the seed before planting (see page 42) success has been assured in 
almost every instance, and once a man begins the use of Crimson Clover, Vetch, Bur 
Clover, etc.," he is a new farmer and he has a new farm on those old acres, a new farm 
that opens his eyes to the possibility of yields of the staple crops of which he never 
even dreamed before. Now this 
may seem exaggerated talk, but 
these crops make good and con- 
vince a man often against his will. 
AVe have not urged these crops 
on Qur customers in the past in 
any considerable degree, for we 
wanted it demonstrated beyond a 
shadow of a doubt that they 
would “make good.” They have 
“made good” in the fullest and 
best manner, and we urge you to 
plant them this year and every 
year. 
Crimson Clover is the most 
largely planted of these crops. 
It is a distinct and most valuable 
annual clover for sowing in late 
summer and fall in all parts of 
the South. 
One enthusiastic grower wrote: 
CRIMSON CLOVER— “A Vegetable Gold Mine” 
“Crimson Clover is a vegetable gold mine.” It will yield under fair conditions 8 to 
10 tons of green feed per acre, ly, to 2 tons of hay^ and is considered worth fully 
§20.00 to .§50.00 per acre as a fertili'zer crop. Succeeds on almost all classes and qual- 
ities of soil except the very poorest, but is especially valuable on light sandy or 
loamy soils. Sow at the last Avorking of staple crops like cotton or corn; it is now 
also largely used in seeding down orchards. Can be soAvn from July to November 
in the Central and Lower South. Crop can be grazed during the winter and if stock 
is taken off in March a full crop will be made. Sow seed broadcast at rate of 20 to 
25 pounds per acre and harroAV in lightly. Experienced farmers Avho know Crimson 
Clover claim that the growing of it on land will increase the yield of a crop of corn 
following at least one-third and other crops proportionately. If you have never 
had Crimson Clover on your land you Avill find that inoculation of these seed 
Avill practically insure success. (See Alulford Cultures on page 42.) Like all other 
grasses and cloA'ers the market price of Crimson Clover changes often. AVrite when 
ready to buy, asking for market price. Pound, postpaid, 30 cents; 4 pounds, $1.00. 
Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, about 15c a lb.; 100-lb. lots, about 12M:C a lb. AA'^rite for 
quantity prices. 
Bur Clover (No. 503) 
A Builder of Land and Animals 
That may seem a queer way of putting it, but it expresses exactly what Bur 
Clover Avill do. It’s a builder from start to finish, adding nitrogen to the soil for 
succeeding crops, adding A’^egetable matter, holding plant food frona washing 
in winter rains, and building up your live stock every day when it is allowed to 
graze on the clover during the growing season of fall, winter and spring. 
It is an annual plant, coming from seed each year, furnishes the best of grazing 
all through the winter, and if grazing is stopped late in Alarch it will make a good 
hay crop in Alay. However, most prefer to let it go to seed, thus reseeding the 
ground for another winter’s grazing. In the meantime summer crops can be easily 
grown on the same ground. Its growth is strong, even on the poorest ground. Un 
soils too poor for rve to get high enough to cut. Bur Clover -made a growth of 2% 
to 3 feet high. Bur "Clover is a leguminous crop, gathers nitrogen from the air and, 
after furnishing winter grazing, leaves the soil in better condition for succeeding 
croT)^ 
Southern Bur Clover seed is produced in' small prickly pods and is always sold 
^So^w\t The rate of 50 to 80 pounds per acre by the first of September if possple. 
Early planting gives better stands. It is fine for sowing in Bermuda Grass sod. 
Prices— Pound, postpaid, 40 cents; 3 pounds for $1.10. Write for special market 
quotations on quantity lots when ready to buy. 
