H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Burr Clover (No. 503) 
A Builder of Land and Animals 
That may seem a queer way of putting it, but it expresses exactly what Burr Clover will do. 
It's a builder from start to finish, adding nitrogen to the soil for succeeding crops, adding veg¬ 
etable matter, holding plant food from washing away in winter rains and every day during the 
growing season of fall, winter and spring building up your live stock when they are allowed 
to graze on it. 
The most astonishing thing about Burr Clover is that so valuable a plant is so little known 
or used in this section. It is one of the most valuable winter grazing, soil improving crops 
there is known. It is an annual plant, coming from seed each year, furnishing the best of 
grazing all through the winter, and if grazing is stopped late in March it will make a good hay 
crop in May. However, most prefer to let it go to. seed, thus re-seeding the ground for another 
winter’s grazing. In the meantime summer crops can be easily grown on the same ground. 
Our farmers can plant it with perfect safety, as there is nothing of a pest nature to it. Its 
growth is strong, even on the poorest ground. On soil too poor for rye to get high enough to 
cut. Burr Clover made a growth 2% to 3 feet high. Burr Clover is a leguminous crop, gathers 
nitrogen from the air and, after furnishing winter grazing, leaves the soil in better condition 
for succeeding crops. 
Burr Clover seed is produced in small prickly pods wound up spirally into a ball. The 
Southern grown seed is always sold "in the burr.” The first time one buys Burr Clover seed 
its appearance is disappointing. The only method of harvesting is to rake up the “burrs” 
after the plants have died down. Seed gathered this way always shows a certain amount of 
trash and impossible to separate, but this carries with it the advantage of making inoculation 
unnecessary—the bacteria being carried in the “burrs” and particles of dirt and trash. 
We have discontinued the sale of the California Burr Clover, which is a somewhat different 
variety and has not proven so satisfactory as our native variety which can be bad only in the 
“burr.” If the seed "in the burr’ is used, sow at the rate of 50 pounds per acre. Growers who 
have had the most experience with their crop advise the use of 75 or SO pounds, but 50 pounds 
per acre will give a good stand. 
An excellent plant for sowing on Bermuda grass land, as it matures its seeds and dies at 
about the time the Bermuda grass starts into growth, and when the latter is killed by frosts 
this soon takes its place. A mixture of these two plants comes nearer giving continuous graz¬ 
ing the year round than any other mixture we have tested. 
Burr Clover will reseed itself each year if stock is kept from grazing as soon as it begins to 
bloom freely. All that’s necessary is to let the seed mature and drop on the ground. Nature 
does the rest and a splendid crop of clover for winter grazing is yours. 
We have an extra large supply of Burr Clover this year of splendid quality, harvested dur¬ 
ing the dry weather of last spring. Get at least it itart of Burr Clover on your farm this fall. 
Once you grow it you will never want to be without it. 
PRICES—Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds for $1.00. Not prepaid, bushel (10 pounds). 
Rape (No.400) 
A SPLENDID WINTER FORAGE PLANT 
We have been surprised and pleased to note how successful many of our 
customers have been in growing Dwarf Essex Rape. It is getting to be more 
popular every year. Essex Rape looks a good deal like a rutabaga plant, 
but does not form the bulbous root. It is used for forage and green feed, 
and succeeds well during the cool weather of the late fall, winter and spring 
in the South. The tops grow from 18 inches to 3 feet high, and the leaves 
are very juicy and tender and greatly relished by stock of all kinds. Rape 
grows best on rich land. A fine clay loam gives good results, and it may 
be said that it will do well on land rich enough to grow good turnips or 
rutabagas. Put your land in first-class shape by plowing and harrowing, 
sow the seed during the late summer and fall, either broadcast at the rate of 
<i to 8 pounds per acre, or in drills 30 inches apart, which will take about 3 
pounds per acre. It can be put in between your rows of corn at the last cul¬ 
tivation. If broadcasted, cover the seed with a light harrow. 
Rape is especially a fine hog pasture and is also excellent for sheep, all 
sorts of stock eating it greedily, and it puts them in fine condition. At one 
of the Experiment Stations an acre of rape was used to pasture 20 hogs for 
three months, at the same time feeding some grain. 
There is no danger that rape will become a pest on the land. When rape 
is planted under the right conditions it makes a tremendous amount of 
green forage per acre. 
In preparing the land for a crop of rape, it ought to be put in good condi¬ 
tion and fertilized as you would if you were going to grow a good crop of 
turnips, rutabagas, wheat or corn. If planted in drills the crop should be 
cultivated three or four times, and this method of growing the crop is the 
most satisfactory. Rape is ready for grazing in about eight or ten weeks 
from the date of seeding. It is not satisfactory as a hay crop, its chief value 
being for grazing and green forage. It will endure quite severe cold weather 
and on account of quick growth it can be used with success from late sum¬ 
mer into the early part of the winter, and by making very early planting it 
will supply early spring grazing. 
Rape is not a legume, but belongs to the same family as turnips and 
rutabagas. 
So valuable is rape proving that there is not a month in the year now that 
we do not sell seed for planting in almost every part of the South. It is one 
of the most inexpensive crops to plant there is, seed cost being almost noth¬ 
ing compared with the value of the crop Thousands of poultry raisers 
grow it for winter green feed. Pound, postpaid, 30 cents. In quantity by 
express or freight not prepaid, about 15 rents per pound. 
GRASS AND CLOVER BOOK—FREE 
$1.75; 10-bushel lots or over at $1.50 per bushel. 
Dwarf Essex 
Burr Clover 
A Single Plant of Our Dwarf Essex Rape 
