II. G. Haxliiigx Co., Seedsmen, .lllanta, Georgia 
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VETCH, A Wonderful Winter Crop 
That is exactly what it is, a wonderful winter crop for all the 
South. One of the South Carolina growers expressed it well when 
he said: ‘T consider it the cowpea of the winter for our section.” 
When we speak of Vetch in this connection we mean the plant 
known as Sand, Hairy or Winter Vetch, which is the hardy va¬ 
riety, standing severe winters in all parts of the South without in¬ 
jury. This is the only variety safe to plant. Do not allow yourself 
to be fooled into buying the Spring Vetch either under the name 
of Spring Vetch, English Vetch or Oregon Vetch, for it is known 
under those three names. It is also used to adulterate Winter 
Vetch, and if you are offered Winter Vetch at a low price, look out 
for it. Spring Vetch is usually worth about 5 cents per pound and 
it is easy to fool the unsuspecting buyer. 
The South needs three things above all others: winter cover 
crops to stop the washing from winter rains; soil improving crops 
to add the most costly plant food element, nitrogen, to the soil for 
the use of succeeding crops, and hay for forage making crops for 
our live stock to feed upon. 
In the Winter, Sand or Hairy Vetch we have in one winter grow¬ 
ing crop something that combines those three and it justities fully 
our calling it a “wonderful winter crop." 
With all due respect to Crimson Clover and Bur Clover, and we 
plant them both ourselves, we have always considered Vetch the 
most valuable of the tliree for the Middle South. 
Planted with small amounts of rye, oats, wheat or barley for a 
support after it begins to run. Vetch makes a magnificent hay 
crop in spring, coming in ahead of everything else except thor¬ 
oughly established fields of alfalfa, and at the same time leaves 
added fertility to the soil. 
Planted on Bermuda sod and scratched in lightly in October it 
furnishes an abundance of grazing all through winter and spring 
for beef or dairy cattle, hogs or sheep, and in late spring can be 
let go to seed, thus seeding down the ground for next season. 
Grown in abundance it makes possible the profitable growing and 
fattening of cattle, something that hundreds have attempted to do 
and failed simply because they have had to buy feed for those cat¬ 
tle at top-of-the-market prices. Crops like Vetch make possible 
profitable live stock growing which in turn means prosperity on 
Southern farms undreamed of by either our fathers or ourselves. 
Vetch is a crop worth while. Plant at least a trial acre of it this 
year. Seed must be inoculated before planting unless 'Vetch has 
been planted on the same ground before. For inoculating material 
see “Mulford Cultures" on opposite page. 
A Crop of Oats and Vetch — Such a Field Will Turn Out Four to Five Tons of Dried Hay Per Acre. 
We make 
this asser¬ 
tion: that, 
in 3 years 
time, and 
without los¬ 
ing the use 
of the land, 
with a very 
email ex¬ 
pense, any 
farmer in 
tile middle 
South, can 
change his 
twenty- 
bushel-per- 
acre corn 
land into 
land that 
can and will 
make thirt.v- 
flve bushels 
per acre. 
Please note 
that we are 
not talking 
about “brag 
patches" or 
hundred- 
bushel-per- 
acre yields. 
We are talk¬ 
ing about 
plain every¬ 
day farm¬ 
ing. We 
have tried it 
and proved 
it on the 
Hastings’ 
Farm with 
the use of 
Genuine 
Sand or 
Hairy Win¬ 
ter Vetch. 
Start it 
making your 
land rich 
this fall. 
PRICE NOTE 
Winter Vetch as illustrated above is a product of Russia and Poland. At the time this catalog: is 
mailed it is impossible for us or any other seedsman to say at what price we will be able to sell ’ 
grenuine Winter or Hairy Vetch for this fall. 
Right here at the last minute, so to speak, before this page is printed we find that we will be able to get a good supply of Winter 
Vetch out of Poland and Russia in time for fall orders. With the Peace situation easing things up a little we will be able to get our 
shipments through. There's a plenty of Vetch over there and of fine quality. The growers need the money and are doing everything 
possible to help us get it to Atlanta. 
Remember—there is no better winter crop in the South than Winter Vetch. We bank on it on the Hastings' Farm and we recommend 
it as highly as we possibly can. It's a real crop. 
Write us when you are ready to buy and then we will be able to tell you the exact price for Winter Vetch in any quantity. Look 
out for Oregon grown Winter Vetch Seed at cheaper prices. By mail, postpaid, 50 cents per pound. Quantity prices as this is written, 
about 40 cents a pound. 
