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CLOVER 
Medium Red Clover. This is regarded as the most valuable of 
the Clover family. It is sometimes called June Clover and is a depend¬ 
able all-round variety for farmers and stockmen. It makes two crops the 
second year. The first is usually cut when it is in blossom for hay ; the last 
crop may be harvested for seed, cut for hay, or plowed under to add 
fertility to the soil. It may be sown either in the spring or fall, and if no 
other grasses are used, at the rate of from 8 to 12 pounds to the acre, 
according to quality of seed used and condition of the soil. Clover adds 
greatly to the fertility of the land on which it is grown. It does not exhaust 
the soil, but enriches it. It pays always to buy the best Clover seed Which 
can be obtained. Even though the first cost is twice as much as cheaper 
seed, it will be found in the long run that inferior seed is the most expen¬ 
sive, not only on account of less hay or seed being produced from it, but 
from the fact that one’s land becomes infested with weeds. 
Mammoth Red Clover. This is grown largely for pastures and to 
restore fertility to depleted soils. It makes good hay if cut soon 
enough although it has a coarser stem than the Medium Red Clover. Mam¬ 
moth Red Clover supplies fine grazing for stock. It sometimes yields 
more seed than Medium Red Clover. Being a rank grower it is very valu¬ 
able for fertilizing purposes. The foliage, flowers and stem are darker in 
color than the Medium Red Clover. It ripens later, and makes only one 
crop. Especially valuable on light sandy lands. 
Alsike or Swedish Clover. One of the hardiest varieties known. 
It will do better on moist land than any other variety of Clover, and is 
suitable for either hay or pasture. When sown with other grasses, it 
forms a thick undergrowth and greatly increases the yield. It is fre¬ 
quently sown both with Medium Red Clover and with Timothy, and the 
quality of hay thus produced is excellent. Finer and more leafy than 
Medium Red Clover and cattle prefer it. 
Sweet Clover, White Blossom. This valuable forage plant is now 
grown on almost every farm in the Northwest for hay, pastures, seed 
and as a wonderful soil builder. It puts more nitrogen in the 1 soil per 
acre than 20 tons of barnyard manure. It makes pasture earlier than 
other crops and will keep stock in good condition until winter regardless 
of heat and drouth. All kinds of live stock soon learn to like it and make 
wonderful gains in flesh during the entire season. 
Worn out fields soon become profitable where sweet clover is grown for 
pasture or plowed down while green. The crop is very dependable and 
profitable. The white blossom variety is a biennial and most popular 
with growers. 
Dwarf Crystal or Grundy County. This variety is supposed 
to have originated in Grundy County, Ill. In the Northwest it was first 
grown in the Red River Valley, in North Dakota, 1920. A biennial white 
blossom sweet clover that grows to the height of 3% to 5 feet. Low 
branching, has finer stems than other varieties and matures earlier. Sow 
10 lbs. of seed per acre. 
Sweet Clover, Yellow Blossom. This variety belongs to the same 
family as White Blossom Sweet Clover but it is not so prolific in 
growth, will not produce so large a tonnage, does not grow quite so tall, 
but is from ten days to three weeks earlier. 
The flowers are yellow instead of white. For bee pasture and fertiliz¬ 
ing purposes, we believe it to be equally valuable. For pastures, many 
prefer it. 
White or Dutch Clover. A low, close growing Clover: round, 
white heads, very fragrant. Very desirable for beautifying the lawn. It will 
stand close cutting and very rapidly throws up an abundance of leaves 
and blossoms. It is usually better to sow with other grasses. 
Nitragin. A practical culture by which 
nitrogen gathering bacteria are placed in 
the soil along with seeds of all legumes 
such as clover, alfalfa, beans, peas, etc. 
In ordering always mention legume to be 
inoculated. 
ALFALFA 
Grimm Alfalfa. Bulletin 209, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, records 
that Grimm Alfalfa was introduced into Carver County, Minn., in 1857, 
by Wendelin Grimm, an immigrant from Europe. His original lot of seed, 
which did not exceed 15 or 20 pounds, was sowed in the spring of 1858. 
Several years passed before sufficient seed was raised to afford oppor¬ 
tunity for distribution. The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station 
took up the subject and efforts were made to extend Grimm culture. In 
1905 the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture began to experiment with this variety 
and since then it has been grown in comparison with a large number of 
varieties and strains and in practically every case has proved itself equal, 
if not superior, to any of these in hardiness. 
Cossack Alfalfa. One of the variegated sorts and shown by State 
and Government tests to be hardy and productive. Introduced by Prof. 
Hansen of the South Dakota Experiment Station after visits to Siberia 
where he conducted investigations for the IT. S. Government and State of 
South Dakota. This variety is in some sections considered equal to Grimm 
for productiveness and frost resistance. 
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