Now Is the Time to Seed Down Land to Rest 
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Sweet Clover 
At the very low cost of Sweet Clover, increased acreage 
should be seeded this year. You cannot afford to buy com¬ 
mercial fertilizers at present prices of grain but can produce 
essential food elements at a very low cost by growing sweet 
clover. Sweet clover, same as alfalfa, requires a sweet soil 
to do best so before wasting any money for seed, test or have 
your soil tested. Sweet clover, when well inoculated, has 
the power to secure nitrogen from the air and store it in 
nodules on the roots of plants. 
Big White Biennial 
The best all purpose variety grown. Produces heaviest 
top growth, also developes a large root system often going 
down several feet into the subsoil bringing up valuable plant 
food from the subsoil below. It has the power to break up 
hard soil making it much more productive and gives added 
life by allowing a better soil circulation. 
Do Not Cut or Pasture Sweet Clover 
Early in the Fall 
Cutting sweet clover early first fall or pasturing it close 
very greatly reduces its growth and fertilizing value the fol¬ 
lowing spring. Sweet clover cut September 9th had only 
340 lbs. of dry matter per acre in the tops on May 13th the 
following spring and 140 lbs. in the roots while sweet clover 
cut November 2nd had 2370 lbs. in the top and 980 lbs. in the 
roots. The following figures from the Ohio experimental 
station gives dry matter in lbs. per acre on May 13th and the 
tops and roots of sweet clover cut at various dates the 
previous fall. 
Date of Cutting Dry Weight, Top Dry Weight, Roots 
September 9th 340 lbs. 140 lbs. 
September 25th 1230 lbs. 620 lbs. 
November 2nd 2370 lbs. 980 lbs. 
Not cut in fall 2170 lbs. 990 lbs. 
For Prices on All Sweet Clover, see Page 35 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
SEED PACKED IN 
BUSHEL BAGS 
If you prefer we will ship 
in one bu. bags (our best 
grade only) sweet clover, 
red clover, timothy, alslke 
clover and mammoth 
clover, our “K E L L Y S 
BEST”, making a charge of 
15 cents each. A good strong 
bag, printed in three colors. 
Specify whether wanted in 
bushel bags or 2 y 2 . Send 
35 cents each for 2y 2 heavy 
cotton bags. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover has some characteristics which the other sweet clovers do 
not have. One is that it is the hardiest of all sweet clovers. You can get a stand of the 
yellow blossom much easier than with any other kind. It grows a lower bushier plant 
than the big white, produces fine hay and is especially good to mix with the big white for 
pasture. Matures about two weeks earlier than the big white but not nearly so early 
as the Grundy. Sow same quantity as big white. For price see page 35. 
Grundy County Sweet Clover 
A hardy variety which originated in Grundy County, Illinois. White blossom, grows 
about 4 ft. high. Produces an enormous quantity of seed. On some soil where sweet clover 
grows rapidly and makes too much of a growth in small grains making harvesting difficult, 
many prefer this variety. Can be sown later in the season than other varieties as it re¬ 
quires a shorter growing period. All Grundy County sweet clover is northern Illinois 
grown, most of it coming from Grundy County, Ill. It does not have as hard seed coat 
as the Big White and is often sown without being scarified. 
SHORT CROP 
Red Clover Seed 
BIG EXPORT 
The United States produced 75 million pounds of Red Clover seed in 1932. The 1933 
crop was but 50 million pounds; our five year average 68 million pounds. With greatly 
increased acreage to be seeded in red clover for 1934 this would not be much but to make 
matters worse Europe had almost a complete failure of red clover seed in 1933. At the 
time we are writing this, December 26th. more than 160 cars of red clover seed have been 
exported out of this short crop and still more going out every week. A small section 
northwest of Peoria proved to be one of the best seed producing sections in the United 
States in 1933. We know of one small station shipping out 19 cars and another country 
elevator in a town of 500 people shipped out 14 cars. We secured thousands of bushels 
of very fine seed out of this crop and the quality is the best for several years. The berry 
is rather small on account of the dry weather but plump, shows good color and germination. 
If you need red clover seed order early and you will save money. For price see page 35. 
Alsike Clover 
Alsike Is a very hardy clover. Will grow In wet or sour soil where it Is useless to sow 
sweet or red clover. Alsike Is not a biennial plant like red clover, but often lives four 
to five years. A bushel will sow 12 acres on good average soil. Inoculate Alsike Clover 
same as any other clovers. For price see page 35. 
