F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
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SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES OF LADINO CLOVER GROWN FROM OUR SEED 
LADINO, or Italian Giant Clover 
The Wonderful Pasture Clover 
This new clover introduced from Italy fills a long 
felt want for a good perennial forage crop that will 
give an abundance of succulent and nutritious feed 
during the summer months, with the added feature 
that it can be pastured. 
Ladino Clover carries 50% more stock per acre 
than alfalfa with less danger of bloating and 80% 
more than Blue Grass. It is also an ideal clover 
to grow on very poor soils, or on soils where alfalfa 
does not do well. On these shallow soils Ladino 
Clover yields abundantly and by its creeping habit 
of growth covers the ground well, forming some¬ 
what of a mat and cattle can be pastured to late 
in the fall where it would be impossible with a crop 
like alfalfa. 
Among the outstanding points in its favor are: 
1. It is a perennial, lasting for years under nor¬ 
mal good care. 
2. Can be pastured with less danger of bloating 
than with alfalfa and pasturing does not hurt the 
stand. 
3. Can be grown on poor or shallow soils where 
alfalfa does not do well, thereby increasing the value 
of these lands. 
4. Carries 50% more stock per acre than alfalfa, 
alsike, red clover, white clover and 80% more than 
Blue Grass. 
5. Gives more and richer milk than either alfalfa 
or sudan. 
6. The feed is succulent and nutritious—all class¬ 
es of livestock being very fond of it, leaving alfalfa 
or sudan for it. 
Ladino Clover grows tall enough for hay (ten 
to twenty inches) and yields one and one-half to 
three tons of very nutritious fodder. Because of its 
succulence the hay must be cured quickly. The best 
way to utilize Ladino hay is to feed it green to 
young stock and poultry. It is an excellent feed 
for chickens, milk goats, etc. We do not hesitate 
to recommend Ladino Clover as a pasture clover 
for all classes of livestock. The many fields that 
have been planted from our seed clearly demonstrate 
the claims we make for it and we are confident 
it will take its place as an important clover for 
pasture purposes. The seed should be sown on a 
fine, firm seed bed in the spring or in the fall. Five 
pounds of seed per acre being sufficient for pasture 
purposes. The seed of Ladino Clover is identical 
to white clover—it cannot be distinguished from 
white clover. 
CERTIFIED SEED—$1.10 per lb.; 5 lbs. $5.25; 10 
lbs. $9.50. Postpaid to 4th zone. Write for prices in 
larger quantities. 
