REED BROTHERS 
HARDY RED CLOVER 
GENUINE OLD FASHIONED TWO CUTTING MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
In describing to you what makes a hardy strain of Red Clover we can do no better than 
quote ffom a bulletin by Dr. Wiggans, of the New York State College of Agriculture, which says: 
“If red clover is grown in a region of severe winters with little snow and with much thawing and 
freezing in the spring, only hardy plants will survive, and if seed is grown from such plants year 
after year a strain resistant to such conditions will develop. Seed produced under less severe 
conditions should be used only when better adapted seed is not available. Too much emphasis 
cannot be placed on the importance of knowing the origin of seed used in the production of red 
clover.” This is the exact condition under which our seed is grown. 
Seed having been grown for many years in Canada or one of the Canadian border states 
should be adapted to our use. Dr. Wiggans rates seed grown in the state from which ours is 
obtained 100% winter hardy for New York. Seed from the corn belt of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Iowa or the state of Oregon is not too well adapted to stand our rugged climate. Their soil is 
too rich and they are too far south, but these are just the states from which clover seed has been 
obtained for you in years past. 
IS NOT YOUR PRESENT PRACTICE OF SEEDING VERY COSTLY? 
It is quite a general custom to use 12 to 16 quarts of grass seed per acre. We used to do it. 
LISTEN: If 6 quarts of red clover seed are spread evenly over one acre, each sq. ft. would have 
60 seed on it. When proper field preparations have been used there is no reason why 6 quarts 
of clover, if hardy, should not give a good stand. (See clover growing suggestions.) 
YOUR CLOVER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CROP ON YOUR FARM 
Write and ask Dr. R. G. Wiggans or Prof. H. B. Hartwig of the N. Y. State College of Agri¬ 
culture, Ithaca, N. Y., if the clover seed we list is not the kind you should sow. It is cheaper this 
year than most ordinary kinds, also less seed is needed to get a stand. 
COMPARE OUR PRICES WITH OTHERS 
Price —Pk. $3.00; ^ bu. $5.50; bu. $11.00 F. O. B. Cortland, N. Y. See terms on order sheet 
All seed State tested for germination and Purity. Sample and test free. Subject to prior sale. 
Cut shows 5 Acre field of our hardy Clover in 1930. 1931 This field was put into potatoes, 1932 it was again 
seeded and 1933 we cut 16 big loads of cocked Clover. In the fall we cut 5 loads more of second cutting. We have 
noted that as we continue to use hardy Clover our fields gain very rapidly in fertility. 
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