SELECT SEEDS FOR THE PARTICULAR GARDENER 
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Only those varieties of seeds that have proven to be far superior are listed under farm seeds 
and as a result of this selection customers can order in large quantities, being assured that they 
will receive high-grade stock. 
BES MEDIUM CLOVER— 
This is the common Red Clover so 
largely grown throughout the 
country. Excellent for a manur- 
ial crop and of the highest value 
as hay for cattle, sheep and hogs. 
MAMMOTH OR PEA VINE 
CLOVER —This grows much all- 
er, with largeT, leafier stalks, and 
large, slightly pointed leaflets. 
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER— 
The best variety for lawns: valu¬ 
able in permanent pastures. 
ALSIKE OR HYBRID CLOV¬ 
ER —The hardiest of all some¬ 
times called Giant White Clover. 
It is a perennial, therefore adapt¬ 
ed for permanent pastures or for 
hay crop. Blossom heads round; 
flesh-colored; sweet and fragrant; 
much liked by bees. Sow 10 to 20 
pounds per acre in spring or fall. 
CRIMSON OR SCARLET 
CLOVER — An annual variety 
providing large crops of green for¬ 
age or if cut while in bloom, will 
make excellent hay. 15 pounds 
to the acre from July to Septem¬ 
ber. 
HUBAM SWEET CLOVER— 
Hubam is a great manure crop, 
and will build up more farms than 
all other clovers put together. It 
furnishes good green pasture for 
cattle and horses, and makes a 
good hay crop. When it comes to 
a bee pasture, it cannot be beaten. 
Modern agricultural practice 
proves that it is far more eco¬ 
nomical and desirable to grow the 
nitrogen fertilizers for soil than to 
attempt to produce this in the form 
of manure, especially on large 
farms or where much live stock is 
now kept. The chief thing the soil 
needs is organic matter, and if 
the farmer can not afford to give 
enough of this in the form of 
manure, he can afford to grow and 
turn down certain good clover-crops 
for fertilizing. The clovers of va¬ 
rious kinds, such as the Mam¬ 
moth Clover, Red Clover, Alfalfa, 
Alsike and the Sweet Clovers are 
beneficial as soil renewers, and in 
addition to these there are Cow- 
peas, Soy Beans and, in fact, Peas 
and Beans of all kinds, Sand and 
Spring Vetches, Sainfoin, Kidney 
Vetch, Yellow Lupine and other 
Legumes which have the power of 
catching nitrogen from the atmos¬ 
phere and transforming it into 
available form for plant-growth. 
Where soil is even too thin or 
poor in quality to grow Red Clov¬ 
er, Sand Vetch or Alsike can be 
started, and after growing these 
crops the Red Clover can then be 
grown with success. If these 
cover crops are grown and turned 
under, the farmer then can add 
lime, phosphoric acid in the form 
of acid phosphate, and potash in 
the form of Kainit or wood ashes. 
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SWEET CLOVER —This is the 
variety most commonly found and 
the one in greatest demand. It is 
the variety that is grown so ex¬ 
tensively as a cultivated crop and 
will add millions to the wealth of 
the farmers of this country. 
ALFALFA —One of the most 
valuable forage or pasture grasses, 
being very nutritious, both as a 
green feed and as hay. It re¬ 
quires moist land or frequent ir¬ 
rigation and often bears from five 
to six crops of hay a year. It does 
well in almost any climate and im¬ 
proves any soil that is sown with 
it. A good stand of it will choke 
out and practically kill wild 
morning glory. Prepare the land 
by deep plowing and thorough har¬ 
rowing, and sow 17 to 25 pounds 
per acre broadcast and harrow in. 
Alfalfa seed is graded by the 
amount of dead matter and per¬ 
centage of weed seeds it contains. 
The very worst seed is dodder, 
which infests seed grown on low 
lands. Dodder is a yellow parasitic 
plant with abundant stems but no 
leaves; the roots live on the al- 
alfalfa plant and quickly kill it. A 
little thought will show that al¬ 
falfa which contains no dodder is 
worth several cents a pound more 
than alfalfa which contains this 
weed. 
Write for quantity prices on 
field seeds and anything not list¬ 
ed. 
