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O. V. CLARK & SON, 59 SENECA STREET, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
CLOVER SEEDS 
Parties wishing larger quantities will do well to get samples 
and prices before placing their orders. We handle it on a close 
margin and supply the finest grades. It is impossible to tell 
how low our prices are without seeing samples, which will be 
sent free on application. A bushel of clover seed weighs 60 
pounds. 
ALFALFA, or LUCERNE. Alfalfa is being more gener¬ 
ally grown as experience is teaching our farmers the proper 
soils on which it should be sown. It requires cutting at least 
twice the first season, even if not large enough to make hay. 
Cutting destroys any weeds that may come up in it, and gives 
the Alfalfa a chance. Must be sown at the rate of 20 to 25 
pounds per acre when sown broadcast. It requires well-drained, 
well-pulverized, deep soil, and should be sown after danger of 
freezing is over. It prefers sand or gravel subsoil ; wet soil is 
fatal to the plant. Roots from 3 to 15 feet deep, and when well 
established lasts for years, and two or three crops a year can be 
cut. Not recommended for pasture. 
ALSIKE, or HYBRID (Swedish). Hardiest of all Clov¬ 
ers. On rich, moist soil, yields large quantities of hay or past¬ 
urage. Will thrive in soils which are so wet that the common 
Red Clover would not live. Unlike some of the other Clovers, 
which have tap roots, Alsike has many fibrous roots, hence is 
not injured by freezing and thawing of the ground. Esteemed 
highly by bee keepers. Sow 5 lbs. per acre. 
MAMMOTH. Valuable with other grasses for mixed hay. 
Ripens about with Timothy. Being a rank grower, it is used 
largely for plowing under. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. 
MEDIUM, or COMMON RED. The most important and 
valuable of the Clover family. Makes the best of hay. Sow 10 
lbs. per acre. 
CRIMSON. Should be sown in July, August and Septem¬ 
ber of each year. Can be sown with corn, or any cultivated 
crop. Sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Cover lightly. It is for use 
as a green manure and cover crop that this plant is most highly 
esteemed. It improves poor lands and restores to fertility those 
worn by excessive culture. 
WHITE DUTCH. Good in permanent pastures, especially 
for cattle ; valuable for bees, and the best variety for lawns, as 
it forms a close herbage and remains green throughout the sea¬ 
son. Sow in spring at the rate of 5 lbs. per acre when sown 
alone ; half the quantity when sown with other grasses. Lb. 
30 cts. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
Every year there is more inquiry for Field Peas. They stand 
in the front rank as a fodder crop, especially for hogs. They 
can be fed green or dry. As a fertilizer they come next to clover, 
to be plowed under when they commence to blossom ; they will 
grow on land that will not produce clover. Sow to 2 bush¬ 
els to the acre, or, if with oats, sow one bushel of each. Sow 
Pms first and plow under, 4 to 5 inches, then oats on top and 
harrow in. Pk. 60 cts., bus. #2. For larger quantities write for 
prices, stating quantity you can probably use. 
ALFALFA 
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BUCKWHEAT 
Should be sown about the middle of June, using from one to 
three pecks of seed per acre. 
NEW JAPANESE. This new sort has proven to be much 
earlier and more productive than any other variety. Grains 
very large and of rich brown color. It excels all in yield and 
earliness. Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid. Pk. 50 cts., bus. 
$1.50. 
SILVER HULL. A very good and popular variety. The 
grain is of light gray color, rounder than the common variety, 
has a much thinner hull, matures earlier, and yields a half more 
to the acre. Lb. 25 cts., 3 lbs. 60 cts., postpaid ; pk. 50 cts., 
bus. $1.50. 
SPRING WHEAT 
SASKATCHEWAN FIFE. This Wheat is pronounced by 
the millers of the Northwest the best. Fifty bushels to the acre 
is not an uncomrpon yield. Bus. {2.25. 
BARLEY 
Sow to 2 bushels if drilled ; 2 to 2>£ bushels broadcast. 
SIX-ROWED. The most productive and best variety. It 
ripens early, and makes a strong, stiff straw. $1.25. 
SPRING RYE 
Used as a catch crop to sow where winter grain has failed. 
Bus. #1.75. 
Send for our Dutch Bulb Catalogue, issued in September. Tells all about Hy¬ 
acinths, Tulips, Narcissus, etc. 
