MAYWORTH FARM SEEDS 
Seeds of Quality XPiut 
Hay and pasture was never so short as this year. 
Many years will he required to build up new pastures 
and hay meadows. The drouth destroyed thousands of 
acres of pastures that will have to be reseeded this 
spring. 
Big Market for Hay 
Alfalfa hay is selling now in many places at $25.un 
to $28.00 per ton. Think what a big demand this gives 
you for your alfalfa. It will take years until the supply 
is built up to a point that is adequate for the needs of 
the country. It has produced a big seed crop for many 
farmers in this area this year, some making as much as 
$60.00 an acre off the seed alone. Think of it! 
An alfalfa seeding will last many years. You should be able to cut a mini¬ 
mum of 15 tons per acre during the life of t our alfalfa at a cost of only about 
$3.00 for the seed. Don’t envy the farmer who has alfalfa and sweet clover. 
Get busy and sow your own this spring so you can cash in on this unlimited 
market and big demand for hay and pasture crops. 
FARM 
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Giant Biennial White 
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DIRECT BUYING 
From the Producer Means 
Lower Prices to You 
My buyers this year have been in prac¬ 
tically every seed producing section in 
the United States. Many growers think 
1 am a little too particular about quality 
but 1 have found that it pays in the long 
run for you to use nothing but the very 
best in farm seeds. 
Shop In Your Nearest Earl 
May's Store 
The pink farm seed price sheet en¬ 
closed with this catalog has the address 
of every Earl May’s store so that you 
can go into your nearest store: pick out 
the seed you want and take it home with 
you. 
The farm seed list enables.you to order 
by mail, too, at lowest prices. Remember 
my special guarantee of quality and the 
opportunity you have to get your seed 
tested any way you see fit and if it isn’t 
satisfactory, we will refund your money 
cheerfully. I can give you prompt ship¬ 
ment, too, if you order your seed from 
Shenandoah. Remember all farm seed 
prices are subject to advance without no¬ 
tice and you may be disappointed if you 
delay, in not getting the kind of seed 
vou want. 
SEED SAMPLES FREE 
I will be glad to send you samples of 
any of our farm seeds without charge 
and without any obligation so you can 
look them over and test them any wa> 
you wish In your own home. 
Drouth Resisting Alfalfa 
Alfalfa is the greatest drouth resisting 
legume you can sow. It’s chinch bug 
proof. It will make you more profit than 
any other crop. It’s the best farm crop 
for hay, pasture or soil building. Sow 
from 15 to 20 pounds per acre. The 
further west you get, the less seed is 
needed. A firm seed bed is very impor¬ 
tant. When you plow the ground just be¬ 
fore seeding, plow it shallow and use a 
packer or a roller. 
Cut alfalfa when about one-tenth of the 
bloom appears. This keeps your planting 
always vigorous and healthy and gives 
you at least three cuttings of hay pet- 
season and in extremely favorable sea¬ 
sons, four cuttings. 
Mayworth Grimm Alfalfa 
Hardiest of all. Our stocks of Grimm 
alfalfa have descended from the origina¬ 
tor’s seed. Grimm cannot be told simply 
by looking at the seed. We personally 
go to the farmer In the growing sections 
and select the seed by checking up on the 
pedigree and studying carefully the col¬ 
oring of the. bloom, the root system, and 
the general hardy characteristics of tin- 
plant. That’s why we can guarantee our 
Grimm alfalfa in the sealed bushel bag to 
be the genuine article. 
Cossack Alfalfa 
The Siberian hardy alfalfa. Equally as 
hardv as Grimm. I think it does a little 
better than Grimm on high ground. 
Makes lots of fine leaved hay. 
Dakota No. 12 Alfalfa 
Our Dakota No. 12 alfalfa comes from 
Western South Dakota where the finest 
and hardiest common alfalfa seed is pro¬ 
duced. 
Nebraska Hardy Alfalfa 
Some of our Nebraska grown seed was 
raised from Grimm, some from Cossack, 
and some of it from the Dakota No. 12 
strains. The finest lots available were 
purchased direct from the farmer, 
cleaned up and offered to you under our 
Mayworth brand. It is especially adapted 
for’ seeding in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas 
and Missouri. 
Iowa Grown Alfalfa 
We have some splendid lots of native, 
home grown seed that you Know must be 
hardy and adapted for this territory. 
Western Iowa had a fine crop of alfalfa 
seed in this dry year and I secured the 
“cream of the crop’’ for you. Some of it 
Is Grimm; some of it is Cossack, and 
some of it is Dakota No. 12, all blended 
together to make our Iowa grown seed. 
Order early as stock of this kind is 
limited. 
SWEET CLOVER 
The Soil Building and 
Pasture Crop 
Another great drouth resisting crop. 
This past Reason certainly demonstrated tie- 
value of a fine seeding of sweet clover. It's 
the most valuable crop that I know of for 
building up old worn out soil. There will lie a 
serious shortage of sweet clover seed as well 
as other legumes this year so I urge you to 
order your seed early. 
How to Grow Sweet 
Clover 
After the middle of February sow onlj the 
hulled and scarified seed. Sow early alone or 
on small grain the same way you handle Red 
Clover. The seed should be covered very 
lightly, not over a half inch deep. In light 
soil or dry. weather cover slightly deeper. 15 
pounds of hulled and scarified seed to the acre 
is recommended Our scarified sweet clover is 
all double scarified so the seed takes up mois¬ 
ture and germinates readily. 
Sweet Clover is a biennial; that is, it grows 
one year producing foliage and goes to seed 
about the middle of the second year. 
The best for pasture and sqji im¬ 
provement. 
Yellow Blossom 
For bee keepers and those who may 
wish to use sweet clover as a hay crop, 
ihe Yellow is best. It matures two weeks 
earlier than the White. 
Grundy County Sweet 
Clover 
Branches similar to the Yellow Blos¬ 
som and probably carries more leaves. 
Ripens three weeks earlier than the big- 
White. 
Unhulled Sweet Clover 
Remember to sow unhulled sweet 
clover before the middle of February. 
The earlier the better. It weighs only 30 
pounds to the bushel. The hulled and 
scarified seed weighs 60 pounds per 
bushel. I have both White and Yellow 
Blossom for you. 
RED CLOVER 
Home Grown Seed 
The drouth did not permit the harvest¬ 
ing of much Red Clover seed this past 
season. I have scoured the Central West 
for big, plump, new crop seed of the 
highest quality in Red Clover. Sow at 
the rate of 8 pounds per acre. Order early 
as the short crop undoubtedly .will force 
prices higher. 
Mayworth Hay and 
Pasture Mixture 
The best and most economical perma¬ 
nent pasture mixture for you to sow. Sow 
15 pounds per acre as early as possible, 
either with or without a nurse crop. 
Mayworth is a perfectly balanced com¬ 
bination of legumes and grasses, 50% 
legumes including Alfalfa, Alsike, Red 
Clover, Sweet Clover and the new Korean. 
Balance of the mixture is Timothy, Ken¬ 
tucky Blue Grass, Rye Grass, Red Top 
and Meadow Fescue. Cheaper than you 
buying the seed and mixing it yourself. 
A bushel weighs 45 pounds but is enough 
for 3 to 314 acres. 
Gives two big cuttings of hay each 
year and abundant pasture besides, or 
heavy pasture all season. It builds up 
the soil because it is over half legumes 
and clovers. It prepares your land for 
alfalfa. It can be sown any time of the 
year from the first of February to the 
J MI V 
GUARANTEE 
I guarantee the vitality, de¬ 
scription, origin and purity of 
our seeds to be as represented 
on the pink wholesale price list 
enclosed and on the analysis 
tags, to the full amount of the 
purchase price, if received hy 
the customer In original brand¬ 
ed hags. It is mutually agreed 
that in no case shall the Earl 
E. May Seed Co. be liable for 
more than the amount actually 
paid for the seed. 
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