Salzer’s Wisconsin Grown Sand Vetch 
The Great Soil Reclaimer Drought Resister and Hay Producer 
Sand Vetch is also known under the terms of Winter Vetch and Hairy 
Vetch. For soil improvement, there is hardly any crop that fits in so 
well under all conditions as Vetch. It is a heavy carrier of root tubercles 
and these increase in cold weather more than on any other legume. It 
will do well on poor lands where clover would fail. It needs a good seed 
bed with plenty of moisture to begin with, but when once established 
it will stand almost any degree of heat, cold, or drought. Salzer’s Sand 
Vetch will supply a very succulent forage from early spring until late 
fall and will remain green 'under snow all winter long, giving your stock 
the first green forage in early spring. The hay contains 19.9% crude 
protein. 
FACTS ABOUT SAND VETCH 
It is a wonderful, rapid grower; thrives with little mois¬ 
ture. 
Salzer’s Sand Vetch 
It withstands cold: Sand Vetch can be sown quite early in 
Spring, as soon as the ground can be worked. 
It is a tremendous yielder, producing all the way from 15 
to 20 tons of the very best green forage per acre. 
Quality. Salzer’s Sand Vetch makes the best hay imagi¬ 
nable. 
As a fertilizer it has but few equals, as it enriches the 
soil wonderfully, putting into the ground the equivalent of 
about $45 worth of commercial fertilizer to the acre. 
When intended for hay, Salzer’s Sand Vetch should be left 
standing until the flowers have, for the most part, given 
way to the pods, and some of the seeds become well formed. 
Pasture all summer long. You can have this excellent 
fodder plant all summer long from April until November. 
Soil. As the name would indicate. Sand Vetch has a spe¬ 
cial adaption for sandy soils, it has a decided capacity to 
grow on light soil too poor to produce crops of Clover, 
Spring Vetches and Cow Peas. 
Sow in Spring or in Fall at the rate af 35 to 40 pounds 
Sand Vetch with about % bu. of Barley or Oats in Spring, 
and Winter Rye in Fall. The grain will greatly assist the 
Vetch in checking the weed growth, as the Vetch starts 
rather slowly. The grain will also furnish variety if used 
for pasture and will provide stems on which the Vetch may 
climb, which will make it easier to cut and harvest the crop. 
To sow Vetch with a nurse crop has always given the best 
results. If wanted alone, however, Vetch is sown at the 
rate of 40 to 60 pounds per acre broadcast, or less amount 
in drills 30 inches apart. If grown the latter way it can 
be cultivated while the plants are young. 
4727—Priee of Sand Vetch: Ul>., 36c; 5 lbs., $1.43, post¬ 
paid to 4tli zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., $1.15; 15 lbs., $3.30; 
25 lbs., $5.25; 50 lbs., $10.25; 10O lbs., $20.00. Bags extra: 
25 lb. size at 15c; 50 lb. size at 20e; 150 lb. size new bags 
at 45c; 150 lb. size used bags at 30c each. 
Sand Vetch and Oats for Hay or Pasture 
Just the thing you have been looking for. A rich 
pasture or a bountiful hay crop. It is secured by sowing 
our mixture of Sand Vetch and Oats. The method of 
culture is simple. Plow and harrow your field carefully and 
then seed at the rate of 62% lbs. of our Mixture per acre, 
any time before May 20th, covering the seed about 2% 
inches. In six weeks the field should be ready for pasture 
and in 60 days you should have 2 to 4 tons cured hay per 
acre. 4728—Not prepaid: 50 lbs., $4.50; 62!% lbs. (sufficient 
for 1 acre), $5.45; 10O lbs., $8.50. Bags extra: 50 lb. size at 
20c; 150 lb. size new bags at 45c; 150 lb. size used bags, 36c. 
SALZER’S EARLIEST KAFIR CORN 
A non-saccharine sorghum, growing like Cane instead of 
like corn, of the greatest value for planting where drouth 
often destroys the corn crop! Yields much grain and makes 
excellent fodder. 
Salzer’s Earliest Kafir Corn grows 4 to 5 feet high, mak¬ 
ing a straight, upright growth. It has a strong stem with 
wide leaves. The stalks contain considerable sweet sap 
and remain green until the heads are fully matured, for 
this reason Kafir Corn is preferred as a forage crop. 
Drouths cannot touch this Kafir Corn, at least that is our 
experience. It snaps its finger at dryness. It mocks the 
hot, withering sun. It grows and grows and it matters not 
whether it rains or whether the sun is hot. Salzer’s 
. Earliest Kafir Corn is there to grow. 
' It does well as far north as Dakota. 
Another good thing about it is this, 
that it will produce tons and tons of 
seed, which is equally as rich and 
nutritious and fattening as corn. 
Matures in about 110 days. For grain 
sow in rows 3% feet apart, using 10 
lbs. per acre. For hay or pasture sow 
60 lbs. per acre in drills or 75 lbs. 
broadcast. 
4345—Ub., 24e; 5 lbs., 03c, postpaid 
to 4th zone. Not prepaid: 5 lbs., 35c; 
15 lbs., 85c; 25 lbs., $1.10; 50 lbs., $2.00; 
10O lbs., $3 50. Bags free. 
Spring Vetches or Tares 
It has all the good qualities of Sand Vetch, except 
that it must be sown every Spring as it is an annual. It 
should be sown early, at the rate of 60 to 80 lbs. per acre. 
If sown in connection with oats use 50 lbs. Spring Vetch to 
32 lbs. oats per acre. It is not only highly relished as a fod¬ 
der and grain crop, but it increases the milk supply. Con¬ 
tains 17.3 % crude protein. 
4730—Ub., 34e: 5 lbs., $1.08, postpaid to 4th zone. Not 
prepaid: 5 lbs., 80c; 15 lbs., $2.20; 25 lbs., $3.45; 50 lbs., 
$6.65; 100 lbs., $12.75. Bags extra: 25 lb. size at 15c; 50 lb. 
size at 20c; 150 lb. size new at 45c; used at 36c each. 
CANE 
NORTHERN GROWN EARLIEST 
SWEET AMBER CANE 
It yields luxuriantly and produces a mass of sweet, rich, 
succulent forage, more nutritious than corn silage. This 
northern grown strain is the one to plant, if you live in the 
North, and for the South, plant the ordinary Early Sweet 
Amber Cane listed below. 
Not only is this juicy Earliest Amber Cane desirable for 
fodder, but it is the best for molasses and it is splendid for 
green feeding, keeping the cattle in a thrifty condition in 
summer, when pastures are often dry, and maintaining a 
heavy flow of milk. Or, it may be used as a catch-crop. It 
has all of the good qualities of the. Early Sweet Amber 
Cane, except that it is earlier in maturity and so is very de¬ 
sirable for the North. It yields as much as 260 gallons of 
molasses per acre, which is of the best quality. 
But think of these rich, juicy, sugary stalks mixed in 
with corn for silage, or mixed with Soy Beans. Sheep, cat¬ 
tle, horses, and hogs relish it, chickens and poultry greedily 
eat the seed, and to top it all off, you can get some elegant 
quality molasses from it. Every farm should have some 
acreage in Cane; no farm is really complete without it. For 
silage, cut it when the seeds begin to harden. For fodder, 
sow 60 lbs. broadcast or 15 lbs. in drills, per acre. For 
syrup, drill in 10 lbs. per acre. 
4343—Ub •t 25<! $ 5 lbs., 73c, postpaid to 4tli zone. Not pre¬ 
paid: 5 lbs., 45c; 15 lbs., $1.26; 25 lbs., $1.75; 56 lbs., $3.25; 
106 lbs., $6.06. Bags free. 
EARLY SWEET AMBER CANE 
The hay is very palatable and nutritious and is relished 
by all kinds of stock, including hogs. The yield of cured 
hay is about 12 to 15 tons per acre. Cut when heading out, 
leave for 2 or 3 days on the ground and then put up in 
shocks of about one load each. 
434 1—Ub., 24c; 5 lbs., 76c, postpaid to 4tli zone. Not pre¬ 
paid: 5 lbs., 42c; 15 lbs., $1.15; 25 lbs., $1.65; 56 lbs., $3.66; 
106 ll»s., $5.56. Bags free. 
WACONIA 
A New Pedigreed Strain of Sorghum Cane! Waconia is 
the name of a new pure strain of sweet sorghum that is 
higher in sugar content and therefore better for making 
sorghum syrup. However, a greater tonnage has been bred 
into it, hence it is highly desirable for fodder. Cattle al¬ 
most fight for it. Earliest in maturity, ideal for the North, 
heaviest yielding, sweetest in sugar content! For fodder, 
drill in 15 lbs. per acre; for syrup, 10 lbs. per acre. 
4336—Ub., 27c; 5 lbs., 78c, postpaid to 4th zone. Not pre¬ 
paid: 5 lbs., 56c: 15 lbs., $1.35; 25 lbs., $2.06; 56 lbs., $3.75; 
106 lbs., $7.00. Bags free. 
The Sand Vetch that we ordered from you is growing just fine in spite of the 111 
season.—Mrs. Elizabeth Ohl, R. D. 5, Wichita, Kansas. It! 
