98 FIELD SEEDS—(Continued) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
CLOVERS 
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Alsike Clover 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
Cultural and Soil Conditions —Alsike prefers lo¬ 
calities with plenty of moisture in soil. The most 
suitable soil is moist clay loam or clay with good 
lime content. It can he grown to advantage where 
soil is too wet for Red Clover, and with poor drain¬ 
age; where Red Clover is a failure, Alsike will 
flourish. It has a rather shallow root system. 
Uses —When grown for hay it is usually best 
mixed with Timothy or Red Top, thus producing 
finer quality. A popular mixture for Montana is 
about 80 per cent Timothy and 20 per cent Alsike. 
Cut for hay when in full bloom. 
It produces usually one crop of hay a season but 
the tonnage is very heavy. 
Greatly esteemed for pasture because of its high 
feeding value. Sow about eight pounds per acre. 
MEDIUM RED 
Cultural Conditions —Being a resident of the tem¬ 
perate zone, Red Clover succeeds best where Sum¬ 
mers are not too hot nor the Winters too severe. 
Most parts of Montana, probably with the excep¬ 
tion of the northeastern part of the state, are 
pretty well adapted to Red Clover production. 
Soil Requirements —Red Clover can be grown on 
many kinds of soil, the most suitable being clay 
loams with a certain amount of lime and plenty 
of organic matter; generally prefers the heavier 
soils. 
WHITE SWEET CLOVER 
When young it is succulent and quite palatable 
for hay and pasture. For hay purposes in Montana 
it might better be considered an insurance crop 
than a competitor of Alfalfa. It is sure to make 
a good crop of hay or roughage under conditions 
which might cause an Alfalfa crop failure. 
It is quite popular for pasture purposes, both 
for cattle and sheep, and cannot be excelled for 
green manure, furnishing quick and abundant ni¬ 
trogen to the soil. 
YELLOW SWEET CLOVER 
Yellow Sweet Clover is not far different from 
White, except that it has a yellow flower. 
The plant does not grow as rank as White, has 
more of a spreading growth habit and finer tex¬ 
ture, thus making it a consistent gainer in popu- 
larity over the White for pasture purposes. 
We know of an instance where 30 acres of Yel¬ 
low blossom offered abundant pasture for 700 ewes 
and lambs, continuing for three months 
WHITE BLOSSOM “ARCTIC” OR GRUNDY COUNTY BIENNIAL 
This is a white blossom biennial Sweet Clover that grows from 3 y 2 to 4 feet high; matures an abun¬ 
dance of seed that ripens three weeks ahead of common white biennial. The outstanding advantage 
of this Clover is that it grows to a good height for harvesting, but does not require clipping thus get¬ 
ting away from the hazard of killing the Clover by clipping improperly. It ripens early’ ahead of 
weeds and is ready to thresh and hull before small grain. It is very hardy and will withstand dry 
Summers and hard Winters. The seed is usually a little higher in price than the other varieties but 
well worth all you pay for it. Fine for hay. 
Cultural and Soil Conditions —Grows readily in nearly any soil or climate. 
A Field of New Alplia Sweet Clover on Parker Bros. Farm, 
Creston, Mont., Where Our Alpha Clover Seed was Grown 
NEW ALPHA SWEET CLOVER 
If a legume crop could be made to 
order, like a suit of clothes, we would 
probably specify that it should be fine 
stemmed and leafy like Alfalfa, but 
with the biennial character and pro¬ 
lific seed production and soil improv¬ 
ing qualities of Sweet Clover and lastly 
that the characteristic flavor of Sweet 
Clover be omitted. 
These qualifications most desirable 
in a legume of the Alfalfa Sweet 
Clover type appear to be just those 
which this new sensational Alpha 
Clover form possesses. The character¬ 
istic Sweet Clover taste is still present 
but not nearly so pronounced. It is a 
very hardy type, fine stemmed and 
leafy, showing much the same type of 
growth as Alfalfa. We offer fancy 
Montana grown Seed of which the sup¬ 
ply is limited this year. 
! FOR PRICES SEE PINK INSERT 
