CLOVERS 
Good Seed Is Always the Cheapest 
SWEET CLOVER 
The features or qualities which make Sweet Clover so 
valuable are: First, the ability to thrive, produce good 
hay and good pasture on very poor soils; and second, the 
ability to improve the soil on which it is growing. 
Although Sweet Clover is very hardy and will thrive in 
the most unfavorable places, it is sometimes difficult to 
get a good stand. This difficulty can be overcome by 
sowing the seed on a thoroughly compacted seed bed 
with just enough loose dirt to cover and by sowing scari¬ 
fied seed. 
WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER (Melilotus alba). 
A biennial, grows to a height of from 4 to 6 feet, vigorous 
grower, extremely hardy and produces abundant pastur¬ 
age and lots of hay. This is the standard Sweet Clover 
of the country. 
BIENNIAL YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER 
(Melilotus officinalis). This is also a biennial, about two 
weeks earlier than the white, not quite as tall. Do not 
confuse this with the annual Yellow Blossom which is of 
very little value. 
S 
MAMMOTH SAPLING or PEA VINE CLOVER. A rank 
grower which makes it a valuable fertilizer. 
JAPAN CLOVER (Lespedeza Striata). Perennial of low 
spreading habit. Will stand excessive heat, flourish on 
poor soil, and makes a fair green hay. 
Look for this 
bag at your 
dealer’s store 
“SUNFLOWER GRADE” 
is the Highest Quality of 
ALFALFA 
ALL CLOVERS 
BLUE GRASS 
MILLETS 
SUDAN GRASS 
and All Other 
GRASSES 
Packed in Sacks Like the Above 
RED CLOVER (Trifolium Pratensis). Red Clover is the 
most important of all leguminous forage crops, both on 
account of its high value as feed and from the fact that 
it can be so well employed in rotations. 
Red Clover is not a particularly exacting crop in regard 
to its soil requirements, excepting that it be well drained. 
It succeeds better as a rule on clayey soils than on loams 
and better in loams than in sandy soils. 
Red Clover makes an excellent pasture for all kinds of 
live stock, and may be sown either with or without nurse 
crop. Rotate your crops with clover so that your soil will 
not become too badly run down. 
Be careful to select seed which does not contain Buck- 
horn. You can depend on our Sunflower and Columbine 
Brands of Red Clover. 
BURR CLOVER (Medicago Denticulata) . Most desirable 
for Southern States and California. It furnishes a large 
amount of pasturage, both on cultivated and on unculti¬ 
vated land. Even after the burrs are ripe and dry, they 
are eaten eagerly by sheep. Sown in August, September 
and October, at the rate of 15 pounds per acre for hulled 
seed, and harrowed in lightly. 
CRIMSON CLOVER (Trifolium Incarnatum). An annual. 
Reaches a height of three feet under favorable conditions. 
Crimson Clover shows no very marked soil preferences 
and seems to succeed both on sandy and clayey soils, if 
well drained. It is well adapted to withstand shade and 
so is often sown in orchards and with other crops. It is 
about four weeks earlier than red clover and makes good 
hay. 
WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium Repens). White Clover is 
excellent for pasture and is especially valuable for mix¬ 
ing with Kentucky Blue Grass, both for lawns and pas¬ 
ture. A few pounds of White Clover should be in all 
permanent grass seed mixtures as it helps fill up the bare 
spots and is very nutritious. Very hardy and a perennial. 
Sow five to eight pounds per acre. 
ALSIKE CLOVER (Trifolium Hybridum). Very valuable 
for growing on wet or swampy land. It is very hardy, 
withstands drought and will not winter kill. Makes an 
excellent crop of hay. About six to ten pounds will sow 
an acre and as the seed is very fine, it should be covered 
only slightly. 
HUBAM CLOVER 
Does in one season what other clovers do in two. 
It adds nitrogen and humus to the soil, makes splen¬ 
did summer and fall pasture, Is a rich hay crop, and 
a wonderful honey producing plant. 
It is splendid for sowing as a fertilizing crop after 
oats or in wheat. Should be sown on a perfectly firm 
seed bed with a surface mulch of loose soil. Do not 
sow on a freshly plowed seed bed. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
A plant similar to clover and the best of the Lespe¬ 
deza types. It has an advantage over alfalfa and 
sweet clover, in that it will grow on untreated soil, no 
lime or phosphate being needed. Korean Lespedeza 
can be grazed all spring and summer and hay can be 
cut or seed taken from the crop in the fall. Agricul¬ 
turists state their “belief” that this Lespedeza is the 
“coming legume.” 
One reason for its value in feeding is because it is 
said it never causes bloating. 
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