JACKSON, MICHIGAN 
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ISBELL’S BELL BRAND CLOVERS 
TRICES ON CLOVER SEED ARE SUBJECT TO 1URKET CHANGES. 
SEE CURRENT PRICE LIST I OR PRICES. 
Michigan Grown Clover Seed has always been classed as the hardiest and 
best quality seed produced anywhere. If you want the purest, cleanest Clover 
Seed you can get at the lowest price, buy Isbell’s Bell Brand. 
Medium Red Clover 
Also Called Small Red June. It makes two crops 
each year. The first is usually cut when It is in 
blossom for hay; the last crop may be harvested for seed, cut for hay or plowed 
under to add fertility to the soil. It may be sown either in the spring or fall, 
and if no other grasses are used, at the rate of 8 to 12 pounds per acre. 
Da#£ Plnuni- English Sapling or Pea Vine Clover. Well 
IWIoaFliTliluTII Iteo UluVtT known in many parts of the country and 
highly valued for its enormous yield. It is claimed by many that it is easier to 
get a "catch” with Mammoth Red on light, sandy lands than with any other. 
For hog pasture it has no equal. It produces very large crops of hay, yielding 
from 3 to 5 tons per acre. 
Bargain Lots of Clover and Alfalfa Seed 
As we are continually cleaning and handling alfalfa and clover seed we 
usually have some slightly off-grade lots which while not good enough for 
our Bell Brand grade are nevertheless good useful lots of seed which are 
offered at much lower prices. Often times these lower grades will serve your 
purpose at a considerable saving. If interested write for samples and prices 
Farm Seeds 65 
Mammoth Rod Clover. 
Alsike or Swedish Clover 
The best Clover for low moist soils—or soils 
deficient in lime. 
Alsike Clover has a place on a great many farms 
where it is more profitable to grow than either Red 
Clover or Alfalfa. Under certain conditions it has many 
advantages over other Clovers—for instance where the soil 
is slightly acid or sour and lime is hard to get or for 
some reason has not been applied—-sow Alsike Clover— 
it will stand poorly drained wet soils very well. 
Alsike makes an excellent feed for dairy cows, and is 
bright colored and sweet when properly cured. The plant 
being smooth it is less dusty than Red Clover hay. 
Alsike Clover seed is much smaller than Red Clover and 
will go twice as far. 
White Dutch Clover 
This is of particular value in permanent pastures and 
lawns. It will grow on most any kind of soil, and on 
wet ground. Being of creeping habit, it prevents ground 
from being washed by rains. Sow 5 to 6 lbs. per acre in 
lawn and pasture mixtures. 
Timothy and Alsike Mixed 
A valuable combination for both hay and pasture. Makes 
the finest hay and very good permanent pasture. Alsike 
will grow on land too wet and sour for Red Clover and 
Timothy, also thrives on low ground so that this com¬ 
bination is ideal for lowlands. 
ISBEEE’S MIXTURE of Timothy and Alsike contains 20 
per cent Bell Brand Alsike by weight and 80 per cent Bell 
Brand Timothy. This is a strictly high grade mixture. 
SWEET CLOVER 
Sweet Clover Provides the Quickest and Cheapest Way to Improve Poor Land 
Sweet Clover is valuable for hay, pasture and plowing under. When cutting Sweet Clover for hay it should be cut 
from 6 to 8 inches above ground in order to produce another crop of hay, pasture or seed. Sweet Clover may be seeded 
in the spring, summer or fall. It may be sown either with some kind of small grain, such as oats, barley or buck¬ 
wheat, or alone. Liming the ground and inoculating the seed will aid greatly in securing a good, even stand. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover 
(Melilotus Alba—Biennial) 
This variety is a very rank grower, which makes it especially valuable for plowing 
under as a green manure crop. It loosens up the soil, adds humus and leaves a 
splendid mulch. When used as a pasture crop, stock should be turned in on it while 
young as at this stage it is very palatable. It makes the best kind of pasture for 
dairy cows and for fattening- cattle. It fits into rotations like Red Clover. If wanted 
for permanent pasture the seed should be sown two successive years and each year 
the last crop should be allowed to reseed itself. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
(Melilotus Officinalis—Biennial) 
The Yellow Blossom is very similar to the White Blossom, hut it is more especially 
adapted for hay or pasture. The plant is more palatable to livestock as it contains 
less cumarin and does not have so bitter a taste. It is not a rank grower; more on 
the order of alfalfa. For those who wish to use Sweet Clover for pasture, hay and 
bee purposes, we would advise the use of the Yellow Blossom. 
Grundy County Sweet Clover 
A Dwarf Type of White Blossom Sweet Clover 
The name is derived from Grundy County, Illinois, where more Sweet Clover is 
grown than in any other county in the United States. Grundy County Sweet Clover 
is about three weeks earlier than common Sweet Clover, grows much smaller, more 
branching, leafier, and has finer stems. It seldom grows over 3% feet tall, produces 
finer hay and is a better seeder. 
Hubam 
Annual White Blossom Sweet Clover. 
Hubam is a variety of Sweet Clover which blossoms, matures, and produces seed 
in one season. Grows 4 to 5 feet tall on ordinary soils and when seeded with spring 
grains will produce a good hay crop, or pasture after the grain is cut. Makes valu¬ 
able bee feed and is often sown for this purpose. The seed is sown at the rate of 
15 to 20 pounds per acre in Oats or Barley or may be planted alone. 
See Isbell’s Current Price List for Prices of Clover and Field Seeds. 
Sweet Clover. 
