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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
2001—ALFALFA 
This has long been recognized as the most profit¬ 
able hay crop a farmer can sow. It yields several 
cuttings each year and the hay ranks as the best 
obtainable. On a stiff loam or clay soil Alfalfa is 
not hard to get to stand, but it is not advised for 
light sandy soils. There are a few essential points 
to observe in sowing alfalfa. First, the soils must 
be sweet or limed if it should be sour. Then it 
should be well drained and not of a wet nature. It 
should be broken deep and harrowed often to kill 
out all weed growth before sowing. Acid Phos¬ 
phate makes a good fertilizer or, better still, use a 
grain fertilizer running high in Acid Phosphate and 
containing some Potash. Seeding should be done 
in August-September for fall or March-April for 
spring. Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre and be certain 
to inoculate the seed with Nitragin before sowing. 
We specialize in Utah grown Alfalfa seed, because 
we have found them to be best for the South. 
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2002—ALSIKE CLOVER 
This clover has a distinct advantage over either 
the Red or the Sapling for grazing. It is hardier 
and will stand more grazing than either of them. 
And for sowing on wet or low lands it is better than 
either the Red or Sapling, because it stands the wet 
soil better. For hay its yield is not quite so good 
as the Red or Sapling, but it makes better quality 
of hay than either of them. The stalks are not so 
large, therefore the hay cures easier and stocks eat 
it better. Alsike Clover matures about the same 
time as Sapling, some ten days or two weeks later 
than the Red. Sow and handle it in all respects like 
Sapling, but it does not require so many pounds of 
seeds per acre. Seed at the rate of TVs lbs, per acre. 
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2007—SAPLING or MAMMOTH CLOVER 
This is exactly like red clover except that it 
grows a little taller and matures a little later. It 
matures along with herds grass and timothy and 
these three make an excellent hay mixture. We 
recommend a mixture of 6 lbs. Herds Grass, 10 lbs. 
of Timothy, and 10 lbs. Sapling Clover per acre. 
If this is seeded in August or September it will 
make a good cutting of hay the following spring. 
When seeded in February or March, it cannot be 
cut until the following year. May be seeded on 
wheat, rye, oats or other grain crops in the spring 
if desired. This mixture yields a big tonnage of 
hay and the quality is the best that we know, 
except Alfalfa. The usual rate of seeding Sapling 
Clover alone is ten to fifteen pounds per acre and 
in mixtures with other grasses, use eight to ten 
pounds per acre. Both our Red and Sapling Clover 
seed are American Grown United States Verified 
Origin stock. We believe that the best is always 
the cheapest. 
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2006—RED CLOVER 
A standard clover which every farmer knows. It 
yields a big crop of hay, good pasturage, and builds 
up the soil. For pasturage I think that Alsike will 
be better, but for hay this cannot be bettered. It 
ripens with Tall Meadow Oat Grass, Orchard Grass, 
Italian Rye Grass, and all of the earlier grasses. 
Should be put in mixtures with these when sowed 
for hay. When sowed for grass use 8 to 10 lbs. of 
clover per acre. When sowed alone use 10 to 15 
lbs. per acre. Can be seeded from January to 
March, or from August to October, and will succeed 
Alfalfa 
on almost any soil that will produce clover. Gives 
two cuttings per year in most sections, and will 
last for several years. 
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2010—LESPEDEZA or JAPAN CLOVER 
The most valuable clover of all for renovating 
soils that will not produce a profitable crop of any¬ 
thing else. Where other clovers can be grown profit¬ 
ably, I advise using them to build up the soil, but 
there are many fields that will not produce the 
other clovers and it is for just such spots as these 
that Japan clover is recommended. For shaded 
pasture it is also of great value. On light, poor 
land, even though it be extremely dry, a good stand 
of Japan clover can be had in two years. Does not 
have to be seeded every year, because it reseeds 
itself. Still it is not objectionable, because it can 
be easily destroyed by putting the land in some 
clean culture crop, as tobacco, cotton or corn. Japan 
clover does not make sufficient growth to cut for 
hay, except in the far South. Little preparation is 
needed for Japan clover, and it affords excellent 
grazing. It is best to sow with another crop, espe¬ 
cially where it is wanted for pasturage, because it 
may not make much growth the first year, and if 
sowed with some other crop, there will be enough 
grazing the first year to make it profitable. Herds 
Grass is the best thing to sow with it. Seed 10 lbs. 
Japan Clover and 6 lbs. Herds Grass per acre. 
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2005—KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
This new form of Japan clover was introduced 
some years ago and has now become one of the 
most valuable soil builders and grazing crops of 
this section. The Korean Lespedeza has the follow¬ 
ing advantages over the old variety. It grows 
taller, with more foliage, which is valuable both as 
a grazing crop or as a soil builder. Further, it 
comes out earlier in the summer and will reseed 
itself in our northern latitudes better than the old 
variety. We recommend this as the best crop to 
build up old worn out soils. Harrow the soil in the 
spring or early summer and sow ten to fifteen 
pounds per acre. It will catch on almost any kind 
of soil and in a few years bring it up to a good 
state of fertility. 
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