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FARM AND GRASS SEEDS — Continued 
pounds Vetch with 30 pounds rye or wheat. A great soil 
WHIPPOORWILL COW PEAS 
Seed is reddish-brown speckled. Some claim that this 
variety is capable of gathering more nitrogen than others. 
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BLACK COW PEAS 
This is a quick-growing variety, desirable for turning 
under. Write for prices. 
NEW ERA COW PEAS 
An early upright-growing variety; smaller seed. 
SOJA BEANS 
The great drought-resisting forage crop. A soil enricher, 
because of its nitrogen-gathering qualities. The fodder is 
relished in either green or dry form by cattle or dairy 
cows. Write for prices. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
This makes an indispensable green food for sheep and 
hogs. It can be pastured 8 weeks after sowing. The 
growth is enormous. If one has the available land, it is 
good to sow in succession, as the stock eat it close to the 
ground, and it will not stand pasturing any great length 
of time. This, of course, depends upon the number of 
head turned on an acre. Sow 6 pounds per acre broadcast 
from April 1st to October 1st. It produces enormous crops 
and is an ideal green manure. 1 lb. 10c, 5 lbs. 40c. 
WINTER or HAIRY VETCHES (Vicia Villiosa) 
Sow from August 1st to October 1st, one bushel per acre 
when sown alone. If sown with rye or wheat, use 30 
improver. 
W.-D. CO.’S PASTURE MIXTURES 
Our pasture mixtures are composed of the very best and Forms a close heavy turf and will not be injured by close 
highest grade of seed obtainable. They are especially cropping and tramping of the animals. Plant 214 bushels 
selected for purity and germination and are thoroughly to the acre. 14 pounds to the bushel. In ordering please 
mixed by our special process, thereby assuring a very even state if wanted for high or low land. 1 lb. 25c, 10 lbs. $2.30, 
distribution of each individual variety on the ground. 25 lbs. $5.50, 100 lbs. $19.00. 
CLOVER SEEDS 
ALSIKE or SWEDISH (Trifolium Hybridum) 
The most hardy of all Clovers; perennial. On rich, 
moist soil it yields an enormous quantity of hay or pas¬ 
turage, but its greatest value is for sowing with other 
Clovers and Grasses, as it forms a thick bottom and greatly 
increases the yield of hay. Sow the seed in Spring or Fall, 
at the rate of 10 to 15 pounds per acre, when sown alone. 
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GENUINE KANSAS ALFALFA (U. S. Verified Origin) 
For hay, soil improvement and pasture it is unexcelled. 
Does not exhaust the soil; it enriches it. It supplies its 
own nitragin and stores it in the land to make bigger and 
better crops that follow it. Yields three to five cuttings 
of nutritious hay each season. The most valuable forage 
crop on the farm today; it pays constant dividends. The 
Kansas Alfalfa will stand our Winters better than any 
other sort, due to the fact that it comes through the severe 
Winters of Kansas with gratifying results and is there¬ 
fore acclimated to severe cold weather. Sow the seed at 
the rate of 20 pounds to the acre; in May, August and 
September, these being the best months for success,’ al¬ 
though it can be sown at other times with a possible 
chance of doing well. To make doubly sure of a crop, it 
is advisable to inoculate the seed with NITRAGIN. See 
page 40. 
BOKHARA or SWEET CLOVER (Melilofus Alba) 
While extensively used as a bee food, this is a valuable 
variety for soiling (green manure); for sowing in Spring 
on lands which are later to be sown in Alfalfa, this is ex¬ 
cellent. It inoculates the ground and seems to render it 
more capable of insuring a good stand of Alfalfa than if 
it is not used. It grows from 3 to 5 feet high, according 
to soil and location; can be cut as often as three times in 
a season if wanted for forage. Sow 15 pounds per acre 
in early Spring, alone, or 10 pounds per acre with other 
crops. We handle only the true white flowering hardy 
variety. 
JAPAN CLOVER or LESPEDEZA 
The original Lespedeza. The poor land crop. Plant it 
to bring your poor land back to a state of productivity. 
Does exceedingly well on light sandy soils. Sow at the 
rate of 25 pounds to an acre. Does quite well when planted 
with Red Top Grass at the rate of 10 pounds of the Clover 
and 8 pounds of Red Top to an acre and will give a good 
grass that may be grazed upon till frost. The land does 
not need much preparation, just harrow and sow. 
RED CLOVER (Trifolium Pratense) 
This is by far the most important of all the varieties 
for practical purposes. Sow in Spring or Fall, and if no 
other grasses are used, at the rate of 15 pounds per acre. 
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CRIMSON CLOVER (Trifolium Incarnatum) 
This is used principally for soiling or green manuring, 
for which purposes it is highly valuable. If desired for 
feed, cut it just before it flowers. When desired for 
green manure, it should be allowed to mature; its height 
is from 1 to 2 feet. Sow 20 pounds to the acre. Late sum¬ 
mer or fall seeding is usually practiced. It is not hardy 
for more than one season and must be sown each year. 
WHITE DUTCH (Trifolium Repens) 
A small, creeping perennial variety, valuable for pastur¬ 
age and for lawns. It accommodates itself to a variety of 
soils, but prefers moist ground. lb. 15c, lb. 40c. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
In feeding value it is about equal to Alfalfa. It grows 
anywhere, on acid soils; waste lands, worn out gravelly 
soils and galled hillsides, where nothing else will grow. 
Reseeds itself every year, but is easily killed out by a 
cultivated crop. The strong root growth penetrates about 
8 inches deep, making it highly drought resistant. A har¬ 
rowing before sowing is the only preparation necessary. 
When sown alone broadcast 20 pounds to the acre during 
latter part of March or early in April. Do not cover the 
seed. 
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