Alfalfa 
Buckwheat 
White Blossom Sweet Clover 
Hardy Approved Northern Grown 
Alfalfa Seed 
1. Requires good drainage. 
2. Needs lime. Soil should test ph 6.5 or above. 
3. Requires abundant phosphate as a potash. 
4. Valuable in short or long rotations. 
5. Large yields of high protein hay for several years. 
6. Excellent soil improver. * 
7. Dependable in dry seasons. 
QENUINE CERTIFIED GRIMM ALFALFA. Where Alfalfa is required 
that will have to withstand extreme cold weather conditions, or much 
of the adverse freezing and thawing, Grimm is becoming a favorite. 
It is about the least likely to winter-kill of any of the Alfalfas. We 
offer you genuine Grimm certified Alfalfa seed—grown in Idaho, field 
inspected, certified by the State Authorities and sealed. The Grimm 
Alfalfa seed generally produces plants with the crown type of roots 
and a more spreading root system than other Alfalfas. It is claimed 
that Grimm will thus outlast other strains. Sow 10 to 15 lbs., per 
acre. 60 lbs., per bushel. Write for price list. 
CERTIFIED HARDIGrAN ALFALFA. A new, hardy and heavy-yielding 
variety which was developed in Michigan and has rapidly become one 
of the leading varieties because of its hardiness and heavy-yielding 
ability. It was one of the leading varieties at the trials of Ohio and 
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Farms. Write for price list. 
HORTHWESTERH ALFALFA. This seed was produced in the north 
and is recommended for those who want a safe seed to sow, one that 
will withstand the winter. It does not pay to run the risk for the sake 
of saving a dollar or two on the seed. Write for price list. 
Mr. Howard Angle of Franklin Co., Penna., reports that he sowed Sudan 
on June 1st and cut it on August 11th which was 71 days after seed¬ 
ing, and it was 72 inches high. This is the tallest Sudan I have ever 
heard of. It shows what a splendid emergency crop Sudan is. 
We have used Holmes’ Seeds for several years and find them of excep¬ 
tionally fine quality. We have never purchased seeds that have given 
any better results.—NOY I. LIGHTNER, Landisburg, Penna. 
Japanese Buckwheat 
Is the kind mostly used—large grain—good yielder. A valuable crop for 
soil improvement as well as the production of grain. Will thrive on 
very poor land, in fact, where hardly anything else will grow. Very 
popular in northern sections. It is used to a great extent for bees. 
Yield in grain and straw is very heavy, even on thin soils. Buckwheat 
middling is in demand for fattening hogs, excellent poultry feed. Sow, 
broadcast from June to July 15, one bushel per acre. 50 lbs. per bushel. 
Write for price list. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover 
The Great Soil Builder, Pasture and Hay Crop 
It is here to stay and is taking a place in importance right along with 
Red Clover and Alfalfa. An acre of Sweet Clover pasture will provide 
good pasturage for three or four cows in milk right through the sum¬ 
mer. It needs to be pastured to keep it down. Cows will produce more 
on Sweet Clover pasture than when fed green crops cut for them. 
Seed the Sweet Clover at the rate of 12 to 15 lbs. to the acre with a 
nurse crop like barley, oats and peas to cut for grain. Lime the land 
fully as heavily as for Alfalfa. Can be pastured lightly the first fall 
after the grain is cut. Then it will come on well the second year for 
pasture just as Red Clover does for hay. Sweet Clover can also be 
sown successfully in June or July without a nurse crop. Inoculate 
the seed before sowing. Be sure to have a good seed bed. Most any 
well-drained soil is all right for Sweet Clover and you will be pleased 
with the crop if you do your part in putting it in and handling it 
correctly. 60 lbs. per bushel. Write for price list. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
This does not make the amount of hay that White Blossom does the first 
fall. The second year the yellow has much finer stems than the white, 
matures 10 days earlier, yields less. For hay the first year or pasture 
the second sow the white. For hay the second year, the yellow may 
be better because of its finer stems .Vrite for prices. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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