Increased Yields on Same Acreage Helps Solve the Problem 
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Clover Mixture—A Three Story Crop 
We have found 
from experience 
that a clover mix¬ 
ture will do more to 
turn under as a fer¬ 
tilizer than any one 
single clover crop, 
al30 will produce 
more pasture or 
hay. 
We can give you 
more for your 
money in this mix¬ 
ture than anything 
we have to offer. 
Some of these seeds 
we buy as mixed 
seeds. Seeds such 
as sweet clover and 
red clover which 
grow as a mixture and cannot be separated, we buy at very low prices. This is one reason why 
we can sell this mixture which consists of good seed at a lower price than you could buy the 
seed separately and mix it. Oftentimes in cleaning seeds they become slightly mixed. These 
cannot be sold as straight seeds, but are good for mixtures. 
The alsike and Lespedeza grows very thick and close to the ground, the red clover grows a little 
higher above the alsike, and the sweet clover grows above the red clover, making a good three story 
crop. 
In our clover mixture we now u^e 10 lbs. to a bushel of Illinois grown Korean Lespedeza. This is 
a very hardy plant withstanding heat and drouth better than any other legume. 
We sell this seed 60 pounds to the bushel. It consists of 15 pounds of red clover, 10 pounds of alsike 
and 15 pounds of sweet clover, 10 pounds alfalfa, 10 pounds Korean Lespedeza. Price, subject to market 
change, $14.50 per bu. Be sure to order some of this mixture this year. 
Note the Wonderful Growth 
PASTURE 
Every season we have calls for a good pasture 
mixture. We offer a mixture which we have sold 
for a good many years which has given very good 
success. This mixture consists of 6 pounds of red 
clover, 5 pounds alsike, 8 pounds sweet clover, 
15 pounds timothy, 10 pounds rye grass, 6 pounds 
Lespedeza. We sell this 50 pounds to a bushel. Sow 
8 pounds per acre on average soil. Buy this mix- 
MIXTURE 
ture. The sweet clover and rye grass will make 
you an early pasture, the red clover will come in 
next and the alsike next. The timothy will not 
make much of a growth until towards fall, but if 
the red clover and sweet clover have been eaten off 
the timothy and Lespedeza will make fine late fall 
pastures. Price $8.50 per bushel, subject to market 
change. 
This was taken In the hay section of southern South Dakota, where part of the acreage is al¬ 
falfa and other parts of the field prairie hay. From this point we counted 162 stacks of hay. 
Most of this big western country is more fortunate this year than in the drouth of ’34 when 
there was but little hay. The hay crop matured ahead of the terrible drouth and grasshoppers 
which ruined other crops. _ 
TIMOTHY 
Timothy is the only cheap seed there is this year 
ahd quite a lot of it should be used. While timothy 
is not much of a fertilizer it is a good idea to sow 
a small amount, two or three quarts per acre, in 
with the other seeds which will hold up clover, 
keep it from lodging, falling down and molding. 
Our timothy is of the 1935 crop which is much bet¬ 
ter than the 1936, will show a better germination 
and produce a stronger, healthier plant. The 1935 
crop was one of the best crops ever produced. The 
1936 crop on account of the extreme drought the 
grain is very thin, shows a poor germination, and 
low vitality. Timothy when carried over only a 
year or 1% years loses very little of its viability, 
but after the second year goes down fast, often¬ 
times as much as 40%. A little timothy in a clover 
meadow or pasture oftentimes prevents bloat in 
cattle. For price see separate price list enclosed. 
RED 
A very hardy grass similar to blue grass but 
stands heat, drought and tramping much better. 
Where blue grass burns down and sometimes dies 
out, red top seems to grow and thrive. Also good 
for low, wet sour land where no other grass will 
grow satisfactorily. 87% of all the red top pro¬ 
duced in the entire world is grown in seven coun¬ 
TOP 
ties in southern Illinois, mostly on thin, white 
ground underlaid with hardpan. It is said red top 
will grow on land the last thing before being 
abandoned on account of low fertility. Small lots, 
30c per pound; 25 to 100 lbs., $22.50; 100 lbs. or more, 
$ 21 . 00 . 
