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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 Phosphate 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 Marcli-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. 
See Price List, page 46. 
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 7% lbs. per acre. 
See Price List, page 46. 
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. 
See Price List, page 46. 
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 with 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 May, or from Au¬ 
gust to October, and will succeed on almost any soil 
Alfalfa 
that will produce clover. Gives two cuttings per year 
in most sections, and will last for several years. 
See Price List, page 46. 
2010—LESPEDEZA or JAPAN CLOVER 
The most valuable clover of all for renovating soils 
that will not produce a profitable crop of anything 
else. Where other clovers can be grown profitably, 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 objec¬ 
tionable, 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 prepar¬ 
ation is needed for Japan clover, and it affords excel¬ 
lent grazing. It is best to sow with another crop, 
especially 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. 
See Price List, page 46. 
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 sec¬ 
tion. The Korean Lespedeza has the following advan¬ 
tages 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 lati¬ 
tudes better than the old variety. We recommend this 
as the best crop to build up old worn out soils. Har¬ 
row 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. 
See Price List, page 46. 
