SCARIFIED SWEET CLOVER 
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Each year the American farmer must give more 
thought to the problem of maintaining the fertility 
of the soil on his farm. When his father or grand¬ 
father exhausted the soil on his Pennsylvania or 
Ohio farm, he could go west and start again on 
virgin soil. For the American farmer of today 
there is no more west, you must keep your 
present farm. 
By using soil building sweet clover for pasture 
and green manure, you can pass this farm on to your 
children, richer and more fertile than it was when 
the first plow broke the virgin sod. 
SCARIFIED TALL 
WHITE BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
Sweet clover is one of our most valu¬ 
able pasture plants. It makes a good 
pasture two or three weeks earlier than 
almost any other grass or clover. It will 
stand close pasturing, in fact, if kept 
closely pastured it will continue to grow 
until freezing weather. 
Sweet clover hay is nearly equal to 
alfalfa hay in feeding value. Stock like 
it just as well, and it will yield as many 
pounds of cured hay per acre as alfalfa. 
Sweet Clover planted alone or with 
small grain and plowed under for green 
manure is the best and cheapest method 
of keeping your farm fertile. White 
Blossom Sweet Clover grows taller and 
faster than any other and is the best for 
this purpose. 
Unless the seed is scarified you will 
have trouble with germination. Conse¬ 
quently, without one cent of extra 
charge to our customers, we are sending 
out only scarified seed. With scarified 
seed we often have 95 per cent germina¬ 
tion in a seven day test. 1 lb., 25c; 5 
lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 25 lbs., $3.60; 
60 lbs. (1 bu.), $7.95; 100 lbs., 
$13.25; 500 lbs., $65.00. 
A section of our Seed Laboratory where all seed 
is tested for germination and purity. 
SWEET CLOVER FOR SEED 
Sweet clover for seed has been a very profitable 
crop, often paying $25.00 or more per acre for 
the seed, besides lots of hay and pasture. 
When raising seed the first crop is usually 
cut for hay. The second crop has plenty of time 
to mature, and being shorter and more branched 
will produce a larger crop of seed. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
I want to impress it on you, that the 
Dwarf Essex Rape will grow and thrive, 
and be profitable in many places on your 
farm. In the spring when you are sow¬ 
ing small grains, sow it at the rate of 4 
pounds per acre with your grain. This 
will furnish valuable pasture after har¬ 
vest. Plant it with fall rye at the rate of 
about three pounds to the acre in the 
months of April or May, and it will make 
you a good pasture with the rye in sum¬ 
mer. Plant it by itself at the rate of 5 
lbs. per acre and see the immense yield 
of forage it will produce. Sow it at the 
rate of 3 lbs. per acre with your last 
cultivation of corn. This is the most 
profitable place to sow r rape seed. If you 
are hogging the corn down, the hogs will 
clean the rape as well as the corn. Dwarf 
Essex Rape is the only variety that is 
valuable. 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., 
$1.20; 25 lbs. $2.50; 50 lbs., $4.75; 100 
lbs., $9.25; 500 lbs., $45.00. 
DWARF BROOM CORN 
Raising Broom Corn is one of the most 
profitable side-lines for the farmer or 
market gardener, as an acre of Broom 
Corn will pay you as many dollars as 
several acres of corn or small grain. 
The Dwarf Broom Corn stands up 
better than the taller varieties, is prac¬ 
tically free from crooked brush. The 
fiber is long and fine and always brings 
the highest market price. 1 lb., 25c; 
5 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $1.20; 25 lbs., 
$2.40; 50 lbs., $4.45; 100 lbs., $8.25. 
GRUNDY COUNTY 
DWARF 
SWEET CLOVER 
This is a special strain of dwarf whit 
blossom sweet clover, originated in 
Grundy County, 111. It is more valuable 
for pasture than the tall white blossom 
variety, as it is ready to use about two 
weeks earlier. Grundy County is the 
best sweet clover for hay. The fine, leafy 
stems are easily cured and the hay is 
nearly equal in feeding value of alfalfa. 
Yields of 2 or 3 tons of good hay per 
acre are very common. 1 lb., 25c; 5 
lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.70; 25 lbs., $3.75; 
60 lbs. (1 bu.), $8.25; 100 lbs., $13.75; 
500 lbs., $67.50. 
YELLOW 
BLOSSOM DWARF 
SWEET CLOVER 
Yellow Blossom sweet clover is nearly 
as good as the tall White Blossom variety 
for soil building, and is better for hay 
and pasture. It grows to a height of from 
3 to 5 feet, and under favorable condi¬ 
tions, will yield from 2 to 3 tons of fipe, 
leafy hay per acre. This hay is easier to 
cure than the coarse, tall White Blossom 
variety. The greatest value of Yellow 
Blossom sweet clover is for pasture, as it 
starts very early in the spring and if not 
allowed to go to seed will last until late 
in the fall. I lb., 25c; 5 lbs,, $1.00; 10 
lbs., $1.70; 25 lbs., $3.75; 60 lbs. (1 
bu.), $8.25; 100 lbs., $13.75; 500 lbs., 
$67.50. 
SAND OR WINTER VETCH 
Sometimes called Hairy Vetch. Thrives 
surprisingly on poor, light land, and 
withstands extremes of drought, heat 
and cold. It may be sown either in the 
spring or fall, usually with Rye. In the 
North, it remains all winter under the 
snow and is invaluable for early pastlir- 
ing or soiling. It is valuable as a ferti¬ 
lizer, being a nitrogen gatherer. For hay, 
cut when commencing to pod. 50 lbs. 
seed per acre. 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $1.60; 
25 lbs., $3.55; 50 lbs., $6.60; 100 lbs., 
$12.75. 
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