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SWEET CLOVER 
OCR PEORIA STORE 
Located at 116-118 So. Washington St., 1 Yu 
blocks from court house square. Glad to have 
you make this your headquarters when in our 
city. 
Grundy County makes neither the top growth nor the root growth that the 
Big White Biennial produces. The value of a sweet clover plant can be judged 
by the top growth as the root growth is always in proportion to the top growth. 
Grundy County Sweet Clover does not have the hard seed coat such as much of 
the Big White and can be seeded without being scarified. Price, Kelly’s Best 
Grundy County, see price list enclosed. . . 
Do not cut or pasture Sweet Clover early in the fall. Often the fertilizing 
value of Sweet Clover is destroyed by pasturing early in the fall as the sweet 
clover plant stores up most of the plant food in the last sixty days before it 
goes into a dormant condition for the winter. 
You will notice by the following chart that Sweet Clover cut on September 7 
had only 340 pounds of top growth and 140 pounds of dry weight roots. 
Whereas Sweet Clover cut on November 2 showed 2370 pounds of dry weight 
tops and 980 pounds of dry weight roots. The following figures from the Ohio 
Experimental Station gives dry matter in pounds per acre on May the 13th and 
the tops and roots of sweet clover cut at various dates the previous fall: 
Dry Weight Dry Weight 
Date of Cutting Top Roots 
September 9th . 340 lbs. 140 lbs. 
September 25th .1,230 lbs. 620 lbs. 
November 2nd .2,370 lbs. 980 lbs. 
Not cut in fall.2,170 lbs. 990 lbs. 
Korean Lespedeza 
We have two varieties of Lespedeza to offer. The common Korean of which 
there is a very large crop this year can be used to a good advantage on account 
of the low price by seeding it with good mixtures. 
The price on Korean Lespedeza varies greatly according to the amount of 
dodder it contains. It is almost impossible to clean any southern grown Les¬ 
pedeza of the dodder which is a very objectionable weed and one which you 
would not want started on your farm. We are offering only Central Illinois 
grown Korean Lespedeza this year, dodder free. Price, see price list enclosed. 
Giant Lespedeza 
This is a variety of Lespedeza which grows much taller and makes more 
growth than the common Korean. It grows almost as tall as Alfalfa on good 
soil. Will also grow much farther north than the Korean Lespedeza. Price, 
20c per pound, subject to market change. 
Wisconsin State Pride No. 7 Certified 
This we consider our best oat. What we are offering is our own growing. 
Certified by the Illinois Crop Improvement Association, showing a crop purity 
of 99.50, produces a goodly amount of straw which is a very stiff straw, stands 
up well and on account of the hard straw is affected less by chinch bugs than 
any oats we have. Medium early maturing, usually around the 15th of July. 
We bought the seed of these oats form years ago direct from the Wisconsin 
Agricultural College. For best results sow 2 Y 2 bushels per acre. Price, small 
lots, 50c per bu.; 25 to 100 bu., 45c per cu., all subject to market change. 
The crop of Sweet Clover in the United States this year is not up 
to normal, but a rather large crop of very good quality was produced 
in Canada. The price again is very low on Sweet Clover and a lot of 
it should be used. 
Sweet Clover is a nitrogen factory, producing nitrogen at a much 
lower cost than you can buy it. One acre of a good stand of Sweet 
Clover will produce as much nitrogen as 16 loads of manure, as 
much phosphorus as 200 pounds of phosphate, as much potassium 
as is contained in 133 pounds of potash and all for the cost of less 
than $1 per acre for seed. Besides you usually get a lot of good fall 
pasturing. 
We do not recommend allowing Sweet Clover to stand over the 
second year which just removes the plant food stored up the first 
year to a big bushy top growth which is of little value. Plow sweet 
clover under in the spring before it gets a growth of more than 6 
inches high. 
We recommend sowing 10 pounds per acre on average soil, more 
or less according to the fertility of your soil. There is no need in 
wasting money trying to get a stand of sweet clover on thin acid 
soil. Better sow a mixture of some kind containing a large propor¬ 
tion of Lespedeza. 
It is very essential that Sweet Clover be inoculated. Use Kelly’s 
Jelly Inoculator for best results. 
BIG WHITE BIENNIAL, BEST 
This variety produces not only the most top growth, but develops 
a much larger root system, often going down several feet in the soil 
bringing up valued plant food nearer the surface where it can be 
used in succeeding crops. It has the power to break up hard sub¬ 
soils making it much more productive, allows better soil circulation 
and a better soil life. Price for Kelly’s best grade, see price list en¬ 
closed. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
Yellow blossom sweet clover is very hardy and seems to be en¬ 
croaching more and more on the White Blossom varieties. It is one 
of the hardiest of all sweet clovers. You can sometimes get a stand 
of the Yellow Blossom variety much easier than with any other 
variety. It produces a lower, bushier plant than the Big White, 
makes finer stemmed hay, and for pasture, we would recommend a 
seeding of about 60% Big White and 50% Yellow Blossom as Yellow 
Blossom matures from two to four weeks earlier than the Big White 
and by sowing the mixture, you get a better pasture over a longer 
period. Prices usually range from about 25c to 50c per bushel more 
than the Big White. Price, Kelly’s Best, see price list enclosed. 
Grundy County Sweet Clover 
This is a hardy, dwarf variety which originated in Grundy County, 
Illinois. It is a white blossom variety which grows only to a height 
of about 4 feet, producing an enormous quantity of seed which is 
much easier to harvest than the Big White Biennial. We do not 
recommend the use of Grundy County Sweet Clover only in some 
cases on black soil where seeded with wheat or oats. Then Big White 
Biennial makes too tall a growth which interferes with the harvest¬ 
ing of the grain crop. 
Wisconsin State Pride No. 7 Oats 
Grown by Kelly Seed Co. 5 foot lii^gli, 
and notice how they stand up. 
