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. 
GEItUIUE 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, ft 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 HARDIGAN 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. 
NORTHWESTERN 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 sako 
of saving a dollar or two on the seed. Write for price list. 
Reed Canary Grass 
A good crop for low land. It is adapted to low wet soil and low places 
which have been repeatedly flooded and oftentimes produces well on 
land that is too wet for most field crops. Satisfactory yields of both 
hay and pasture are being reported on muck land. This grass is a 
hardy perennial growing in dense bunches and spreading underground 
by short creeping rootstocks. Reed Car ary Grass may be used for 
pasture or hay. It comes on early in the spring and produces a large 
quantity of succulent forage. Cut when first heads appear and before 
it has fully headed out. Cures slowly. Seeded in early spring or 
during the fall. Drill in solid, six pounds per acre. In rows, four 
pounds per acre. Mrs. B. Dennis, Osceola County, Mich., states her 
land was under water nine months of the year. All other grasses and 
clovers failed. Reed Canary Grass was cut for hay in July, standing 
5 to 6 feet tall and more. 
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. Write for prices. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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