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CLOVER—Cont. 
Mammoth Red Clover. This is grown largely for pastures 
and to restore fertility to depleted soils. It makes good hay 
if cut soon enough although it has a coarser stem than the 
Medium Red Clover. Mammoth Red Clover supplies fine graz¬ 
ing for stock. It sometimes yields more seed than Medium Red 
Clover. Being a rank grower it is very valuable for fertilizing 
purposes. The foliage, flowers and stem are darker in color 
than the Medium Red Clover. It ripens later, and makes only 
one crop. Especially valuable on light sandy lands. 
Medium Red Clover. This is regarded as the most valuable 
of the Clover family. It is sometimes called June Clover and is 
a dependable all-round variety for farmers and stockmen. It 
makes two crops the second year. The first is usually cut 
when it is in blossom for hay; the last crop may be har¬ 
vested for seed, cut for hay, or plowed under to add fertility 
to the soil. It may be sown either in the spring or fall, and 
if no other grasses are used, at the rate of from 12 to 15 
pounds to the acre, according to quality and seed used and 
condition of the soil. Clover adds greatly to the fertility of 
the land on which it is grown. It does not exhaust the soil, but 
enriches it. It pays always to buy the best Clover seed which 
can be obtained. Even though the first cost is twice as much 
as cheaper seed, it will be found in the long run that inferior 
seed is the most expensive, not only on account of less hay or 
seed being produced from it, but from the fact that one’s land 
becomes infested with weeds. 
Sweet Clover, Dwarf Crystal or Grundy County. This variety 
is supposed to have originated in Grundy County, Ill. In the 
Northwest it was first grown in the Red River Valley, in 
North Dakota, 1920. A biennial white blossom sweet clover 
that grows to the height of 3 y 2 to 5 feet. Low branching, has 
finer stems than other varieties and matures earlier. Sow 10 
pounds of seed per acre. 
Sweet Clover, White Blossom. This valuable forage plant is 
now grown on almost every farm in the Northwest for hay, 
pastures, seed and as a wonderful soil builder. It puts more 
nitrogen in the soil per acre than 20 tons of barnyard manure. 
It makes pasture earlier than other crops and will keep stock 
in good condition until winter regardless of heat and drouth. 
All kinds of live stock soon learn to like it and make wonder¬ 
ful gains in flesh during the entire season. 
Worn out fields soon become profitable where sweet clover 
is grown for pasture or plowed down while green. The crop 
is very dependable and profitable. The white blossom variety 
is a biennial and most popular with growers. 
Sweet Clover, Yellow Blossom. This variety belongs to the 
same family as White Blossom Sweet Clover but it is not sg 
prolific in growth, will not produce so large a tonnage, does 
not grow quite so tall, but is from ten days to three weeks 
earlier. A biennial. 
The flowers are yellow instead of white. For bee pasture 
and fertilizing purposes, we believe it to be equally valu¬ 
able. For pasture, many prefer it. 
White or Dutch Clover. A low, close growing Clover: round, 
white heads, very fragrant. Very desirable for beautifying 
the lawn. It will stand close cutting and very rapidly throws 
up an abundance of leaves and blossoms. It is usually better 
to sow with other grasses. 
GRASSES 
Bromus Inermis. Drought defying, frost resisting. Yields 
enormous crops of splendid hay and affords early and abund¬ 
ant pasturage. It starts from two to three weeks earlier in the 
spring than native prairie grass and it keeps green in the 
autumn longer than most of the useful grasses grown in the 
West. No amount of cold seems to be able to kill it. It bears 
up well under hot summer suns. It will grow under conditions 
that are very dry and it can also stand being covered with 
water, not deep, of course, for one or two weeks in the early 
spring. 15 pounds cf good Bromus Inermis seed per acre is 
sufficient. 
Crested Wheat Grass. Crested Wheat Grass is a long-lived 
perennial bunch grass. It has the ability to grow at a lower 
temperature than most other grasses and starts to grow 
usually five to fourteen days earlier than Bromus. Likewise, 
it continues to grow later in the Fall. It is not productive 
during extreme heat or drouth. For hay and pasture, Crested 
Wheat Grass should be sown in close drills at the rate ot iu 
to 12 pounds per acre. 
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