REED BROS. 
HARDY RED CLOVER 
GENUINE OLD FASHIONED TWO GUTTING MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
BUY ONLY — VERIFIED-ORIGIN — SEED 
In describing to you what makes a hardy strain of Red Clover we can do no better than 
quote from a bulletin by Dr. Wiggans, of the New York State College of Agriculture, which says: 
“If red clover is grown in a region of severe winters with little snow and with much thawing and 
freezing in the spring, only hardy plants will survive, and if seed is grown from such plants year 
after year a strain resistant to such conditions will develop. Seed produced under less severe 
conditions should be used only when better adapted seed is not available. Too much emphasis 
cannot be placed on the importance of knowing the origin of seed used in the production of red 
clover.” This is the exact condition under which our seed is grown. 
Seed having been grown for many years in Canada or one of the Canadian border states 
should be adapted to our use. Dr. Wiggans rates clover grown in Michigan 100% winter hardy 
for New York. Seed from the corn belt of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa or the state of Oregon 
is not too well adapted to stand our rugged climate. Their soil is too rich and they are too far 
south, but these are just the states from which clover seed has been obtained for you in years 
past. Most so called Northern grown seed comes from these states. 
IS NOT YOUR PRESENT PRACTICE OF SEEDING VERY COSTLY? 
It is quite a general custom to use 12 to 16 quarts of grass seed per acre. We used to do it. 
LISTEN: If 6 quarts of red clover seed are spread evenly over one acre, each sq. ft. would have 
60 seed on it. When proper field preparations have been used there is no reason why 6 quarts 
of clover, if hardy, should not give a good stand. 
YOUR LEGUME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CROP ON YOUR FARM 
Write and ask Dr. R. G. Wiggans or Prof. H. B. Hartwig of the N. Y. State College of Agri¬ 
culture, Ithaca, N. Y., if the clover seed we list is not the kind you should sow. It is cheaper this 
year than most ordinary kinds. Less of our seed is needed to get a stand. 
Price —$16.50 per 60 lbs. bu. | bu. $8.25. Pk. $4.25. Full bushel bags are government 
sealed. 
W’E PAY FREIGHT ON 100 lbs. or more of grass seed. Bags free. Orders subject to prior sale. 
Cut shows 5 Acre field of our hardy Clover. We cut 16 big loads of cocked Clover. In the fall we cut 5 loads more 
of second, cutting. We huve noted th 3 .t cis we continue to use h3.rdy Clover our fields guin very rspidly in fertility. 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
REED BROS’. ALSIKE CLOVER comes from the same source as our Red Clover and Hardy 
Alfalfa. Therefore it is acclimated to your conditions. Purity 99% or better. This is excellent 
seed. Why buy weeds in your grass seed? Most of us have enough without planting them. 
Price— $16.50 per 60 lb. bu.; | bu. $8.25; 1 pk. $4.25. 
WE PAY FREIGHT on 100 lbs. or more of grass seed. Orders subject to Prior Sale. 
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