Millets and Clovers for Western dry Lands 
MILLETS 
The many varieties of Millets serve well 
for hay, forage, and grain crops. They 
afford a quick, luxuriant crop of hay of 
good feeding value without cultivation. On 
account of their quick luxuriant growth, 
they aid in checking weeds and are of 
value for this purpose on irrigated lands. 
As millets can be planted late in July, they 
are used extensively for emergency crops. 
As a smut preventive soak millet seed in 
formaldehyde solution for two hours, using 
one pint of formaldehyde to 45 gallons of 
water. Copper Carbonate is also effective. 
Sow about 1/4 inch deep and in rows 12 
to 16 Inches apart. 
Millet 
HOG MILLET is the Proso or Common Millet 
of the old world. It is also known as 
Broom Corn Millet, Manitoba and Dakota 
Millet. When forage or hay is desired 
the crop should be cut early. The seed 
has a slightly higher feeding value than 
oats and is used extensively in mixed 
feeds. Of the Hog Millets, Red Turghai, 
Early Fortune and Yellow Manitoba are 
the best adapted varieties. 
BIG GERMAN MILLET has long heads 
crowded full with myriad seeds; small 
stems, luscious and highly palatable, 
clustered thick with fine narrow leaves. 
This is a very valuable variety for hay 
and forage, for general feeding, for milk 
production. 
WHITE WONDER MILLET is early and pro¬ 
ductive. Heads are from 8 to 18 inches 
long. The foliage is heavy; the leaves 
broad but the fodder cures readily. The 
seed contains a low percentage of fiber, 
is therefore very fattening and makes 
good feed. 
SIBERIAN or RED RUSSIAN MILLET is a 
very fine, early, extremely hardy, 
drought-resistant variety. Produces big. 
Forage is quite palatable. Seed has high 
feeding value. 
Prices: Millets will be priced on Special 
Field Seed Price List. 
WESTERN CLOVER SEED 
Clovers, being leguminous crops, are soil 
builders, and are very useful for the farm 
or ranch. They are used for mixtures of 
hay and pasture as well as sown alone. 
Clover Seeds in 100-pound quantities or 
over will be priced on Special Field Seed 
Price List. 
MEDIUM RED CLOVER (Trifolium pratense) 
is sown at rate of 15 pounds per acre 
and may be seeded any time from April 
to October. Makes good hay and pasture 
and is adapted for planting with numer¬ 
ous grasses when either hay or pasture 
is desired. 
Prices: (Ib. 35c) (10 lbs. $3.25). 
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER is especially 
valuable for light sandy soil for fertiliz¬ 
ing purposes. It grows more luxuriously 
than Medium Red in the same length of 
time but only affords one cutting. It does 
make excellent grazing and good hay if 
cut when young, but if left too long it 
then becomes thick and woody. Sow 8 
to 10 pounds of seed to the acre. 
Prices: (lb. 35c) (10 lbs. $3.25). 
ALSIKE CLOVER (Trifolium hybridum) is 
undoubtedly the best high altitude clover 
for hay, being planted extensively 
throughout the Rocky Mountain regions 
at high altitude, where alfalfa winterkills. 
The stems are thin, bearing a thick 
growth of leaves. It is a valuable forage 
crop sawn alone or with timothy. 
Prices: (lb. 35c) (10 lbs. $3.25). 
YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER (Me- 
lilotus officinalis). Like White Blossom 
Sweet Clover this will grow on almost 
any kind of soil. It is semi-dwarf in habit, 
very drought-resistant, and is very desir¬ 
able for forage, hay, and pasture. Meli- 
lotus officianalis is a biennial. It should 
not be confused with annual Yellow Blos¬ 
som Sweet Clover. 
Prices: (lb. 15c) (10 lbs. $1.25). 
STRAWBERRY CLOVER (Trifolium fragi- 
ferum) is a most important crop for con¬ 
verting seepy, alkaline soils into income- 
producing pasture. It is one of the best 
pasturage plants for the conditions under 
which it thrives but is not a hay plant. 
It is a perennial and may be propagated 
from seed or by its creeping stems or 
runners. Grows very dense, spreads rap¬ 
idly and tends to crowd out all other 
forms of vegetation. Strawberry Clover 
likes "wet feet." It has been found mak¬ 
ing good growth with most of the vege¬ 
tative parts submerged in water. Rate of 
seeding varies from two to six pounds 
per acre. 
Price: (lb. $1.50). 
WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER (Meli- 
lotus alba), also known as Bokhara Clov¬ 
er. It is a hardy biennial plant that will 
grow in all climates and with little regard 
to the character of the soil. Withstands 
extreme heat and cold, is quite drought- 
resistant, and will tolerate alkali. White 
Blossom Sweet Clover has value as a 
forage crop and hay crop and is very 
efficient as a soilage crop, and should be 
given consideration in crop rotations. 
Prices: (lb. 15c) (10 lbs. $1.25). 
LADING CLOVER (Trifolium Repens Latum) 
is a giant white variety—a perennial of 
the creeping type and is not badly af¬ 
fected by freezing and thawing. It has 
good carrying capacity and is therefore 
desirable for pasture, doing well in mix¬ 
tures with tall growing grasses. The 
seed is small and must be planted shal¬ 
low in a firm seed bed and may be 
sown either in the spring or fall. The 
growing season seems to be nine months. 
It is not subject to alfalfa diseases and 
is considered hardy up to 5,280 feet. 
Four to six pounds per acre is generally 
sufficient. 
Price: (lb. $1.25). 
Mammoth Red Clover 
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