D. B. BRAND 
CLOVER 
and 
GRASS 
SEED 
1940 Crop 
NOD-O-GEN 
For best growth, and to put atmospheric 
nitrogen in the soil, it pays to inoculate all 
legumes. The cost is trivial compared with the 
profit. Legumes are clovers, peas and beans, 
alfalfa, soy beans, vetches, and other plants 
that grow seeds in a pod. Their roots are the 
home of bacteria that draw fertility-building 
nitrogen from the air and store it in swellings on 
the roots, called nodules. These nodules not 
only feed nitrogen to the crop they are on, but 
rot in the ground and supply valuable nitrogen 
to the soil. 
W E continue our well-known policy of handling just one grade of 
Seeds, and that the best money will buy; nothing else goes into 
our warehouses and nothing but the best can therefore go out to 
our customers. 
Traveling men from the big recleaning plants of Chicago, Toledo, and 
other western cities, tell us that we are the only firm demanding 99.50 
per cent purity or better on all purchases of Alfalfa, Red Clover, Sweet 
Clover, and Timothy. 
The average analysis of D. B. Brand Clover and Grass Seeds at various 
Experiment Stations was above 99.60 per cent purity. Part of the samples 
were drawn by the official inspectors, a few were sent direct by us, and 
over half were made for our customers. 
Sweet Clover. Biennial white Blossom is the commonest type of Sweet Clover, 
and the one which has come to the front so rapidly in recent years for forage, 
pasture, and soil-improvement. It will grow in almost any climate and on 
almost any type of soil, thriving on land too poor for Alfalfa or Red Clover. 
Medium Red Clover. The common Red Clover largely grown throughout 
the country. This Clover requires well-drained soils to make its best growth, 
and is especially suitable to rich bottom-lands or 
soils that have been heavily fertilized. If cut early 
it is easily possible in a good season to get two or 
three cuttings. 
Mammoth Red Clover. Compared with the 
Medium Red Clover, its flower, foliage, and stems 
are of darker color; it is later in maturing and of 
larger growth. When grown on rich bottom-lands or heavily fertilized soil, it 
makes a very rank growth and often is very coarse; hence the names Sapling 
Clover, Big Clover, or Pea-vine Clover. One of the best soiling crops. It is 
recommended for soils of ordinary or low productivity because here it will 
make a growth similar to Medium Clover on more fertile soils. A good stand of 
Mammoth Clover will last from 2 to 7 years, depending on conditions. Being 
10 to 14 days later than Medium Clover, it will mature with Timothy. 
Alsike Clover. The hardiest of all Clovers; perennial. On rich, moist soils it 
yields enormous crops. Its greatest value is for sowing with other Clovers and 
grasses and it is especially suited to sowing with Timothy. 
Ladino Clover. Ladino is a very large species of the ordinary White Dutch 
Clover. It is more definitely perennial in type than either Red or Alsike and 
is used quite successfully in pasture mixtures and in hay mixtures where the 
aftermath is to be grazed. 
White Dutch Clover. This is a low-growing Clover that spreads by sending 
out creeping stems that root at the joints. It is not adapted for hay but is 
used chiefly in pasture and lawn mixtures. On acid soils it quickly disappears. 
Wild White Clover. It is a wild form of the cultivated White Dutch Clover 
and a true perennial. On sweet soils it will survive indefinitely without re¬ 
seeding. Its chief use is in the better grades of pasture and lawn mixtures. 
Timothy. Most valuable of all the grasses, especially in the North. It is better 
adapted to clay than to sandy soils and is at its best on moist and fertile soils. 
Red-Top. No other grass will grow under as great a variety of conditions as 
Red-Top and will thrive on almost every type of soil except sand. It is a rapid 
grower and is chiefly used as a wet-land or sour-Iand hay-crop, often in com¬ 
bination with Alsike and as a pasture grass on damp soils not sweet enough 
for Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Kentucky Blue Grass. Th is is the most valuable grass for permanent 
pastures and lawns. It is hardy and thrives under heavy grazing. Soils of the 
moderately moist, medium to heavy types which produce the best Timothy 
are well suited for Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Orchard G raSS. A long-lived perennial that gets its name from its ability 
to grow in the partial shade of orchards and open woodlots. Its principal use 
is for pasture and hay under shady conditions. 
The Pre-tested INOCULATOR 
Now available in cans or bottles 
In Bottles (JELLY TYPE) or in Cans (HUMUS TYPE) 
When ordering cultures specify kind of seed to be inoculated 
FOR CLOVERS 
Medium, Mammoth, Alsike and White 
Vi-bus. size.$0.30 
1-bus. size.4S 
2 t/ 2 -bus. size (Humus only).75 
FOR SOY BEANS 
1 - bus. size.$ 0.20 
2- bus. size.30 
5-bus. size (Humus only).55 
10-bus. size (Humus only). 1.00 
FOR ALFALFA & SWEET CLOVER 
V 2 -bus. size.$0.30 
1 -bus. size. 45 
2 Vi-bus. size (Humus only).75 
FOR VETCH & PEA 
1-bus. size.$0.35 
100-lb. size (Humus only).55 
5-bus. size (Humus only). 1.50 
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DIBBLE’S FARM SEED CATALOG 
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