Earl May's FARM SEED for SPRING 1941 
ALL MY ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED IS 
ELIGIBLE FOR A.A.A. PAYMENTS 
RED CLOVER 
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Here is an excellent lot of Fancy 
Red Clover, with no bad weeds in it. 
it will do just as fine a job for you, in my 
opinion, as the Extra Fancy. The berries 
are not quite as bold and plump but 
have good germination and purity. 
I highly recommend this seed to you 
and I will be very happy to send you 
samples, in fact, | urge you to ask for 
a sample of this seed. I am confident 
you will like it and it will save you 
money. This lot will go fast, so buy 
now before it is gone. See prices on 
list attached. 
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SWE T CLOVER 
Still the "Sweetheart of the Farm Belt" 
Here is a great legume. A biennial. Makes wonderful 
pasture. Starts early in the spring of the second year. Has 
wonderful feeding value. I fed 40 head of young steer 
calves on Sweet Clover and Brome Grass (the two being 
planted together) during the months of November and 
December the past season. They grew fat on it. Sweet 
Clover is one of the greatest soil builders. Like alfalfa, it 
needs a firm, solid seed bed. Sow 12 fo 15 Ibs. of seed! per 
acre. Grow it. Use it. It smothers out weeds. Prepares the 
soil for corn. Has a rich protein content. Be sure and in- 
oculate your seed with Nitragin. I am a great booster of 
Sweet Clover for every farm. 
LARGE WHITE 
FLOWERED SWEET CLOVER 
Our-seed is high in purity and germination. It’s a 
heavy yielder. Grows 1 to 3 ft. the first season. The 
second season it’s an immense crop. Makes a great pas- 
ture. Can be plowed under the second year to be followed 
by corn. If you have poor, weak, sick soil, bring it back 
to fertility by planting the large flowered White Sweet 
Clover, See prices on Ilst attached. 
YELLOW FLOWERED SWEET CLOVER 
High purity and germination. Not quite as tall as the 
large-flowered white. Preferred by many for pasture he- 
cause it has finer foliage. Matures 10 to 15 days earlier 
than the white. Can be used for all of the same purposes, 
however, as the large white. See prices on list attached. 
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“SALT & PEPPER" SWEET CLOVER 
We named the Yellow and White Mixed, ‘Salt and 
Pepper”. It’s the large white flowered and yellow flow- 
ered mixed. The greatest seller we have in sweet 
clover today because it can be purchased at a lower 
price, makes a. greater combination, blooms and comes 
into feeding period over a longer season, as the yellow 
is in bloom 10 to 15 days earlier. Then comes the 
White—and it continues green and grows up until late 
fall. This makes a long pasture season. I have a pasture 
of about ten acres of this combination, although the 
past year I thickened it up with Brome Grass. Get your 
“Salt and Pepper'’ Sweet Clover early. Plant it early. I 
am sure you will be pleased with this combination. 
See prices on list attached. 
GRUNDY COUNTY SWEET CLOVER 
The Dwarf White. It’s extra early. It, too, is a bien- 
nial, or lives two years like the others. Grows about 314 
ft. high. It, too, like Yellow is about 3 weeks earlier than 
the large White flowered. Many people like this one for 
hay purposes, because it is finer-stemmed, doesn’t get 
woody and is better hay. Ours is the pure strain genuine 
Grundy County. See prices on list attached. 
HUBAM (ANNUAL WHITE 
SWEET CLOVER) 
Does all of its growing in one year. Looks like the 
large White flowered. Plant it in the spring. Use it for 
hay purposes or pasture. Hubam produces seed the same 
year it is planted and dies that fall. Seed Hubam on 
spring or fall sown grain. A lot of our customers ask for 
Hubam every year. Seed of high germination and purity. 
See prices on list attached. 

ALFALFA 
Should Be On Every Farm! 
MY ALFALFA SEED IS U.S. VERIFIED AS TO ORIGIN 
AND TAGGED ACCORDINGLY.. Friends; my own experience 
over all of these years is this: Every farmer wants alfalfa seed 
that is hardy, of high germination and purity. Like certified seed 
potatoes, alfalfa seed should be purchased with the same thought 
as to its origin. Verified alfalfa seed is your assurance of its true 
origin. I urge every farmer who plants alfalfa to select hardy 
strains of verified origin. It will be your cheapest and best in- 
surance. Verified origin traces the seed back to the producer. 
Every full bushel bag of alfalfa seed will be sealed and carry a 
red and white verified tag. This tag says: “U.S. Verified Origin 
Seed’. On the front of the tag it states that this is a verified © 
origin seed certificate, issued by authority of the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture. This certifies that a Federal Seed inspector has 
examined the necessary records and has verified the origin of this 
lot of alfalfa seed. 
MAYWORTH GRIMM ALFALFA 
This is, without doubt, the ‘‘fop” in hardiness. This seed was 
grown in Montana this: past season. If has a purity of 99. High 
in germination. Its long, branching root system goes deep in the 
ground, ff will withstand freezing winters and hot, burning sum- 
mers. If the soil heaves, these branching roots stay right there 
in the ground and are not affected. I can highly recommend this 
as my No. 1 Alfalfa. See prices on list attached. 
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This is a wonderful variety. I'll tell you why. It's taken from 
the heart of the Farm Belt—the prairie states, including Nebraska, 
Iowa, Kansas and Colorado. This is a combination of the hardiest 
types of seed, The fields from which this seed was taken have 
stood for years and yielded well. In this, no doubt, is some | 
Grimm, some Cossack, and some Dakota No. 12, But the farmers 
themselves haven’t kept track of the variety and for that reason 
this ~seed is one of our best selfers—because it’s one of our hest 
producers. See prices on list attached. 
DAKOTA No. 12 ALFALFA 
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Here is one that you all know about. I#’s hard to beat. It. 
comes from the sandhills of Nebraska, near the Dakota line. 
It can stand the severe blasts of winter because it is hardy. This 
seed has a purity of 99. It is leafy. It’s the seed that thousands 
upon thousands of Farm Belt customers want to plant. See prices 
on fist attached. 
NEBRASKA HARDY ALFALFA 
Another fop-notcher because Nebraska experiences about the 
same kind of weather.that the Dakotas have. In order to with- | 
stand the past several years it has had to be tough, it must have 
Staying qualities, the kind you want for your farm and that is the 
kind of seed we have for you in the Nebraska Hardy. It has high 
germination and purity. See prices on fist attached. 
KANSAS HARDY ALFALFA 
This alfalfa, like Nebraska, experiences about the same 
weather conditions. There are many people who prefer the 
Kansas or Nebraska seed. Both are very hardy. Both are very 
leafy and make fine hay. Both will produce big crops and we can 

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highly recommend this beautiful seed to you and are confident | 
you will succeed with it. See prices on list attached. 
OKLAHOMA ALFALFA 5 
Here’s a fine strain of alfalfa. Eligible for Soil Conservation 
payments. Beautiful, big, bold, plump  berried seed, high in 
purity and germination. Priced low! See prices on list attached. 
COSSACK ALFALFA 
One of those hardy strains that was brought to this country 
originally by Professor Hansen. It came from the cold plains of 
Siberia. It is a great yielder of lots of fine stemmed hay of excel. | 
fent quality. There are many farmers who will not plant any 
other alfalfa seed but the Cossack. Our seed is hardy and ‘comes 
from Montana. See prices on list attached. 
CERTIFIED GRIMM ALFALFA 
This alfalfa comes from Montana, and is Certified as to its 

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quality. The best seed money can buy. See prices on list attached, | 
FARM BELT GRIMM ALFALFA 
Here is another very excellent seed. ft Produces a fine crop of 
Alfalfa—very leafy and the seed that we have comes from 
the prairie states, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. We 
can heartily recommend this variety to you. See prices on list 
attached. 
LADAK ALFALFA 
This variety is highly recommended because it is wilt-resistant. © 
Our seed is from Montana. See prices on [ist attached. 
RED CLOVER 
_The Iowa farmer’s standby. It makes wonderful hay. It has 
high feeding value. It fits into the crop rotation and the seed 

makes a fine cash crop. It is a biennial—it lives two years, Sow — 
8 to 10 Ibs. of Red Clover per acre. Sow the seed the same as 
Alfalfa. A good, firm, solid seed bed is best. 
MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
(MAYWORTH EXTRA FANCY) 
This is of high germination and purity. Very large, plump 
berries. Excellent seed. Will be happy to send you samples. See 
the excellent quality of the seed in the Earl May Nursery and 
Seed Stores. See prices on list attached. e 
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER 
The Giant variety of Red Clover. Excellent for soil building. 
Makes good hay. Grown right here in Iowa and I’m sure it will 
please you, See prices on list attached. 
ALSIKE 
Makes wonderful hay. Likes wet ground. Sow 8 to 10 Ibs. to 
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the acre. Cover the seed about one-half inch deep and prepare the | 
seed bed the same as for alfalfa. Our seed comes from Minnesota 
and has very high germination and purity. See prices on list af- | 
tached. 
REMEMBER! EARL MAY'S NURSERY STOCK IS GUARANTEED TO GROW. See Page 7 
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