Mark Means Company, 1942 Annual Seed Catalog, Lewiston, Idaho 5 

Alsike Clover 
This is the best clover to plant in high altitudes or cold, 
wet lands. When mixed with Red Top or Timothy, makes 
an excellent hay. We have a stock of extra select lots on 
which we can quote very attractive prices. 
Mammoth Red Clover 
Grows very large. Is used quite extensively for plowing 
under. 
Mixed Alsike and Red Clover 
We have a limited supply of mixed Alsike and Red 
Clover seed. This is Fancy, recleaned seed and at the price 
we ve offering this it is an extra good buy for dairymen 
or hay. 
Ladino Clover 
Ladino is a tall-growing variety of white clover which 
has proven its great worth as a pasture clover. Here in 
Idaho it has yielded twice as much pasture as Blue Grass 
and grows tall enough to cut for hay. The clover that the 
dairyman has been looking for. 
White Clover, Small Dutch 
White Clover is especially valuable when mixed with 
Kentucky Blue Grass for either lawns or pastures. 
Sweet Clover, White Blossom 
Sweet Clover is rapidly coming into more popular use as 
its good qualities are becoming better known. The features 
that make Sweet Clover so valuable are its ability to thrive 
and produce good hay or a good pasture on poor soil, at 
the same time improve the soil on which it is growing. 
It is being used more and more through this section of 
the country for pastures, and the use will be more general 
when its ability to withstand drouth and to produce good 
green feed through the hot summer months is better 
known. 
Almost every farm has a piece of land that is hard to 
farm, or the soil is too poor to raise a grain crop, that if 
seeded to Sweet Clover would produce a large amount of 
valuable feed, and at the same time build up the soil. 
White Blossom Sweet Clover is the popular and standard 
variety. It is a biennial, growing from 4 to 6 feet tall. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover 
This variety of Sweet Clover is about two weeks earlier 
than the White Blossom and does not grow as tall or 
coarse. 
Gypsum or Land Plaster 
In almost every section of the Northwest you can in- 
crease your yield of Alfalfa and Clovers from 25 to 75 per 
cent by applying Gypsum at the rate of 100 pounds to the 
acre each year. See page 29 for price. 
Spring Vetch 
Spring Vetch is used for the same purpose as Hairy 
Vetch, but must be planted in the spring. 
Clovers and Alfalfas Add Nitrogen to 
the Soil 
But only when nodules containing bacteria are on the 
roots. These bacteria take the free nitrogen of the air 
and put it into such form as to make it available for 
plant use. 
If these bacteria are not present, clovers and alfalfas 
can do but little toward enriching the soil. To make sure 
that your clover or alfalfa has plenty of bacteria, inoculate 
the seed with NITRAGIN before sowing. 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUME SEEDS WITH 



1898—FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE—1942 
When ordering, Always state name of seed. 
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ALFALFA, all Clovers | LESPEDEZA 
: * Size Retail 
Size Retail Small (Inoculates up to 
Y, bu. each...$ .30 
1 bu. each... .50 
2% bu. each... 1.00 
50 Ib. seed)..... -$ .35 
Large (Inoculates up to 
100 Ib. seed).... .50 
SOYBEANS, LIMA 
BEANS, COW PEAS, 
PEAS (All Varieties) 
PEANUTS 
VETCHES(AllVarieties) 
Small, (Inoculates up 
Y, bu. each...$ .25 
to 120 Ib. seed) $ .30 
4 1 bu. each... 35 *5 bu. seach havs-aeoo 
1%4 bu. each... .50 25 bu. each..... 2.50 
12% bu. each... 3.50 an ne ss as 
(6-5 bu. cans) 
BEANS 
String, Wax, Kidney 
Y%, bu. each...$ .25 
1 bu. each... .35 
12% bu. each... .50 
*The 30 bu. size as listed above is a carton 
which contains six 5 bu. size cans. 
EER ER a 
Winter or Hairy Vetch 
This is a hardy, valuable crop for either forage or fer- 
tilizer. Thrives on nearly all soils and grows 4 to 5 feet 
long. Being a legume, it is a great soil-builder. Can be 
sown either in the spring or fall. When it is to be cut for 
hay, it is best to sow some grain with it to acts as a sup- 
port. !t can be cut twice, or used as pasture after the first 
crop has been taken off. Although an annual, it resows 
itself and will come up on the same ground for several 
years. : 
GARDEN SIZE 
Garden Peas & Beans 
Sweet Peas& Lupines 
Enough for 6 Ibs. seed 
Retail Price 10c each 
If you are interested in any field seed that is not listed, please write for 
prices stating variety and the quantity needed. 

