CLOVERS 


A FIELD OF SWEET CLOVER 
Sweet Clover 
The features or qualities which make Sweet 
Clover so valuable are: First, the ability to 
thrive, produce good hay and good pasture on 
very poor soils; and second, the ability to im- 
prove the soil on which it is growing. 
Although Sweet Clover is very hardy and will 
thrive in the most unfavorable places, it is some- 
times difficult to get a good stand. This diffi- 
culty can be overcome by sowing the seed on a 
thoroughly compacted seed bed with just enough 
loose dirt to cover and by sowing scarified seed. 
WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER 
(Melilotus alba.) A biennial, grows to a height of from 
4 to 6 feet, vigorous grower, extremely hardy and pro- 
duces abundant pasturage and lots of hay. This is the 
standard Sweet Clover of the country. 
BIENNIAL YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET 
CLOVER 
(Melilotus officinalis.) This is also a biennial, about two 
weeks earlier than the white, not quite as tall. Do not 
confuse this with the annual Yellow Blossom which is of 
very little value. 
MAMMOTH SAPLING or PEA VINE CLOVER 
A rank grower which makes it a valuable fertilizer. 
MADRID SWEET CLOVER 
Madrid Sweet Clover is slightly earlier in maturity than 
common White and later than common Yellow. Madrid 
is more leafy than White, withstands frost better, and 
has better seedling vigor than either the common Yellow 
or White. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
A plant similar to clover and the best of the Lespedeza 
types. It has an advantage over alfalfa and sweet clover, 
in that it will grow on untreated soil, no lime or phos- 
phate being needed. Korean Lespedeza can be grazed all 
spring and summer and hay can be cut or seed taken 
from the crop in the fall. Agriculturists state their “be- 
lief” that this Lespedeza is the “coming legume.” 
One reason for its value in feeding is because it is said 
it never causes bloating. 
Good Seed Is Always the Cheapest. 
Look for 
this bag 
at your 
dealer’s 
store. 
“SUN- 
FLOWER 
GRADE” 
is our 
Highest 
Quality of 
ALFALFA 
ALL 
CLOVERS 
BLUE 
GRASS 
MILLETS 
SUDAN 
GRASS 
and all 
other 
GRASSES 

PACKED IN SACKS LIKE ABOVE 
Red Clover 
(Trifolium Pratensis.) Red Clover is the most important 
of all leguminous forage crops, both on account of its 
high value as feed and from the fact that it can be so 
well employed in rotations. 
Red Clover is not a particularly exacting crop in regard 
to its soil requirements, excepting that it be well drained. 
It succeeds better as a rule on clayey soils than on loams 
and better in loams than in sandy soils. 
Red Clover makes an excellent pasture for all kinds of 
live stock, and may be sown either with or without nurse 
crop. Rotate your crops with clover so that your soil 
will not become too badly run down. 
Be careful to select seed which does not contain Buck- 
horn. You can depend on our Sunflower and Columbine 
Brands of Red Clover. 
White Clover 
(Trifolium Repens.) White Clover is excellent for pas- 
ture and is especially valuable for mixing with Kentucky 
Blue Grass, both for lawns and pasture. A few pounds 
of White Clover should be in all permanent grass seed 
mixtures as it helps fill up the bare spots and is very 
nutritious. Very hardy and a perennial. Sow five to eight 
pounds per acre. 
Alsike Clover 
(Trifolium Hybridum.) Very valuable for growing on wet 
or swampy land. It is very hardy, withstands drought 
and will not winter kill. Makes an excellent crop of hay. 
About six to ten pounds will sow an acre and as the seed 
is very fine, it should be covered only slightly. 

LESPEDEZA GROWING ON UNTREATED SOIL. 
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