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SWEET CLOVER 
Prospects for a good crop looked good during the summer, but with heavy fall rains and 
strong winds, much of the crop was lost and what was saved does not look so good, but the © 
germination is fairly good and this is what counts. 
With no nitrogen fertilizers to be had everyone can manufacture his own nitrogen by 
growing sweet clover. An acre of a good stand of sweet clover will produce as much ni- 
trogen as 16 loads of manure, contains as much phosphorus as is contained in 113 pounds 
of phosphate. All of these much needed plant elements for only $1.25 an acre, and you get 
some good fall pasture. With almost a surety of much “‘grape calaspis’’ damage in some 
sections, much sweet clover seed should be used, especially at the low price. During the 
other World War sweet clover sold at $24.00 per bushel wholesale. 
Dr. W.L. Burlison, Agronomist, Illinois College of Agriculture, in a recent article'says, 
‘““On the Aledo soil experiment field for example, the long time yield of corn on untreated 
rather productive land, a four year rotation was 58 bushel per acre. When sweet clover 
accompanied by the use of limestone was utilized with green manure, the long time aver- 
age yield increased to 76 bushel per acre and the past four year average to 99 bushel per 
acre, 
Every crop rotation should include the best adapted nitrogen furnishing legume at least 
one-fourth of four year period. Legumes should be allowed to stand over. Not only should 
legume crops be used, but all farm residues, such as straw, corn stalks and all manure, 
With no nitrogen commercial fertilizers available this year it is necessary that we grow 
as much of our nitrogen requirements as possible and the only way this can be done is 
grow more legumes. With the harvesting of enormous crops the past year we have greatly 
reduced our supply of nitrogen. Every farmer can have a nitrogen factory on his own 
farm by sowing clovers. 
White blossom sweet clover has become more and more mixed with yellow blossom and’ 
we no longer guarantee the white blossom we sell to be free of yellow blossom. It is al- 
most impossible to tell these two seeds apart and even though it does have yellow blossom 
in it, this does not hurt it, in fact believe it is a good thing to have a mixture of 75% white 
blossom and 25% yellow blossom. The yellow blossom makes a much heavier growth near 
the ground, has more stems and leaves than the big white. Often times you think you have 
received all yellow blossom, this early inthe season, but two or three weeks later the 
yellow blossom has faded away and you get another crop of about pure white blossom at 
this time. This way you really get two crops growing on the same land, which makes it 
much better for pasture or fertilizer. es SO 

KEY TOCUT OF WEED SEEDS 
1, bracted plantain; 2, black seeded 
plaintain; 3, rag weed; 4, oOx-eye. 
daisy; 5, red clover; 6, catmint; 7, 
crabgrass; 8, field dodder; 9, sorrel; 
i0, dog fennel; 11, chickweed; 12, 
lamb’s quarter; 13, green foxtail; 14, 
prickly sida; 15, vervain; 16, madder; 
17, yellow foxtail; 18, clover dodder; 
19, heal-all; 20, yellow trefoil; 21, 
spurge; 22, curled dock; 23, lady’s 
thumb; 24, buckhorn; rounded face- 
grooved face, shown in 29; 25, mus- 
tard; 26, alsike clover; 27, ox tongue; 
28, pigweed; 29, buckhorn; 30 Canada 
me thistle; 31, campion; 32, wild gera- 
Noxious Weed Seeds Found in Clover, Alfalfa and nium; 33, pepper grass; 34, camomile; 
Other Farm Seeds. 35, mallow. 

