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valuable Cropsforour Fi df iif ) fety 
Th in pri aes BOLBS$885 
ese are bargain prices on a valuable crop. It is a legume, a nitrogen gathering soil 
building crop. It is one of the best fertilizing crops. Vetch grows on poor land where {eye) LBS si75° 
American Field Seed Co., Chicago, IIL 






clover will fail. For sandy soil it does better than other legumes. A two year crop. 
Can be sown in spring or fall with good success. 
Hairy Vetch makes a fine growth through spring, summer and fall and 
remains green the greater part of the winter. The following spring it 
grows rapidly, maturing in the early summer. It is equal or superior to 
Alfalfa in food value. Sow it in spring or fall and it will produce the 
first bite of green feed next spring. The crop stands cold and drought. 
Sow 18 to 22 lbs. per acre with small grain. Use 1% to 2 bu. of Oats 
or Barley per acre. Sow with Rye or Wheat if you sow it in the fall 
and cut them together for hay the next spring. We urge you to grow it. 






















$2.90 25 Ibs. $5.60 50 Ibs. $11.00 100 tbs. 
Similar to Winter Vetch. Is an annual crop. Can be sown early. 
Grows anywhere. Is a soil builder. If you want quick summer pasture or 
hay crop, use Spring Vetch. It’s an emergency crop. When sown alone 
use 50 to 60 lbs. per acre. Most farmers sow with Oats or Canada Field 
Peas or both. Sow about 30 to 40 lbs. Vetch and 1% to 2 bushels oats 
per acre. Or sow about 25 Ibs. Vetch, 20 lbs. Canada Field Peas with 1% 
to 2 bushels of Oats. High germination and low price guaranteed. 
owARF ESSEX RAPE 
S§ Abts I 1 rata eV Ane 
Genuine U. S. Grown 
This. is real fancy Dwarf Essex Rape. A great forage 
crop for hogs or sheep. -Exceedingly rich in protein. 
Lowers your feed cost. 
Rape is economical to sow. Use about 6 lbs. per acre. Can be sown 
from early spring till in August. Many sow in corn at last cultivation. 
May -be seeded alone or in small grain. Does its best in cool weather. 
Produces pasture weeks after other forage plants are killed by frost. 
Sometimes used for plowing under to add humus to the soil. 
Rape will help you reduce the cost of growing live stock. Puts on a 
fine finish. Stock is ready for market in shorter time. It is fine for all 
animals, especially young ones and you can’t beat it for hogs and sheep. 
Grow some rape pasture this year. It will pay you. We have cut our 
prices to bed rock. It will only cost you around $1.00 an acre for seed. 
Ours is the genuine Dwarf Essex variety and is clean, high germinating 
and guaranteed to satisfy. Price high due to none imported. 

% bu., $2.40; 1 bu., $4.65; 5 bu., 
$23.00 60 lb. to bu. 
They are usually called CANAD 
FIELD PEAS. A crop that will zi 
quick results. Sow them as early as 
you can work the ground. Dise in a 
bushel of peas with a couple of bushels 
of oats. Produces a big yield of excel- 
lent hay éarly. Can be pastured or fed 
green very early. Makes a fine feed. 
You can harvest oats and peas together 
for Seed and separate them after thresh- 
ing. Field Peas plowed under in full 
ie make a wonderful fertilizer, 
T is is just the cro that 
will need this spring. Be Spc ea 
der early and get them in the ground 
early. They want cool weather and 
will stand considerable frost. Our seed 
quality will please particular buyers 
It’s thoroughly cleaned. Germination 
is high and our price is a real bargain. 









































SOY BEANS For HAY 
“BLACK KINGWA” “VIRGINIA” 
The Kingwa is one of the best varieties of soy beans Th me. 8 ¢ 
; : ese are known as the Virginia Type o 
for hay.. During the past few years they have taken Brae Soy Borne, (fused SAnciparieetomme hae 
the place of the old Black Ebony and Black Wilson in 
the southern part of Indiana and Illinois where most crop in northern part of the corn-belt. Stems 
of the seed is produced. They grow tall and leafy. are slender, making it‘easier to cure; also giving 
They make a large growth and fine quality of hay. A a finer quality of hay. The bean for seed is 
great soy bean for planting with corn. They grow smaller than most of the yellow beans and takes 
well on medium to poor soil. Will make 25% more less seed per acre. About 114 bushel makes a 
hay than most of the yellow beans. Is a medium late 
type. Sow 1% to 11% bushels per acre. See price list 
page 32. 
heavy seeding for a hay crop. Our stock is 
limited. See page 32 for prices. 
’ Rodden, Ml. agen ‘ee 
: bought seed of you since Gentlemen: I got 3 bushels of your Clover, 
Se matte ot p y Alsike and Timothy Mixed last year, and be- 
‘1919 and am well pleased so far, and as long 
as 1 get the quality I have been I will continue. lieve every seed grew, and I have a fine hay crop. 
IT have ordered 3 bushels more of the same seed. 
Yours respectfully, 
(Signed) Albert M. Taylor. (Signed) Howard Virtue. 

