

Make Hay at the Right Time 
One thousand six hundred twenty- 
eight pounds of alfalfa cut in the 
bud Stage produced as many 
pounds gain on cattle as 3,910 
pounds cut when dead ripe. Cut 
alfalfa when buds nearest base of 
plant have just started. Maybe you 
won't get as much hay, but the 
quality is more important than 
quantity. Cutting at this time will 
give more actual FEED. Just one 
thing to be careful of. Let one 
crop reach full bloom stage before 
cutting to prolong the life of your 
stand. 
Timothy should be cut in full 
bloom stage. At this time, it can 
yee 20 per cent more DIGEST- 
BLE dry matter and 50 per cent 
more protein per acre than cut 
when seed is ripe. Cutting in the 
early bloom stage gives less feed- 
ing value pee acre than cutting 
right at full bloom. 
Red clover will give the highest 
yield of protein and the highest 
feed value if cut when one-third to 
full bloom. Mammoth should also 
be cut at this stage, but alsike is 
at its best feed value when cut 
later, as the brown seed heads be- 
gin to appear. 
Sweet Clover Insures Humus 
An Indiana man_uses sweet clover 
as his main soil-improving crop. 
Says it offers no temptation to re- 
move it for sale. Plowing the green 
growth down helps much in re- 
placing fertility removed by his 
corn crop. 
FARM FACT: In the dictionary of 
successful farming, soil-building is 
the biggest word. 

“WHITE DUTCH CLOVER” (Continued) 
Favorite with bee-men. There may be special 
lots at times which contain some alsike clover. 
These may prove helpful this spring. If in stock 
will be quoted on price list. 
HOFFMAN “TIMOTHY SEED/’’ 
Fortunately, there is timothy seed for everybody 
this spring. Reasonably priced, too. Far-reaching 
in its uses. Will help out on any new seeding 
programs—new formulas folks must adopt this 
time. Dependable for any section. Good on 
good ground. Thin soils, too. Damp locations. 
Starts easily. Thrives through hard times that 
often ruin other plants. 
Timothy goes along very well with the legume 
family ... the clovers, alfalfa, Ladino. Thrives in 
with the pasture-grass family. Will certainly help 
out to a great degree in this year of extreme 
seed shortages. ... There is danger of too much 
timothy being put with some seedings, that over- 
crowding may occur. Caution should be fol- 
lowed. 
Thousands of Hoffman patrons through forty 
years know the high quality of Farmer's Choice 
brand timothy seed. Its purity tests have always 
averaged right around the 99%4% mark. Ger- 
mination has always been of the best. It is 
always free from noxious weeds. Hardy and 
dependable. Put full confidence in the satisfac- 
tion you will get from this truly top-quality seed. 
It will come through in fine shape and play a big 
part in tiding you through this present seed 
emergency. 
HOFFMAN ‘“‘SWEET CLOVERS” 
This might well be a year when more sweet 
clover seed will be sown here in the East... . 
Consider the possibilities of this good legume. 
Its most popular réle hereabouts is that of soil 
improvement. Thrives on most any soil type. 
Can be put into use as emergency hay. And if 
taken in time for that purpose, before getting too 
heavy in stem, has filled that réle acceptably. Be 
sure to apply Hoffman Inoculant to your sweet 
clover seed—it will pay you well! 
““‘TALL-GROWING TYPE’’ 
The biennial strain lasts two years. Planted in 
the spring, makes good growth by fall. Will re- 
seed itself if left standing. Provides emergency 
pasture till other grazing areas are ready. 
““YELLOW-BLOSSOM TYPE”’ 
Like the white-blossom strains, this yellow- 
blossom type is a perennial. Smaller top growth 
—2 to 3 feet the first year, higher the second. 
Fine stems, many prefer it as hay or for pasture. 
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