American Bield Seed Co., Chicago, IIl. 
valuable Cronstrtour Fay 
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These are bargain prices o.. a valuable crop. It is a legume, a nitrogen gathering soil : =10) LBS$8.70 


building crop. It is one of the best fertilizing crops. Vetch grows on poor land where feye) LBS $17.25 
clover will fail. For sandy soil it does better than other legumes. <A two year crop. : i . 
Can*be sown in spring or fall with good success. s 
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%4 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. 
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$2.75 25 Ibs. $5.30 50 Ibs. $10.50 100 Ibs. 
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 farniers sow with Oats or Canada Field 
Peas or both. Sow about: 30 to 40 Ibs. Vetch and 1% to 2 bushels oats 
per acre. Or sow about 25 lbs. Vetch, 20 Ibs. Canada Field Peas with 1% 
to 2 bushels of Oats. High germination and low price guaranteed. 
RF ESSEX RAPE 
40 $ 60 00 
s& 25 Ibs. 10° Ibs. S21 100 Ibs, 
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 Ibs. 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., $2.50; 1 bu., $4.90; 5 bu., 
$24.00 60 lb., to bu. 
They are usually called CANAD 
FIELD PEAS. A crop that will ae 
quick results. Sow them as early as 
you can work the ground, Disc in a 
bushel of peas with a couple of bushels 
of oats. Produces a big yield of excel- 
lent hay early. 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 
aoe make a wonderful fertilizer, 
this is just the cro that 
will need this Spring. Be eet 
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 Thedeare Fnown aa the Virginia Type of 
for hay. During the past few years they have taken ge eee Wee he 
Black Wil in Brown Soy Beans. Used principally for a hay 
Oe TON MOT ade eae oe crop in northern part of the corn-belt. Stems 
the southern part of Indiana and Illinois where most. ° 1 pai sue 
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 | 4 finer quality of hay. The bean for seed is 
Gell on imediuin te toot al, Will make Soe, frowe, | *mallex'than most of the yellow beans and ae 
well o ‘ : f o : 
hay than most of the yellow beans. Is a medium late less seed per acre. About 174 as ra . a 
type. Sow 1% to 11% bushels per acre. - See price list heavy seeding for a hay SP OD ey. ae 18 
limited. See page 32 for prices. 
page 32. : 
? Rodden, Ml. Milmine, Tl. 
have bought seed of you since Gentlemen: I got 3 bushels of your Clover, 
tlle x ‘Alsike and Timothy Mixed last year, and be- 
lieve every seed grew, and I have a fine hay crop. 
I have ordered 3 bushels more of the same seed. 
(Signed) Howard Virtue. 
Gentlemen: 
1919 and am well pleased so far, and as long 
* as IL get the quality I have been I will continue. 
Yours respectfully, 
(Signed) Albert M. Taylor. 

