American Field Seed Co., Chicago, III. 31 
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These are bargain prices on a valuable crop: It is a legume, a nitrogen gathering soil 50 LB $ 102° 
building crop. it is°one ofthe best: fertilizing.erops. Vetch grows on poor land where Lele) iy] Wee 
Clover will fail. For sandy soil it does better than other legumes. A two year crop. % 2 _ 
Can be sown in spring or fall with good success. { Sener 
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. 





































$2.85 25 Ibs. $5.55 50 Ibs. $11.00 100 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 Ibs. per acre. Most farmers sow with Oats or Ganada Field 
Péas 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. 
owARF ESSEX RAPE 
co St 85 $q5°> 
25 Ibs, 50 Ibs. 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 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. 

% bus, $3.10; 1 bu., $6.00; 5 bu.,. 
$5.90 60 Ib., to bu. 
They are usually called 
FIELD PEAS. A crop that Phas 
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 
ae make a wonderful fertilizer. 
is is just the ero 
will need this spring. Bela ien 
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 
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“BLACK KINGWA* “VIRGINIA” 
The Kingwa is “ of ee aren rege a These are known as the Virginia Type of 
for hay. During the past few years they have taken f Fp. 
the Sian Risks cldebives Ebony and Black Wilsonin | Brown Soy ear ria 3 nee he qe 
the southern part of Indiana and Illinois where most crop in nort sii bee OF Gh BEr SP +. ES 
of the seed is produced. They grow tall and leafy. are slender, making it easier to cure; also giving 
The bean for seed is 
/ hey make a large growth and fine quality of hay. A a finer quality of hay. 
ie coy vos "fer: planting (Wai Core: They giv smaller than most of the yellow beans and takes 
aaa are TEP PORE SON. ng nee Be “ie less seed per acre. About.14%4 bushel makes a 
hay than most o e yellow beans. Is a medium late ie j . 
tise. Sow 114 to 1144 bushels per acre. See price lst heavy seeding for a hay eee Our stock is 
page 34. limited. See page 34 for prices. 






Milmine, Il. 
8 bushels of your Clover, 
tlemen: I got 
4 Moke and Timothy Mixed last year, and be- 







Rodden, Il. 
Gentlemen: I have bought seed of you since 
1919 and am well pleased so far, and as long 
CRE titi Cole tae Retake al CSE A I have ordered 3 bushels more of the same seed. 
fully, ‘ * 
Ban. ean M. Taylor. | = (Signed) Howard Virtue. 
lieve every seed grew, and I have a fine hay crop. 


