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MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
Medium Red Clover fits better into erop rota- 
tions than any other legume. It will increase 
the yield of succeeding crops, besides furnish- 
ing many tons of hay of high protein content. 
The first crop is usually cut for hay, before it 
comes into full bloom. The second crop may be 
cut for hay or seed or turned under, to fertilize 
the soil. 
Red Clover is a biennial which means that it 
will grow for two seasons only and then must 
be reseeded. It is adapted to any well drained 
soil free from acidity and is better for general 
northwest conditions than any other clover. It 
furnishes luxuriant pasture and hay for cattle 
but is not quite so good for horses, 
Sow Red Clover at the rate of 10 Ibs. per 
acre with small grain or flax. Use about one- 
half or two-thirds of a normal seeding of grain 
or flax so as not to smother the clover. We 
use a clover seed attachment to the grain drill, 
sowing the seed ahead of the drills and cover 
it lightly with a harrow. See Blue Figure Price 
List. 
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER 
Extremely hardy, and valuable for fertilizing 
poor soil which is too low and heavy for growing 
Red Clover. It makes the best permanent hog 
pastures, seldom freezing out, and produces a 
large crop of hay, as much as 3 to 5 tons to 
the acre. Sow 5 to 6 lbs. per acre, with small 
grain, for plowing under. For a hay crop, sow 
8 to 12 lbs. per acre. Grows on acid soil where 
Medium Red and Alfalfa fail. Yields again as 
much as Medium Red Clover, though the hay is 
rather coarse. 
See Blue Figure Price List for Quotations on 
All Farm Seeds. 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
Alsike Clover has the same soil-building prop- 
erties as Red Clover, storing nitrogen in the 
Soil, thereby increasing the yields of succeedin 
grain and corn crops from 25 to 50%.. It-is 
a true hardy perennial, with fiber instead of 
tap roots, and is not injured by thawing and 
freezing. 
Alsike can be sown on soil that is slightly 
acid or sour, where lime cannot be applied, and 
where other clover or alfalfa will not grow. 
It can be sown on heavy, wet, or low soil that 
sometimes becomes waterlogged, and also en- 
dures drought well. 
It makes better hay than Red Clover, because 
of its fine smooth leafy foliage. Its feeding 
value is nearly equal to that. of alfalfa. It 
makes fine pasture, as it is extremely hardy. 
The seed of Alsike is very fine, therefore, 
only 7 or 8 pounds per acre are required. As 
a seed crop, it is often more profitable than Red 
Clover. It is cut for seed when two-thirds of 
the heads are ripe. 
_ Alsike Clover has its place in the crop rota- 
tion the same as Red Clover and for best re- 
sults is usually reseeded at the end of two 
years’ growth, See Blue Figure Price List. 
WHITE CLOVER 
Best for lawns and pastures. White Clover is 
sown mostly in mixture with other grasses, espe- 
cially with Blue Grass, for lawns, golf grounds, 
also for pastures for sheep and cattle. It thrives 
best in moist soil containing lime and consid- 
erable humus, but is also grown on sandy soil 
which is not too loose and dry. For lawns sow 
5 to 6 lbs. mixed with grass.seeds, to the acre. 
Price: ¥% lb. 75c, Ib. $1.40, 5 lbs. $6.75, prepaid, 
See Blue Figure Price List. 


Northern Grown Clover Seed 
There is much complaint of wor 
those who once secured bountiful yi 
used Clover regularly in the cropping system, have no such complaints. 
beneficial action on the soil and ma 
Clovers also serve as outstanding hay and pasture crops. 
system that adds nitrogen to the soil and leaves vegetable 
it dies or when plowed under. 
blossoms begin to turn-brown. T 
New Disease-Resistant 
MIDLAND RED CLOVER 
Here’s the remarkable new red clover that 
averaged 24% tons of hay per acre. Ordinary 
red clover averages 1% tons per acre. New 
Midland is well adapted to the winter condi- 
tions of the Medium Red Clover Belt—it has 
proved itself perfectly hardy in the North. 
Midland has high resistance to Northern An- 
thracnose and crown rot. These diseases are 
reducing yields in many sections. Midland hag 
excellent growth characteristics and was ac- 
cepted for registration by the American Society 
of Agronomy. 
Midland is the result of 13 years of breed- 
ing, testing, and increasing by the cooperative 
efforts of Experiment Stations in Montana, 
Idaho, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Utah, 
Towa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and U.S.D.A. 
It was developed as a composite of four old 
Strains from the Mid-West. 
Price List. 
See Blue Figure 
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n-out soils, weeds and unprofitable crops, from 
elds when the land was new. 
y be seeded with practically all kinds of grains. 
Clovers have a heavy root 
matter and fertility when 
Clover should be cut for hay as soon as the first 
his will result in the greatest yield of palatable hay. 

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NEW LADINO CLOVER 
You’ve read about this outstanding new pas- 
ture and hay crop in recent magazines. (See 
Country Gentleman, Sept., 1946.) Ladino clover 
is a giant form of common white clover, It is a 
rapid growing perennial which spreads much like 
strawberries by producing fleshy creeping stems. 
Short tap roots develop beneath the crowns of 
the plants, and numerous fibrous roots are ¢om- 
monly produced at the nodes or joints of the 
creeping stems, 
Under favorable conditions a single plant may 
produce six to ten or more strawberry-like sur- 
face runners, which, by the end of the year, 
form a dense interlocking growth with nearby 
plants. 
Ladino grows 10 to 14 inches tall, but under 
favorable soil and climatic conditions, plants 
often grow 15 to 20 inches tall. 
Outstanding Advantages: 5 
(1) Ladino is a perennial legume which thrives 
under some conditions where alfalfa fails, and 
even where red clover is not at its best. Ladino 
appears suitable for low, level, moist, fertile 
fields on which alfalfa is at a disadvantage. 
(2) It competes well with, and stimulates the 
growth of, such grasses as brome, timothy, and 
orchard grass. Moreover, it can be used sue- 
cessfully in mixtures containing alfalfa and red 
clover, and helps fill in the gaps when these 
legumes thin out. 
(3) University of Wisconsin tests show that 
livestock like Ladino even better than brome 
grass. Chemical analysis show that Ladino on a 
dry matter basis not only beats all the common 
forages, but is even better than wheat, bran, or 
alfalfa meal. When 4 to 5 inches tall, analysis 
showed 25.6% protein content for Ladino. When 
more nearly mature, or 10 to 15 inches tall, it 
still carried 23.4% protein. This compares with 
15% protein for good alfalfa hay. 
Grasses such as timothy or brome grass, grown 
with Ladino clover, reduce the danger of bloat, 
neutralize the excessive succulence and laxative 
effect of pure stands of Ladino, and aid in mow- 
ing and curing as hay. 
Furthermore, Ladino clover seeded with erass- 
es, is less likely to be injured from excessive cold 
or alternate thawing and freezing, than when 
grown alone. 
The following mixtures and seeding rates per 
acre are suggested: 
For fertile, cultivated land with poor surface 
drainage. 
CA) Madinow@lover snc. «6. en ee 1 to 2 pounds 
Ried iGloy ery eerrcvbatts «Oaths ce et 4 pounds 
EDin Othe e eer ee cr eaves. bot ibe sae 4 pounds 
(B) tia dino t@loviensiccstert. see teas 1 to 2 pounds 
Aisne’: CLOW eTehautass/ersra)sis\'<! chefs) «Srabiie 2 pounds 
EMI OF Hevaeietastc se talc ace. eis. cvalstievioiais: ste 4 pounds 
(GC) Badinio: Olower anyerc o.cich ob Guard clones 2 pounds 
Bronte) Grass keer tau cc sabe 6 to 8 pounds 
For well drained fertile soils well supplied 
with moisture. 
CD) GadinomeCloverien..se ./s 6 bs sok 1 pound 
Alfa liaig<: 2.5 SRI 3 6 3. 8 to 10 pounds 
Brome Gmasdets. cedecenjerty osc fs 6 to 8 pounds 
CE) adinos ECloverks<aeten an evatin tas 1 pound 
Af alia sab meen scar birt + on heat 6 to 8 pounds 
Red Clover... cee shiek «ae tone pounds 
Brome Grassu aso ane. 6 to 8 pounds 
Plant shallow in a firm, well prepared seed 
bed just as early in the spring as possible. 
Companion crops which ripen early—seeded at 
moderate rates—may be used without much 
danger to the new ‘seedings, 
While Ladino Clover is an excellent source 
of high quality protein hay and silage, its great- 
est value undoubtedly is as pasture. The suc- 
culent, highly nutritious forage which it pro- 
duces, is exceedingly palatable at all stages of 
growth, to all classes of livestock. Best produc- 
tion is obtained (and the life of established 
stands is prolonged) when Ladino Clover is 
permitted to make a good growth, and then is 
grazed down to a height of 4 to 5 inches. Close 
and continuous grazing should be avoided, 
Seed of Ladino Clover cannot be distinguished 
from common white clover. Insist on our fine 
duality, pure stocks of Oregon Blue Tag Certified 
Ladino. Per acre seed costs are economical at 
the low seeding rates. See Blue Figure List. 
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Don’t Experiment with Cheap Seeds of Inferior Quality—Buy “Master Farmer” Seed. 
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