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CLOVERS 
AND 
TIMOTHY 
For cleaner hay 
and 
more of it! 
‘How much is your Clover Seed?” is 
@ Question asked™here many times 
through the™years. Isn't this a sen- 
sible answer? “High enough to be 
sure you'll get a GOOD CROP OF 
CLOVER.” The right kind of seed has 
so much to do with it! 
RED CLOVER 
Hoffman customers rightly expect the 
best quality of clover seed available 
. and they get it. Hoffman Clover 
seed answers with a very definite 
“yes to questions such as these: Is 
it seed from desirable sources? Will 
it grow? Has it been tested? Has it 
been cleaned right—and free from 
noxious weeds? Always in mind here 
at Hoffman's is the importance of 
good, clean heavy stands of clover: 
. .. therefore, the constant watch on 
clover seed quality being handled. 
Extra insurance on the success of 
clover stands is the careful watching 
of the lime content in the soil where 
seed will be sown. Ample liming, 
careful fertilizing, manuring . . . plus 
the sowing of Hoffman Clover Seed 
Follow it 
—is the success formula. 
this year. See price list. 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
Here's a very hardy clover. Produces 
well on soils that are colder and wet- 
ter. Withstands acidity well. Does 
well on soils which won't support 
other clovers. Not as tall a grower 
as red clover, makes finer hay. Alsike 
is a sure catch—not subject to clover 
“sickness.” Stands great ranges of 
temperature. Not liable to winter kill. 
Alsike seed is quite small, goes far 
at seeding time—helps keep cost 
down. Many folks like to mix one 
part of alsike with maybe three parts 
of red clover for fine combination 
hay. Hoffman quality Alsike is very 
well cleaned. Represents the choice 
seed of the crop. 
“CUMBERLAND’/’— 
“\MIDLAND”’ 
Two red clover strains bred for resist- 
ance to ‘stem spot’’ disease. If in 
stock, will be quoted on price list. 

MAMMOTH (SAPLING) 
The taller-growing clover. Makes 
heavier stems. Does better on poorer 
soils than will red clover. Ripens 
maybe ten days later, but does pro- 
duce a plenteous supply of hay on 
its one crop. Mammoth clover plants 
live, on the average, for three years 
as against red’s two. Good root sys- 
tem. Fine soil improver. Good for 
hay when sown with timothy—as 
both bloom at about same time. 
Supply of Mammoth Clover is very 
short this year. 
INOCULATE CLOVER SEED 
Very definitely . . . you'll get better stands 
. improve the soil . .. make out better 
with less seed per acre. 
One careful test showed 40% more 
clover (actual dry weight) with inoculated 
seed. Oats following inoculated red clover 
has done twice as well as oats after 
timothy. 
Hoffman Inoculant is a pure, live cul- 
ture. Be sure to order enough for all the 
Clover seed you sow. 
Fall Top Dressing 
Top-dressing pastures and hay 
fields in the fall is replacing 
the old practice of fertilizer 
application in the spring in 
many _ sections. Advantages 
claimed are, it is done when 
conditions are more favorable, 
fertilizer is available, and the 
sowing has a better opportu- 
nity for penetration, and a full 
growing period from frost till 
harvest. In a dry spring, you 
get the benefit of more growth 
When shortages of hay and 
Pasturep,are worst. 
Ears Important 
The ears are particularly im- 
portant in silage hybrids, since 
they are equal in feed value to 
about’ 4 times their weight of 
stalk and leaves. 
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Manuring 
Fall and early winter is the 
best time to manure pastures 
for greatest improvement and 
satisfactory grazing the next 
spring. Liberal use of phos- 
phate in the stable is advisable 
on manure so used. 
Timothy Silage 
Timothy, the old standby of 
Pennsylvania farmers for hay, 
makes good silage for cows if 
200 pounds of hominy feed per 
ton of green material is added 
en the grass goes into the 
silo. : 
Bedding 
DWeewell-bedded cow lies down 
MOSt Gfitinestime. When down, 
she Saves 8%  Wione,.of her 
energy for milk production. ~~ 
Poison 
Weeds Poisonous to Livestock: 
Bulletin 388 of the Minnesota 
Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion lists Bracken fern, horse- 
tail, black nightshade, bitter 
buttercup, pasque flower, 
Dutchman’s breeches, common 
sneezeweed, wild lupine, dwarf 
larkspur, swamp milkweed, but- 
terfly milkweed, cocklebur, 
hemp, marsh arrow. grass, 
glaucous anticlea, jimson weed, 
white snakeroot, water hem- 
lock, black cherry and porcu- 
pine grass. 
Good Pasture 
An acre of GOOD pasture is 
capable of producing much 
more digestible nutrients and 
protein than an acre in the 
musual crop rotation. 
Weed Seeds 
Horticulturists of Michigan 
State College are attacking 
weed seed in the first three 
inches of the ground with 2,4-D 
dust or sprays. Danger is that 
should the toxic effect of the 
application exist when the 
farmer plants, the seed may 
fail to sprout. Sterilizing the 
soil in the fall after weed seed 
have fallen, it is hoped winter 
soil moisture will remove the 
toxicity by spring planting. 
Sheep and Lambs 
Ewe lambs and pregnant ewes 
need exercise during the win- 
ter months. Should be allowed 
outdoors on sunny days. Give 
them constant access to salt 
and also plenty of pure fresh 
water. —~ 
