ISBELL’S FARM SEEDS 





SWEET CLOVER 
PROVIDES THE QUICKEST AND CHEAPEST WAY TO IMPROVE POOR SOILS 
Sweet Clover makes good pasture and hay and is extremely valuable as a soil builder. The 
seed is sown in the spring, summer or fall, either with small grains or alone. Applying liberal 
quantities of lime to the soil and inoculating the seed will insure a good seeding. 
WHITE BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
This is the common biennial sweet clover which 
makes a rank growth so that it is especially valuable 
for plowing under. It supplies a green manure crop, 
loosens the soil, adds humus and nitrogen and leaves a 
splendid mulch. Because of its large root growth, it 
adds more nitrogen to the soil than Alfalfa or Red 
Clover. 
Extensive tests have been made on the Agricultural 
Experiment Station farms of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana 
and Illinois to determine the value of plowing under or 
disking in sweet clover. Covering a period of ten to 
twelve years, these tests have shown that where sweet 
clover has been turned under an average increase of 15 
bushels of corn and 5 bushels of oats per acre has re- 
sulted. When used for pasture, stock should be turned 
in when the sweet clover is about 18 inches high, while 
it is still young and tender. Cattle will keep it eaten 
off so that it will continue to put out new and tender 
growth, instead of becoming woody and tough. 
BROME GRASS 
(Bromus Inermis) 
Brome Grass is a quick starting, hardy, long-lived, 
northern grass that has been known for many years, but 
its real value has only recently become well known and 
appreciated. Brome withstands drought better than other 
grasses, and while it makes good hay, its greatest value 
is its use for pasture, either alone or with Alfalfa. It 
makes ideal pasture during mid-summer when most 
needed and also produces well on light soils. 
An ideal pasture combination is secured by sowing 
10 to 12 pounds of Alfalfa seed and 8 pounds of Brome 
Grass seed per acre in the spring, either alone or in 
oats, barley or wheat. This mixture gives best results 
when not pastured until a good top growth is attained. 
Cattle eat the Brome Grass in preference to the Alfalfa, 
giving the Alfalfa a chance to become well established. 
Dairymen tell us that by growing Brome Grass with Al- 
falfa, bloating in cattle is completely eliminated. Brome 
Grass seed is one of the short items this season and 
should be bought early, as there is a great demand for 
it. Our seed is No. 1 Canadian Grown and of the best 
quality obtainable. 
YELLOW BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover differs from White 
Blossom in habit of growth, as it does not grow as tall, 
is more spreading and has much finer stems. Also it is 
more palatable to livestock, as the stems are not as 
bitter tasting. For this reason it is better adapted to use 
for pasture and hay. As it blossoms very profusely, it 
also provides splendid bee feed. It should be cut for 
hay when not over three feet tall. At this stage it will 
make hay equal in quality to Alfalfa. 
Hubam Annual Sweet Clover 
Hubam is a white blossom sweet clover which 
makes its entire growth and produces seed in one season 
and will not live over winter. It grows about three and 
one-half feet high. It makes good hay or pasture and 
splendid bee feed. When seeded in the spring with oats 
or barley, Hubam will produce a good crop of hay or 
pasture after the grain is cut. The seed may also be 
sown alone and the usual rate of seeding is twenty 
pounds per acre. 
REED CANARY GRASS 
The Wonder Grass For Wet Soils 
Reed Canary Grass thrives on soils too wet for other 
crops or grasses, yields enormous crops of hay and 
makes splendid pasture. It is a very leafy, hardy, per- 
manent grass that will last until broken up. For a seed 
bed the soil should be plowed whenever dry enough. 
The seed is sown broadcast and covered lightly by har- 
rowing in. 5 to 6 pounds of seed per acre sown in the 
fall, early spring or summer. 
When sown in the fall, the seed will not germinate 
until spring. Even if covered with water for a consider- 
able time, the seed is not injured but will start when 
the water goes down. Annual flooding will, not injure 
the grass. The second year it may be pastured all sea- 
son or cut for 
hay as soon as 
headed out. One 
acre will sup- 
port 3 or 4 cows 
or yield up to 
ten tons of hay. 
Two cuttings, 
and sometimes 
three, may be 
made in one sea- 
son. The hay is 
well liked by all 
kinds of stock. 














