
Alfalfa 
§noculate all Legume Seeds with 
1898 — Nearly A Half Century of Service — 1947 
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ALFALFA 
Swt., Bur, Hubam Clovers 
Size Retail 
1 bu. each...$ .50 
2% bu. each... 1.00 
CLOVERS 
Red, Alsike, Crimson, 
White and Ladino. 
1° bu. each...$ .50 
2% bu. each... 1.00 
LESPEDEZA 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates 
up to 100 Ibs.) ..$ .50 
PEAS (All Varieties) 
VETCHES (All Varieties) 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates 
up to 100 Ibs.) ea.$ .50 
1200 Ib. size ea.. 5.70 
(12-100 Ib. cans) 
LUPINES (All Varieties) 
SOYBEANS 
Size Retail 
Small, (Inoculates up 
to 120 Ibs. seed) $ .30 . 
5 bu. each 
25 bu. each 
(One can) 
30 bu. each 
(6-5 bu. cans) 
BEANS — Navy, Pinto, 
Wax, String, Kidney 
and Great Northern 
1 bu. each 
PEANUTS, LIMA 
BEANS, COW PEAS 
Small, (Inoculates up 
to 120 Ibs. seed) $ .30 
5 bu. each -55 
“. 25 bu. each 
’ (One can) 
30 bu. each...... 3.25 
(6-5 bu. cans) 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates up to 100 Ibs. seed) ea. $ .50 
GARDEN SIZE—Peas, Beans, Sweet Peas, Lupines, Lima 
Beans and Edible Soybeans 
Enough for 8 Ibs. seed — Retail Price 10c each 

Soybean Field Near Spencer, Ohio 
One drill row through center not inoculated. 
Remainder of field inoculated with NITRAGIN 
SOW HOLMES’ FIELD SEED 
FOR BETTER CROPS 
The quality and size of crops you grow are largely predetermined by 
the seed you sow—and Holmes Seeds are bred to result in satisfying 
harvests. ; 
Holmes selects varieties and strains to provide you with improvements 
as plant breeders and experiment stations reveal them. 
All Holmes’ Seeds are analyzed to determine the weed seed content and 
impurities, and all lots that do not ‘meet the highest standards are thor- 
oughly recleaned to remove obnoxious weed seed and impurities. 
We contract with the ablest of seed growers in many parts of the country 
for the production of many kinds. 
We breed and produce some seeds to give you.extra value. 
After production, seed is cleaned, graded, and tested. 
A!l these and many other factors are for just one result—to provide you 
with seed ‘capable of producing better crops. - ; 
In every bag, Holmes’ Northern Grown Seeds are of the highest quality. 
Clovers 
Ladino Mammoth Red 
Alsike White Blossom Sweet 
Northern Medium Red Yellow Blossom Sweet 
_Alfalfas 
Grimm Variegated Common 
Korean Lespedeza 
Field Peas 
Hairy Vetch 
Grasses 
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Bromegrass 
Bromegrass is the best grass to mix with Alfalfa if it is planned to harvest 
it partly or entirely by pasturing with cattle or sheep. 
The best time to sow Bromegrass is July to September according to the 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Bromegrass seed may be sown with the grain drill by mixing the seed 
with fertilizer. Sow through the fertilizer attachment very shallow. It is 
desirable for some seeds to be on the surface. Deep seeding is one of the 
most common causes of failure. 
Bromegrass (1 part by weight) may be mixed with Oats (4 to 6 parts): 
and sown shallow through the grain feed, but this should not be done for 
summer and fall seeding because the Oats grow so vigorously they crowd 
out the Bromegrass. 
Bromegrass in mixture should be sown at } to 10 pounds per acre, with 
8 pounds as a safe standard. Write for prices. 
Ladino Clover 
Excellent for Grazing 
“Ladino Clover is one of our most valuable pasture plants. It is highly 
productive and fiutritious, and comparatively easy to grow,” says D. R. 
nes of the Agronomy Department at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment 
tation. 
A giant type of white Clover. Is very much larger and much more’ 
drought resistant. It should be included in every seeding that is to be 
used for pasture alone, or for hay and pasture. That means that whenever 
an Alfalfa-Grass-Clover mixture is being seeded on crop rotation land that 
is to be used in part for pasture, 14 to 1 pound of Ladino per acre should 
be in the mixture. 
Ladino Clover seed, like that of other legumes, should be inoculated 
crops, so makes a greater contribution as a pasture plant than as a con- 
stituent of a hay mixture. 
Ladino Clover seed, like that of other legumes, should be inoculated 
before seeding and the land should be well limed and fertilized. Lb., $2.50; 
5 lbs. or more, $2.40 per Ib., prepaid. 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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