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New Madrid 
Biennial Sweet Clover 
Madrid is a variety of Yellow Blossom Sweet 
Clover introduced from Madrid Botanical Gar- 
dens, in Spain. 
Madrid, is biennial in growth and yellow 
flowered. When compared with other varieties 
and strains ot Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover, 
Madrid’s first year’s growth shows exceptional 
early seedling vigor, medium height but some- 
what decumbent, with foliage resistant to fall 
frost. The second year’s growth is leafy, up- 
right, of medium height, and slightly later in 
maturity. Seed production is heavy and of suf- 
ficient earliness to escape the hazard of drought, 
common during the summer months in the Great 
Plains. Extensive yield trials show significantly 
greater yields of both hay and pasture than 
either common biennial yellow or white sweet 
clover. Seed is scarce, so order early. Accepted 
for Registration by the American Society of 
Agronomy in 1943. See Blue Figure Price List. 
FOR 
RAPE QUICK PASTURE 
Enrich Your Land— Make Cheap Hay 
Sweet Clover cannot be surpassed for soil improvement due to its 
rapidity of growth, large tonnage produced and its comparatively low 
seed cost. 
Sweet Clover as a Hay or Pasture Crop 
Sweet Clover is a leading crop in the United States. As a bi- 
‘ennial legume, it fits in with any crop rotation, besides yielding a 
very large return of hay and pasture. Sweet Clover may grow one 
to three feet the first season and may be clipped for hay or pastured 
lightly if it makes a good growth. During the second year it grows 
very dense and rapidly and if cut for hay, it should be done early 
in the season, 
woody. 
enough to stack. 
Sweet Clover 
prevents drifting of 
loosened . by the 
aeration and 
weeds such as 
Cut Sweet Clover six to eight inches above the ground. 
hay to wilt a few hours, then place in small cocks until it is dry 
One acre furnishes pasture for two to four cows 
throughout the season. 
As a Soil Builder and Weed Control 
grows 
shifting 
heavy penetrating 
depositing large quantities of humus 
Sweet Clover is a rank, dense grower of great value in exterminating 
quack 
Use 15 lbs. of scarified seed per acre with a nurse crop of one- 
half the usual seeding of grain or 28 to 35 lbs. of flax per-acre. 
Firm the seed bed well after planting. 
before the blossoms appear and the stems become 
Allow the 
Cattle rarely bloat on it. 
alkaline, or gumbo soil. It 
The hardpan subsoil is 
allowing the necessary 
and nitrogen. 
sandy, 
soils. 
roots, 
clay, 
sandy 
on 
grass, thistle, etc. 
Inoculate with Nitragin, 
Common Biennial Sweet Clovers 
Because white 
and 
yellow blossom Sweet 
Clover Seed has become so mixed in seed pro- 
duction areas, it is impossible to offer straight 
White Blossom or pure Yellow Blossom Sweet 
Clover Seed and still meet,requirements of the 
Federal Seed Act. 
Therefore, all 
sweet cl 
merely as Biennial Sweet Clover: 
will be sold 
However, in 
clover 
ordering, if you will state your preference of 
either White or Yellow, we will do our best to 
select lots which 
will 
preference as possible. 
come as 
close to your 
In other words, if you 
prefer White Blossom, the seed will probably 
be from ( 
Yellow Blossom, 
50% to 75% 
White. 
See Blue Figure Price List. 
and the balance 
Characteristics of Biennial Types 
Yellow Blossom: 
growing type, about 
two 
more prostrate, lower 
weeks earlier than 
white blossom and adapted to drier areas. 
INOCULATE YOUR LEGUME SEEDS 

Alfalfas Se ee nis a a Vetches 
Rape is an annual forage plant of great Clovers N EE 8 R: GIN: Peas 
value, profitable in all sections of the coun- Soy Beans fsstsem USSETC om Beans 
try. It can be grown to advantage on land 
which has already produced an early grain 
crop, like oats, rye, or winter wheat. 
Rape provides excellent pasture for all 
kinds of livestock, cattle, hogs, and sheep. 
It can be sown at any time during spring 
or Summer, so a good pasture can he had 
whenever it is needed. Rape will prepare 
Sheep and hogs for market better and in 
less time than any other forage plant. 
One acre is sufficient to pasture 12 to 15 
sheep from six weeks to two months, and is 
the ideal pasture for weaning lambs. Spring 
pigs can easily be brought up to 200 Ibs. 
In weight when six months old, if fed on 
rape. It is a mild succulent feed for cattle, 
and will not flavor the milk, if the cattle 
are pastured properly. Stock that is being 
ee on rape should always have access to 
salt. 
Two pieces of land may be seeded at 
once, to be used alternately, pasturing one 
while the other is growing. Do not graze 
me closely. Rape makes a good fall pas- 
ure, 
Advantages in Sowing Rape 
al Grows wherever corn or turnips grow. 
2. Provides pasture in 6 to 8 weeks’ time. 
8. The best forage plant for dry seasons, 
because of its strong, deep root system, 
4, Plant alone or with grain, soy beans, 
Sudan Grass or cane, 
5. Adds humus matter to soil when plowed 
under. 
6. Its cheapness; sown broadcast, use 5 or 
6 1bs., sown in rows, use only 3 lbs. 
per acre. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE—tThe com- 
monly grown type that has produced the 
finest pastures for many years, Price: 5 
pe $1.75, postpaid. See Blue Figure Price 
ist. 



BUILD UP YOUR SOIL ™eculate Yous Legumes 
Tnoculate your Legume 
fields that have been 
have shown that better crops 
Legume seeds 
fields where inoculated 
: seeds 
inoculated before. 
even tho planted on 
Field tests 
are harvested when 
are inoculated even when planted on 
seeds 
of the 
same Legume 
crops had grown the previous year. 
1948 NITRAGIN INOCULATION PRICES 
When Ordering, ALWAYS State Name of Seed 
ALFALFA 
Sweet; Bur, Hubam Clovers 
Size Retail 
1 £ pbusseas. cs occa 
21/25 Due Leas 5. cece peel LUO 
CLOVERS 
Red, Alsike, Crimson, 
White and Ladino 
1 bus ease. se cceae ple 00 
QUO bbUe Case. en cca 00 
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. size cans) 
BEANS—Navy, Pinto, Wax, 
pales Kidney, Gr. Northern 
DULECRs jects creeere Dero) 
LESPEDEZA—Hulled or 
Unhulled 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates up 
to 100 Ibs. seed) ....$ .50 
_ NITRAGIN— Oldest: and:‘Most:Widely: 

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PEANUTS, COW PEAS 
Size Retail 
Small (Inoculates up to 
120 Tbs seed) sae ee 30 
Sy buGasen ase neeme “0D 
25 bu. (one can) ea.. 
30 bu. (one ctn.) ea.. 3.25 
(Contains 6-5 bu. beans) 
SOYBEANS (All Varieties, 
Including Edible) 
Small (Inoculates up to 
120 Ibs. seed) ......$ .30 
5) Duswease oes eee 55 
25 bu. (one can) ea.. 2.50 
39 bu. (one ctn.) ea.. 3.25 
(Contains 6-5 bu. cans) 
LUPINES (All Varieties) 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates up 
to 100 Ibs. seed) ....$ .50 
GARDEN SIZE 
Garden Peas and Beans 
Sweet Peas, Lupines and 
Edible Soybeans 
Enough for 8 Ibs. seed 
Retail Price 10c each. 
Used Inoculator‘in America 

Tall, White Blossom: ‘Tall growing and pro- 
ductive. Has a two weeks’ longer pasture 
season than vellow blossom. 
Dwarf White Blossom: This seed consists of 
‘approximately 75% Grundy County Sweet 
Clover, the dwarf white biennial type preferred 
by many. Its shorter growth, its finer stems 
with more leaves, makes better hay. It matures 
earlier, so hay can be cut before small grain 
harvest. The hay cures’ more rapidly and is 
very palatable. It produces seed earlier, well 
ahead of early frosts. It makes excellent pas- 
ture, but it does not last as long as the tall 
variety. 
Hubam Annual Clover 
An annual, white, resembling the biennial 
white in appearance, but making no resting 
buds, and producing seed the season of sow- 
ing. When a catch crop is wanted, especially 
when the field is to be Fall plowed, it is useful. 
Extra Profit 
From Grain Crops 
Treat your Seed with Ceresan! 
Six to 18% big- 
ger yields of grain 
crops obtained 
when seed wheat, 
oats, and __ barley 
were treated with wee 
Improved Ceresan! x Poison 

Boost your yields — improve 
stand and quality by this simple 
dust treatment which costs but a 
few cents an acre (2% cents to 
treat a bushel of seed grain or 
fa) 
It’s easy to apply with a home- 
made treater or by the simple 
shovel method. Measuring spoon 
included in each can. Improved 
Ceresan is a dry powder—no wet 
and swollen grain to handle—does 
not affect planting rate or cause 
trouble in the drill. Can be ap- 
plied to well-cured seed 6 months 
before planting if desired. 
% Ounce Treats One Bushel of 
Grains, Millets and Flax. 
IMPROVED CERESAN PRICES: . 
1-Ib. Can (Treats 32 Bu.) Postpaid____85¢ 
4-Ib. Can (Treats 128 Bu.) Nppd.____ $2.70 
8-Ib. Can (Treats 256 Bu.) Nppd_--. 5.40 
“Master Farmer” Seeds from FARMER SEED & NURSERY CO., Faribault, Minnesota 
