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WHITE BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
This is the common biennial sweet clover which makes 
a rank growth that is especially valuable for plowing under. 
It supplies a green manure crop, loosens the soil, adds 
humus and nitrogen arid leaves a splendid mulch. Because | 
of its large root growth it adds more nitrogen to the soil 
than Alfalfa or Red Clover. 
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 crep 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. 
YELLOW BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover dees not grow as tall as 
White Blessom, 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. 
ARCO ENSILAGE CORN 
Arco Ensilage Corn is an open pollenated cress between 
a tall. growing, early yellow dent variety and a sweet corn 
which produces an ideal corn for silage use. Arco is 
neted for its large leafy stalks and long ears. It normally 
matures in 110 days. The stalks grow 8 to 10 feet high 
and are covered with broad, dark green leaves from just 
above the ground to the tassel. 
The ears are 12 to 14 inches long and have wide shallow 
yellow kernels. Because of its thrifty, leafy growth, Arco 
produces a heavy tonnage of splendid silage. It is early 
enough for safety in most corn growing sections of Michi- 
gan. When green, the stalks have a sweeter taste than 
ordinary corn which makes Arco highly palatable to dairy 
cows. Why not try a bushel or more of ARCO this year? 
A WORD ABOUT PRICES 
Farm seeds are sold on a day to day market like grains 
and because of fluctuating markets it is difficult to issue a 
printed list that means very much. For this reason, we ask 
that you drep in at either of our two stores, call us on 
the phone (the numbers are 2-8275 and 5723) or mail us a 
pestcard and tell us how much and what you need. We will 
quote you the best possible price on our quality seeds. 
HEAVY YIELDING 
SEED OATS 
CERTIFIED CLINTON OATS 
Because Clinton Oats have unusual advantages which 
may be reduced or lost entirely through cross-breeding only 
CERTIFIED CLINTON SEED should be used at this time. 
CERTIFIED CLINTON cats are DISEASE RESISTANT 
to the new cat disease Helminthosporium, in addition to 
being resistant to most stem and crown rusts, to most 
smuts, and to halo blight. Because of this advantage CERTI- 
FIED CLINTON cats have yielded as much as 28 Bushels 
per acre more than usual varieties. The extra bushels you 
get with CERTIFIED CLINTONS usually more than pays 
for the seed. ; 
And you can cross off losses from lodging too! CERTI- 
FIED CLINTONS are ideal for combine harvesting because 
their straw is stronger and they stand up even when dead 
ripe. 
Their thin hulled, plump grain with higher test weights 
bring tep dollar on the market or give maximum feeding 
value, if farm used. They ripen a few days later than 
Marion or Vicland. Their height is about midway between 
Marion and Vicland and tends to be somewhat uneven. 
Be sure that you get these remarkable advantages and 
that you get what you pay for by ordering ISBELL’S 
CERTIFIED CLINTON Seed Oats today. 
NEW EATON OATS 
(Early Maturing) 
An outstanding new oat developed at the Michigan State 
Experiment Station. This is a white oat, having a thin 
hull and is produced on very stiff straw of medium height. 
It is HIGHLY RESISTANT to smut and rust. Fields of 
this variety in the “‘Thumb”’ district of Michigan have out- 
yielded all other Michigan varieties for the past two years. 
REED CANARY GRASS 
The Wonder Grass for Wet Soils 
Reed Canary Grass thrives on soils too wet for other 
crops or grasses, yields encrmous crops of hay and makes 
splendid pasture. It is a very leafy, hardy, permanent grass 
that will last until broken up. For a seed bed the soil should 
be plowed whenever dry enough. The seed is sown broad- 
cast and covered lightly by harrowing 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 considerable 
time, the seed is not injured but will start when the water 
gocs down. Annual flooding will not injure the grass. The 
second year it may be pastured all season or cut for hay 
as soon as headed 
out. One acre will 
support 3 or 4 
cows or yield up 
to ten tons of 
hay. Two cut- 
tings, and some- 
times three may 
be made in one 
season. The hay 
is well liked by all 
kinds of stock. 









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