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 
t _--; seed cost. 
Sweet Clover as a Hay or Pasture Crop 
} 4 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, before the blossoms appear and the stems become 
woody. 
Cut Sweet Clover six to cight inches above the ground. Allow the 
hay to wilt a few hours, then place in small cocks until it is dry 
enough to stack. One acre furnishes pasture for two to four cows 
throughout the season. Cattle rarely bloat on it. : 
As a Soil Builder and Weed Gontrol - 
Sweet Clover grows on clay, sandy, alkaline, or gumbo soil. 
prevents drifting of shifting sandy soils. 
loosened by the heavy penetrating roots, 
aeration and depositing large quantities of 
It 
The hardpan subsoil is 
allowing the necessary 
humus and 

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 of 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 
Alfalfas 
Rape is an annual forage plant of great | Clovers 
value, profitable in all sections of the coun- Soy 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 ali 
kinds of livestock, cattle, hogs, and sheep. 
It can be sown at any time during spring 
or summer, so a good pasture can be 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 ean 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 
fed 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 
too closely. Rape makes a good fall pas- 
ture. 
Advantages in Sowing Rape 
Grows wherever corn or turnips grow. 
Provides ‘pasture in 6 to 8 weeks’ time. 
The best forage plant for dry seasons, 
because of its strong, deep root system. 
Plant alone or with grain, soy beans, 
Sudan Grass or cane, 
Adds humus matter to soil when plowed 
under. 
6. Its cheapness; sown broadcast, use 5 or 
6 Ibs., sown in rows, use agnly 3 lbs. 
per acre, 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
monly grown type that has produced the 
finest pastures for many years, Price: 5 
ree $1.75, postpaid. See Blue Figure Price 
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*“Master Farmer” 
nitrogen. 
Sweet Clover is a rank, dense grower of great value in exterminating 
weeds such as quack grass, 
. 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. 
thistle, ete. 
Inoculate with Nitragin. 
Common Biennial Sweet Clovers 
Because white and yellow blossom Sweet 
‘lover 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 clover will be sold 
merely as Biennial Sweet Clover. However, in 
ordering, if you will state your preference of 
either White or Yellow, we will do our best to 
select lots which will come as close to your 
preference as possible. In other words, if you 
prefer White Blossom, the seed will probably 
be from 50% to 75% White, and the balance 
Yellow Blossom. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Characteristics of Biennial Types 
Yellow Blossom: 
growing type, 
A more prostrate, 
about two weeks earlier than 
lower 
white blossom and adapted to drier areas. 
INOCULATE YOUR LEGUME SEEDS 

Vetches 
Peas 
Beans 
BUILD UP YOUR SOIL SxiNiTRACIN, 
Inoculate your Legume seeds 
fields that have been 
have shown that _ better 
Legume seeds are 
fields where inoculated 
inoculated before. 
crops 
inoculated even when 
seeds 
even tho planted on 
Field tests 
are harvested when 
planted on 
of the same Legume 
crops had grown the previous year. 
1949 NITRAGIN INOCULATION PRICES 
When Ordering, ALWAYS State Name of Seed 
ALFALFA 
Sweet, Bur, Hubam Clovers 
Size Retail 
I ono DUA vatentertre $ .50 
Qa. bun ar, eetanaittes 1.00 
CLOVERS 
Red, Alsike, Crimson, 
White and Ladino 
1 busease ye aiense ne-O0 
22 bu. €8.. 2-50 eneue) 1-00 
PEAS (All Varieties) 
VETCHES (All Varieties) 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates up 
to 100 Ibs.) ea....... $ .50 
BEANS—Navy, Pinto, Wax, 
String, Kidney, Gr. Northern 
1 “buteaie ssatetcnerOreo0 
LESPEDEZA—Hulled or 
Unhulled 
100 Ib. size (Inoculates up 
to 100 Ibs. seed) ....$ .50 


PEANUTS, COW PEAS 
Size Retail 
Debus Cavspcmeesctdena-o0 
Bi lis \Citi ie cross crelnete 50 
30 bu. (one ctn.) ea.. 2.95 
(Contains 6-5 bu. cans) 
SOYBEANS (All Varicties, 
Including Edible) 
2 Dugieacstae tem cme $ .30 
Sabu. ceasemion coc .50 
25 bu. (one can) ea.. 2.25 
30 bu. (one ctn.) ea.. 2.95 
(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. 
Retail Price 15c 
seed 
each, 
NITRAGIN=Oldest and Most Widely.Used.Inocutator in America 
Tall, White Blossom: Tall growing and pro- 
ductive. Has a two weeks’ longer pasture 
season than yellow blossom. 
Dwarf White Blossom: This seed consists of 
fapproximately 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 exceJlent 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 
Improved Ceresan! 

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 
flax.) ; 
It’s easy to apply with a homemade treater 
or by the simple shovel method, Measuring 
spoon included in each can, Improved Cere- 
san is a dry powder—no wet and swollen 
grain to handle—does not affect planting rate 
or cuuse trouble in the drill, Can be applied 
to well-cured seed 6 months before planting 
if desired, 
144 Ounce Treats One Bushel of Grains, 
Millets and Flax. 
IMPROVED CERESAN PRICES: 
4-lb. Can (Treats 128 Bu.) Nppd.---- $3.00 
(If wanted by mail, add 20c mailing charge.) 

NEW CERESAN ‘‘M.’’ Does same job | 
as Improved Ceresan, but is less irritating 
to eyes or skin. Can be applied wet or 
dry. 14-oz. can (Treats 28 bu.) 90c. 
3-pound can (Treats 96 bu.) $2.65, ppd. 


Seeds from FARMER SEED & NURSERY CO., F aribault, Minnesota 
