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SPECIAL CROPS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES AND PROFITS 
GIANT 
LABDI N WHITE DUTCH 
THE NEW 4-PURPOSE PASTURE CLOVER 
This clover is largely used for pasture but it also can be put in a silo or cut as a hay 
erop. It has big profit possibilities.as a seed producer if the season is not too wet. 
Ladino is a widely adapted, easy to start, perennial clover. It is very palatable and 
nutritious. High in mineral and protein content. It is among the earliest legumes to 
start growth in the spring. Produces abundantly on upland of fair to good fertility. 
Will stand wetter land than Alfalfa or Red Clover. Good on loam and clay land. 
It will grow two to four times as large as White Clover and six times as big as 
English Wild White Clover. Stems are erect, 10 to 15 inches long. Also has fleshy 
creeping _ stems that root at joints. Covers the ground thoroughly. One plant may 
occupy, 2 or 3 square feet of space. Blossoms are as large as Red Clover. It is 
especially valuable mixed with other grasses like Timothy, Blue Grass, Orchard 
Grass and is sometimes used with Red Clover or Alfalfa in pastures. 
Pennsylvania reports Ladino used as a poultry range, yielded as high as 30 to 
40 tons of green feed per acre. May run as high as 30% protein on a dry basis, 
An 8 acre range carried 2500 to 3000 head of poultry from April until late October. 
On a dry basis, yield was calculated at 5.4 tons per acre. Illinois reports indicate 
3 cows per acre. may be pastured throughout the grazing season. Ohio tells of 
two cows and three calves per acre the entire season without any other feed. 
Widely Adapted 
It is being grown in most states from the Atlantic to the Pacific and south into Tennessee. 
Michigan says it can be used for hay, silage or pasture. Illinois says it is adapted to the 
entire state. A Kentucky report says it grows practically every month in the year, We recom- 
mend it for most any section and soil, unless soil is low in phosphorus. Phosphate and those 
elements can be readily supplied. On sand or very heavy clay we do not recommend it. The 
clover is shallow rooted and often does well on land underlaid with hardpan. It is impossible 
to tell you in this limited space all the wonderful features of Ladino. We urge you to try 
some and see what it will do. Ask for our free descriptive circular on Ladino. 
A little goes a long way. There are over two million seeds in a pound. You can top seed 
on thin pasture in February or early March without covering. New seeding should be made 
on a firm well packed seed bed. Roll, if you can, before and after seeding. Two pounds per 
acre is plenty. 
In Mixture one half to one pound is ample. Even a quarter of a pound will provide over 
five seeds per square foot. Prices small lots, postpaid, one pound $1.55, five pounds, $7.00. 
See item number 62 and 63 on price list for quotations on Certified and field inspected 
Ladino. Field inspected means true Ladino, but it isn’t sealed by State authorities as in the 
Certified. Certified Ladino available sealed in fifteen, thirty and sixty pound bags. We sug- 
gest ordering Field Inspected because of the big price discount. Quality is equal to Certified 
seed; more important yet it is Gro-Coated Brand. 
BROADLEAF BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL nove tance acracra 
Please write 
us if you have 
mislaid our 
Pink Price List 
Showing luxuriant 
growth of Ladino in an 
80 acre field in southern 
jowa in mid September 
after a hay crop had 
been taken earlier in 
summer. 
Use of this very remarkable legume is growing by Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil is adapted to a wide range 
leaps and bounds. It is a long-lived, deep rooted of soils. It produces seed abundantly. It sets seed even 
legume that will grow on poor land or rich land, on when closely grazed. After it is well established, it has 
wet acres or dry ones. It is a great crop for pasture. a high acre production. The crop is palatable. It has a 
It stands a lot of trampling and close grazing. It high feeding value. It is able to maintain itself in 
stands up under heat. It is grown very freely in New competition with sod forming grasses such as Blue 
York State as well as in States farther South, The 
Iowa State Experiment Station states in one of their 
bulletins that their own experiment, plus reports from 
Grass. It can survive severe grazing abuses. It is 
winter hardy. We have had no reports of bloat as yet 
many farmers, indicate that it is an unusually well on Birdsfoot Trefoil. It probably is because it is so 
suited legume for permanent pastures in Iowa. What fine stemmed and not sappy. Trefoil has done well 
it does in Iowa, it can do anywhere in States having with Timothy and also with some types of Brome Grass, it has 
similar climatic conditions as well as in areas South been grown on some very thin land. Write for our free circular 
of us. New York State has, perhaps, had even a wider on Trefoil. It gives far more detailed information. Sow around 
experience with the Trefoil than any other State. 4 to 5 pounds of seed to the acre. See item No. 65 on price list. 
Do not confuse Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil with ordi- Small lots prepaid: 1 Ib. 90c; 5 Ibs. $4.00; 10 lbs. $7.50. 
nary Yellow Trefoil. The crops are quite 
different. The Birdsfoot Trefoil is one of 
the best types. The plants grow 18 to 36 
inehes long. The crop looks very much 
like fine stemmed Alfalfa. It has a deep tap root with branches. CRIMSON CLOVER 
nee fe cdine meee Cea, ie ee eee A age 
at 2. 4, Fiber 60%, Calcium 1. ‘0s osphorus . 0. e 7 e ; 
had cate very wonderful results with it in our experiments here This Clover resembles Red Clover in its 
at Clarinda. We had some land that we wanted to put in a row growth. Blossoms are longer and brighter 
crop and sowed it to Broadleaf Trefoil. It was sown very late, colored. Stems are somewhat more hairy. 
along toward the first of June, and it was in bloom in August and Grows 2 to 2% feet, upright branching plants. 
it made a great abundance of fine stems and heavily set with leaves. It roots deeply. Provides generous quantities 
of nitrogen for ot LENG UA It al AY 
e on poorer soils than e over. ery effi- 
What Kind of Seed to Buy? cient for green manure. Plowing under a: 
good crop of Crimson Clover is estimated to 
equal 20 loads of manure. Stubble alone 
plowed under is equal to 12 tons. It is con- 
sidered a cheap source of nitrogen. One au- 
thority says it is worth $20.00 to $30.00 an acre 
in its nitrogen gathering value alone. 
There is a domestic and imported Broadleaf Birdsfoot Trefoil. 
Some have jumped to the conclusion that if it’s home grown it must 
be better. It is largely on this assumption that seed growers in an 
eastern state have created a demand which has enabled them to 
get very fancy prices for their seed. We sold it last year and could 
again this year, but frankly, we don’t think it is worth the price. 
It is our sincere belief that our imported seed is superior and not 
inferior. We believe it will yield better and that it is probably just 
as winter hardy. In fact, seed dealers in this eastern state tell us 
that farmers in that state are taking the imported in preference 
to their home grown seed, so they have to peddle their high priced 
This crop is most extensively used in the See 
south. There it is sown in the fall and acts as a winter Item 
annual like wheat. It prefers a cool growing season. When 
used in northern states it should be sown in the spring, as it No 60 
will winter kill. Growth, when sown in the spring, depends e 
Bee et States. upon season. Will make its full growth same year it is sown. on 
Our-aim is to supply our customers with the best of seed, but we also Seed is larger than Red Clover. Sow 15 Ibs. per acre. Our Price Li 
expect to save them money. If we did not consider our Im- seed is of very fine quality. rice List 
ported Trefoil by far the best buy, we would sell you the : 
ee cana 220% seed is good and’well adapted to the Small lots postpaid 1 Ib. 50c; 5 Ibs. $2.00; 10 Ibs. $3.75. 
refoil area, 
ised—Prices Lower Quality Shows in Field Performance 
Better Than Advertised 1 eg ovis Mee Sirs: . Aes, a , Cen eae og 
Gentlemen : Saline, Mich. n every instance e shipments of see av - 
T ee urchased practically all of my grass seed from ceived from you have been satisfactory in every way. Not 
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you for several years. They have always geen better ony ee hoe but ae the field performance of your 
ertised and at a much reduced~ price. seed has been the best. : 
pee ous age Sincerely yours, Orson E. Tobias. Yours very truly, John H. Dickerson. 
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