World Brand 
White Sweet Clover 
This is top quality in the big growing type of 
Sweet Clover. It is a two year variety that is 
it will live over one winter and come up early 
the next spring. At that time you can plow it 
under when it is several inches high and put 
the land to corn if you wish. It is generally 
good for about a twenty bushel increase in pro- 
duction. Or you can pasture it for a while and 
then take a seed crop. Or if you cut it early 
you can make a hay crop out of it and then a 
seed crop. The second growth in the second year 
comes from the stubble that remains standing after 
the first cutting, so you do not want to cut it close to 
the ground in the second year or. there will not be 
much after growth. This sweet clover often times 
makes a crop of hay or quite a little pasture the first 
year. The roots of this sweet clover are very large 
and powerful. They help to build up the fertility of 
the soil. They build up the humus content. This sweet 
clover will grow on ground that is quite low in fer- 
tility so long as it is not too low in lime. 
This seed is scarified. It is thoroughly recleaned 
,and of course; it’s Gro-Coated. If you insist on getting 
the best and only the best, order the World Brand 
White Sweet. Of course, due to 
production problems even the best 
of white may contain a little yel- 
cream of -the crop and we recom- 
mend it without reservations to 
those who demand the very best. 
$11.25 bu.,. Streator 
$14.40 bu., Marion 
F.0.B. Clarinda, Ia. 
DO-MORE 
_ Sweet Clover 
This is our very lowest priced grade of 
Sweet Clover. It is good serviceable seed. 
‘Naturally at the extremely low price that 
-we have on it it is not as fine in appear- 
ance as the more expensive seed. Our cus- 
tomers who use this grade of seed, how- 
ever, are pleased with the results. It has smaller 
berries, more seeds per pound, that’s why it 
gives good results even when the germination | 
per hundred seeds runs somewhat lower. Lot 
Do-More is primarily white blossom sweet 
clover but will contain some yellow. That, how- 
ever, does not have any practical disadvantage 
for pasture purposes, it is even considered supe- 
rior as it provides a somewhat longer pasturing 
period. This is a biennial sweet clover just like 
the World Brand described above and can be 
utilized in a similar manner. 
If you wish to cut your seed- 
ing cost down to the very rock- 
bottom this Lot Do- More 
Sweet Clover will do the job 
for you. 
9.09 bu., Streator 
$9.15 bu., Marion, Ohio 
F.0.B. Clarinda, 1a. 
SERICEA Lespedeza 
low, but this quality represents the. 
HUBAM 
Annual White Sweet 
CHOICE GRADE 
This variety of Sweet Clover blooms and 
bears seed the same year it is grown. It 
makes its full growth in one year. When 
you plow up Hubam in the fall, it does not 
come up again unless you plow it so late 
some seed is shattered. The common sweet 
clover when plowed under the first year might 
come up the next year. Hubam is in quite heavy 
demand because it makes its full growth the 
same year it is sown. It has a high seed content 
up to 20 to 25%. It can be used for dehydrating 
and grinding for stock, is splendid for fertiliz- 
ing, makes good pasture, is a good honey pro- 
ducer, it can produce seed yields up to 10 bush- 
els per acre: It helps to control root rot in corn 
by providing quicker rotation. 
Choice Grades Very Serviceable 
We have been sold out of the World Brand 
Hubam. This seed has excellent purity. ‘The 
color is not quite so good and the germination 
per hundred seeds is down a little. We suggest 
sowing this at 15 lbs. to the acre and have priced 
it accordingly low so that you can make just a 
little heavier rate of seeding, and thus establish 
it as a very splendid ‘value. 
It’s a bargain as long as the 
$ 30 supply lasts. We would be 
1 2 Bu glad to take care of you 
‘f promptly on this very service- 
able grade. ( 
_— $12.60 bu., Streator 
F.0.B. Clarinda, la. $12.75. bu. f.0.b. Marion, Ohio 
KOREAN Lespedeza 
World Brand 
Yellow Sweet Clover 
This differs from the White Blossom prin- 
cipally in that it is somewhat earlier in bloom- 
ing. Generally it is about ten days earlier, The 
growth is not quite as coarse or as tall. In*‘some 
areas where Sweet Clover grows very : tall, 
farmers prefer the yellow on account of being a 
little easier to handle. The growth also appears 
to be somewhat more leafy. For a hay crop in 
the second year we really consider it superior 
to the white. On a soil building standpoint we 
consider the two to be practically equal. 
One fine way to use Sweet Clover for quick results 
is to sow it in the spring, pasture it in the fall or 
take off the hay crop then, then plow it under next 
April when it is 6 to 10 inches high and put it to corn. 
We recommend sowing our sweet clover at the rate of 
around 12 lbs. to the acre. You should inoculate your 
seed the same as Alfalfa. ‘The seed bed should be firm, 
You can sow it on winter wheat or : 
with spring grain. Roll it if possi- 
ble after seeding. Of course, you 
get the Gro-Coated brand and that 
gives you the greatest possible as- 
surance of satisfaction. This is 
item No. 86. : 
$10.05 bu. f.o.b. Marion, Ohio ete droit bday 5 9 
PREMIUM 
High Grade White & Yellow 
We have for years sold this kind of a 
combination and next to our World Brand 
Grade has been our biggest seller. Some 
years, in fact, it outsells others. It’s a 
fancy quality of seed being very close to 
World Brand in quality. That means seed 
having good color size of berry, high purity 
and germination. As this contains more of the 
yellow than in the World Brand White, we 
can purchase it to better advantage and there- 
fore, offer it at a lower price. Mixtures of yel- 
Tow and white are very common. They are 
widely grown. Has an advantage especially when 
you have bees because the white and yellow 
mixed affords a longer bee pasture period. 
There is no clover that will carry as much live- 
stock per acre as Sweet Clover pasture. High in 
protein, wonderful soil builder. 
$4 g° 
Bu. 
In Lot Premium you get qual- 
ity seed at an extra saving and 
it is a genuine Gro-Coated 
Brand. Item No. 87. 
$10.35 bu. f.o.b. Streator, Ii. 
$10.50 bu. f.o.b. Marion 
_F.0.B, Clarinda, ta, 
Sericea is a perennial Lespedeza. It comes up from the roots in 
the spring. It does not have_to reseed itself like the Korean. The. 
growth of Sericea is quite different from that of other Lespedezas. 
It grows considerably taller and the growth is somewhat coarser. In 
the first year the Sericea may not produce so much growth. It tends 
to send up a single stem. From year to year it sends out more stems 
and as it has more stems, naturally the growth becomes finer. It is 
a plant that is quite leafy and it is a good drought resister. Since it 
comes from the roots it generally begins to grow earlier in the 
spring than other Lespedezas. . 
We do not recommend this crop for northern states. We have had re- 
ports of it wintering over as far north as the state of New York, but we 
would consider that this would be somewhat exceptional. Don’t sow this 
clover as early as the others. About April 15th in southern Iowa would be 
about right. It wants a good solid seed bed and we suggest using around 8 
Ibs. of seed to the acre. Cover the seed lightly and roll it if possible. You 
can use a light nurse crop if you wish. The seed is quite a bit smaller than 
that of other lespedezas and distinctly different in appearance. It all comes 
hulled and scarified, Item 76. 
$22.50 bu., Clarinda; $22.80 bu. f.o.b. Streator, Ill. 
$22.95 bu., Marion, Ohio. 
The kind most generally sown. The supplies of the Early Ko- 
rean have become sold out. This regular will do practically every- 
thing that the Early Korean will do excepting it is later in matur- 
ity. It is not grown too far north. Perhaps areas like the southern 
one-fourth of Iowa would be about as far north as it can normally 
be grown. You can grow it farther north, but it may not reseed 
itself in those areas. The Lespedeza has the ability to grow on very 
poor soil without lime or fertilizer. It grows best during hot weather, 
therefore, the early spring growth is not good, but it does give you produc- 
tion when a good many other crops are becoming dormant. It is not a tall 
growing plant, but it is very fine stemmed and very leafy and the feeding 
value is very high. When used as a pasture it will put fat on cattle better 
than any other crops that we know of. We would gladly send you a free 
circular on Lespedeza upon your request. We have the Regular Korean 
unhulled, item No. 70. d 
$18.60 per bushel of 60 Ibs. f.o.b. Clarinda, Streator and Marion. 
Sow around 15 to 18 Ibs. per acre. 
Hulled and Scarified Korean requires only 10 to 12 Ibs. per acre. This 
has the hulls removed and is scarified for quick germination. The 
lowa customers should order this hulled seed. Supply very short. Price 
f.o.b. Clarinda, lowa, only, $21.00 per bushel. 
