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38. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] IOWA GROWN RED CLOVER SEED.

CLOVER SEED.
For many years we have made this a specialty, and now have our electrical machinery for cleaning so perfected that we claim that our grades average better than those of most other markets, and believe that they cannot fail to please the most particular. The Nebraska Experiment Station tested clover seed from the leading seed firms of the country, and our seed stood the highest for purity of any west of Pennsylvania, and, with one exception, the highest of any of the United States.
PRICES.--On clover and grass seeds are changing almost daily, so that we are unable to quote prices which will be invariable. Don't fail to write for prices before buying. We issue a price list each week from January to June. If you are in a hurry for the seed you can order it and we will send seed to full value of money sent on day order is received. The following are the prices we are selling at on the date this catalogue goes to press. We prepay postage at the 1 and 3 pound rate; larger quantities shipped at purchaser's expense. Trial packets of any variety at 5 cents each. Grain bags at 20 cents each extra.
MEDIUM RED CLOVER--This is the most important of all clovers and the standard everywhere for hay and pasture. It is known as Common Red or June Clover in many sections. Our Iowa grown clover seed has become widely known for its purity, strong vitality, hardiness, vigorous and healthy growth, and stooling qualities, so that now we receive many orders annually from the most distant parts of the U. S., and also from foreign countries. It has been tested by the Agricultural Experiment Stations in various parts of the country and ranks among the highest everywhere. Well posted farmers are beginning to appreciate the difference between it and ordinary stock. It pays to have the best. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 80c, postpaid. Per pk. $2.15; bu. (60 lbs.) $8.00. Bags extra 20c each.
MEDIUM RED CLOVER.--Second Grade.--Ask for sample. Per bu. $7.20.
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER.--Also called Sapling or Pea Vine Clover. This greatly resembles the Medium Red, but is of much taller and more vigorous growth. Nothing equals it for hog pasture as it will produce an enormous yield and is of the highest feeding quality. It gives quick results, making an unequaled crop and is usually considered a permanent pasture grass. If your soil is poor and needs enriching there is no fertilizer as cheap and good as sowing Mammoth clover and plowing the crop under. It is the clover for poor soils. Sow 15 pounds per acre. Per lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 90c, postpaid; by freight, peck $2.25; bu. (60 lbs.) $8.50.

ALFALFA, or Lucerne Clover.--Very popular in many portions of the country. Under proper management it will yield from ten to twelve tons to the acre. All classes of stock are exceedingly fond of it. The roots are so long and grow so deep, frost cannot heave or throw them out in winter. One sowing will stand for twenty years, and instead of impoverishing the soil, enriches it. Grows on the thinnest sandy soil and thrives in greatest drouth. Sow broadcast about 25 lbs. to the acre. Per lb. 35c, 3 lbs. 90c postpaid. By freight, per pk. $2.60; bu. (60 lbs.) $9.60.
WHITE DUTCH CLOVER.--Desirable in pasture mixtures. Also used largely for lawns. It is the most hardy of any variety of clover, is of a creeping habit, desirable for sowing on terraces and sloping grounds. Seed is very small and it requires only 7 lbs. to sow an acre. Price for our choice quality per lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.10, postpaid; by freight, per pk. $3.25, bu. (60 lbs.) $11.25.

[image] ALFALFA CLOVER.

SANFOIN CLOVER, also called Esparcette Clover.--An excellent but comparatively little known variety of special value for growing on light, dry, sandy or limestone soils. It is very deep rooted, therefore withstands drouths. It is a good fodder plant. Usually sown with oats or barley, using 30 or 40 pounds of seed to an acre. Per lb. 35c; 3 lbs. 90c, postpaid; by freight, pk. $1.60, bushel (45 pounds) $5.50.
SWEET CLOVER.--(Melilotis Alba or Bokhara).--A tall, shrubby plant, bearing innumerable small white flowers and very valuable for bees. Both leaves and flowers have a delightful fragrance. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 40c, 3 lbs. $1.10; by freight, 5 lbs. or more @ 25c.
CRIMSON CLOVER, also called Giant Incarnate.--This is an annual variety. The yield in fodder is immense, and after cutting, it at once commences to grow and continues until severe freezing weather. It grows about one foot high. Makes good hay. Sow in April or May, 20 lbs. of seed per acre. The only objection to it is that it winter kills in this latitude. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 80c; by freight, pk. $1.90, bushel $7.00.

TURKESTAN ALFALFA.--This most valuable new variety was sent out by the Department of Agriculture four years ago, in a small way, and has given excellent satisfaction. It is more hardy than the ordinary variety, having stood a temperature of 45 degrees below zero when the ground was bare. It will also stand extreme drouth, as it comes from a locality where the summers are dry and hot and the winters extremely cold. It makes a large top growth, also fine root growth. Pkt. 5c, lb. 35c, 3 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. By freight, pk. $2.85, bu. $10.50.
ALSIKE CLOVER.--Unequalled for hay and we cannot too strongly recommend it to our customers. It is hardy, even in Northern Minnesota, and is the only variety which will produce a good crop and not kill out in low wet land. The hay is finer and better than any other, therefore of special value for sowing with timothy. Height 18 to 24 inches and has round pink or flesh colored heads. Seed is small and requires only eight pounds per acre or half that quantity if sown with timothy. Per lb. 30c; 3 lbs. 80c; by freight, peck $2.30; bushel $8.50.
The Alsike Clover I got from you 2 yrs. ago made an immense crop of hay. Much of it measured over 5 ft. and we found some stalks that measured over 6 ft. It was very fine in straw and made the finest hay I ever fed to my cattle. I now order more of it.
J. M. HERSHEY, Palmyra, Mo.
JAPAN CLOVER.--Grows freely on poor soil. Not a true clover. Per lb. 60c, 3 lbs. $1.50, postpaid; 5 lbs. or more, by freight @ 40c.

Mr. Davidson, of Ottawa county, Kansas, says that his Alfalfa Clover produced four crops of hay--8 tons, value, $4.00 per ton in the country, or $32.00; also a yield of 11 bushels of seed worth $8.00 per bushel or $88.00, making a total of $120.00 per acre in one season, or about three times the value of the land. How would than kind of a crop suit you? Better try Alfalfa this year.

Use Nitro-Culture for Alfalfa and for other clovers. See description on another page.

MILLETS.
There is nothing like millet for sowing to cover up shortage in your hay crops. It can be sown up to the middle or end of July and makes a valuable catch crop. Grain bags 20 cents each extra.
JAPANESE MILLET.--(Panicum crus-galli.)--A distinct new variety which has been called by one seedsman the "Billion Dollar Grass." Especially valuable for the northern states. It yields an enormous crop of forage, which is greatly relished by stock. When cured it makes an excellent hay. Sow the seed broadcast at the rate of 15 lbs. to the acre, or in drills 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 12 lbs. per acre. Per lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight, per bu. (50 lbs.) $2.50.
GERMAN or GOLDEN MILLET.--Matures about two weeks later than common millet. It grows from 4 to 5 feet high, yielding an abundance of leaves; heads closely condensed; spikes very numerous; seeds round, golden yellow in rough sheaths. Sow one bushel ro the acre. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c, postpaid. By freight, bushel (50 lbs.) $1.00. Second grade, northern grown, not as pure or clean. Bushel 80c.
COMMON MILLET.--Best quality. Preferred by some to German. By freight, per bu. (50 lbs.) $1.00.
HUNGARIAN.--Popular in some sections. By freight, per bu. (50 lbs.) $1.35.
NEW SIBERIAN MILLET--This is frequently called Red German Millet, as it greatly resembles German Millet in manner of growth and productiveness. It is much earlier however and seed is of a mixed red and yellow color. Lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c. By freight, bushel (50 lbs.) $1.00.
MANITOBA MILLET.--Also called Hog or Broomcorn Millet. Best millet for withstanding drouth. About two weeks earlier than German. Per lb. 20c, 3 lbs. 50c. By freight, bu. (50 lbs.) $1.50.
PEARL MILLET.--Entirely different from ordinary millet; an immense fodder yielder, of tall growth, highly recommended by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for the south. Pkt. 5c, lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 70c. By freight, 10 lbs. (for one acre) $1.25, 25 lbs. $2.25, 100 lbs. $7.50.

SAND VETCH or WINTER VETCH.
A comparatively new forage plant which has proved of highest value, and is highly recommended by the U. S. Agricultural Department. Though it succeeds and produces good crops on poor sandy soils, it is more vigorous on good land and grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is perfectly hardy throughout the United States, remaining green all winter. Every dairyman and stock-breeder in the United States should have a field of it and if you try it once you will never be a season without it. It is exceedingly nutritious, much more so than clover, is eaten with relish, and may be fed with safety to all kinds of stock. It is the earliest crop for cutting, and a full crop may be taken off the land in time for planting spring crops. Sow ½ bushel per acre in spring or fall. Pkt. 5c, lb. 30c, 3 lbs. 75c, postpaid. By freight, pk. $1.60, bu. (60 lbs.) $5.75, 2 bu. or more @ $5.50.

[image] SAND VETCH.

TRY OUR DAIRY FARMER'S GRASS MIXTURE DESCRIBED ON PAGE 41.