. Catalogue : seeds for summer and fall sowing. KENTUCKY BLUB OBASS. W. W. Ballio, Grant Co., La.: "All eeeds bought of you have come to hand. Am well pleased with the quality and quantity. I always recommend your seeds and your fair ; but perpetuates itself when once set. Largely used in Mississippi and Louisiana on rich lands for hay crop, but on poor soils its growth is flat and spreading, and can be used only for pasture. Makes its appearance in early Spring; is not ready for grazing before June, but grows -rapidly after, and continues its growth until killed by frost.' H
. Catalogue : seeds for summer and fall sowing. KENTUCKY BLUB OBASS. W. W. Ballio, Grant Co., La.: "All eeeds bought of you have come to hand. Am well pleased with the quality and quantity. I always recommend your seeds and your fair ; but perpetuates itself when once set. Largely used in Mississippi and Louisiana on rich lands for hay crop, but on poor soils its growth is flat and spreading, and can be used only for pasture. Makes its appearance in early Spring; is not ready for grazing before June, but grows -rapidly after, and continues its growth until killed by frost.' Highly esteemed f )r fertilizing purposes; of nutritious quality, and eaten greedily by all stock. While it does best on lime soil, it will ali-o do well on r^d clay hills, where lied Clover will fail. Con- sidered very profitable as a hay crop. Weighs 20 lbs to bushel. Sow, in Fall or Spring, 1 bushel to acre Pri;e, 1 lb., 25c. If by mail, 1 lb., 35c.; 3 lbs. for $1, postpaid. Red Clover {Trifolium Pratense)—This is the leading variety of Clover, and is more cultivated for hay pasture and as an enricher of the soil than any other. I^ is best adapted to stifif soils, but doeg •well on any land ri' h enough to sustain it. It is perennial. Under favorable conditions it is an abundant yielder of hay, which should be cut when in full bloom. It should not be cut more th>in twice, that seed might mature and drop, thus keeping up a good stand. It is properly claimed that this Clover will do more to enrich im- poverished lands, and with less expense, than any other plant. A writer of prominence Fays : "No matter how mismanaged, Clover is a benefit; and, whatever else he may do, the farmer who sows Clover is making his farm ; A farmer who has had experi- ence with it says: "If you want to grow big corn crops, grow •Clover and pasture it with hogs. How up the land in the Fall, .«,nd the corn crop following will make you happy. If you want to make rich farms
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