Spring catalog : seeds, plants and bulbs . ndid, soil-improving crop to plow under early, to befollowed by corn, cotton or other crops the same year. A crop ofCrimson Clover plowed under is equal to an application of stablemanure. It makes land rich and mellow, fills it with humus or vege-table matter and increases the yield of corn, cotton or other crops,which follow it, to a wonderful extent. Sow at the rate of 15pounds per acre, broadcast. 50 lbs. to Bu. WHITE CLOVER—This is very largely used in lawn and pastur-age mixtures, and is indigenous to the soils throughout this makes a
Spring catalog : seeds, plants and bulbs . ndid, soil-improving crop to plow under early, to befollowed by corn, cotton or other crops the same year. A crop ofCrimson Clover plowed under is equal to an application of stablemanure. It makes land rich and mellow, fills it with humus or vege-table matter and increases the yield of corn, cotton or other crops,which follow it, to a wonderful extent. Sow at the rate of 15pounds per acre, broadcast. 50 lbs. to Bu. WHITE CLOVER—This is very largely used in lawn and pastur-age mixtures, and is indigenous to the soils throughout this makes a small, close, compact growth, covering the ground likea carpet. Sow either in the spring or fall. When sown by itself,sow at the rate of five or six pounds per acre. It is better, how-ever, sown in mixture with other grasses. See our Special Mix-ture. 60 lbs. to Bu. JAPAN CLOVER—A low perennial of spreading habit, and adapt-ed to withstand excessive drouth. It flourishes on the poorest landin the Southern states. Sow 15 lbs. per Alfalfa Clover and Alfalfa. All of our Field Seed is run over this machine. We shall endeavor to supply you with only the very best va-rieties of Seeds obtainable and the reason we do not inform ourpatrons that certain varieties of farm products will make 300 to400 bushels to the acre is because in all past experiments we havefailed to locate anything of the kind under the most favorable con-ditions and it would be guesswork to try to predict the harvest. All seeds offered on this list are new crop. RED CLOVER There is hardly a farm in this sec-tion that does not have at least afew acres of Clover. Its value is sowell understood that it is unneces-sary to call your attention to its goodpoints. We have several thousandbushels of American Grown Seed thathas been thoroughly cleaned and runover our New Plantain Cleaning Ma-chine, and has been given a carefulgrowing and mechanical test, and canbe absolutely depended upon. Manycrops of country seed
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