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auctions. H. MATSON AND CO. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER. only sell the one grade of seed, and that is— SPECIALLY RECLEANED MOUNT BARKER SEED. Below we give a few particulars regarding this wonderful plant, which will help to put the light and medium Land-Holders in a position of aflUience. ORDER ORDER ORDER TO-DAY TO-DAY TO-DAY YOUR SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER YOUR SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER YOUR SUBTERRANEAN CLOSER SEED SEED. SEED AND PLANT AND PLANT AND PLANT TO-MORROW. TO-MORROW. TO-MORROW. H. MATSON and CO. SUMMARY. 1 Subterranean clover, ali/mgii known as a roadside weed in Luiope lor a long time, has been proved m Kew Zealand to be a really high-class fodder plant, and this result « wholly due to the eflorts of Mr A W Howard, of Mount Barker. Soutn Australia. 0 The power of burying its seed below the soil surface renders subterranean clover equivalent to a perennial.

:j Individual plants of subterranean clover will possibly cover the whole of a circle 6ft in diameter, hllsl * good stand of plants will covei the whole land with a dense mass, of growth from loin to 20in in height. 4. Subterranean clover requires a temperate climate with fairly heav> rainfall <2sin to 40in average annual rainfall), and a long growing period inine months between autumn and hot. dry weather) to produce maximum returns. 5. Almost all types of soil will produce subterranean clover well. 6. Much of the value of this clove* depends on the fact that it will well on really "sour" sods, P r ° v^ d that plenty of phosphoric acid is sup plied to the land. 7 The seed must be sown in time to germinate before the cold weather ol winter sets in. 8 The seed can be drilled into the soil, or else be broadcasted on the surface and then worked into the land but shallow seeding is essential. Good soil preparation is '{ a proper stand is required in the first year but the seed can under some circumstances be sown with another type of crop, or be drilled into grass land without previous cultivation. 9. Six pounds to 101b of should be used to give a full crop in the irst vear; about 21b if sown with a cexeai crop- and about 41b of seed if seeded into soil not previously prepared. 10. It is almost impossible to grow subterranean clover well in the soils of districts with temperate climates unless plenty of phosnhatic fertiliser is used, and for higi returns the^equi' val ent of 2cwt superphosphate (44/46 per cent) per acre per year should be applied. All manuring should be done in the early autumn. ]» Subterranean clover can be used with advantage to livestock when green, as hay, or as dry feed. 12 This clover is a good soil renovator. collecting much nitrogenandincreasing the organic ma " ° the soil. It is also a good soil cleaner, choking out most of the ordinary farm v; ij Subterranean clover should be grown in small fields so that it can be fed off rapidly, then rested until again readv for livestock. Clover fields should be cultivated or harrowed each vear in the early autumn. Thin stands should be harrowed two or three times in the early autumn to ensure inat seed is spread on to the bare patches. Clover fields will allow of a crop of another kind being grown for one year without affecting the clover stand.

14. In collecting seed the crop is raked up. threshed, and then hulled in a machine made specially for tne purpose. 15. Subterranean clover will grow well in admixture with the rye grasses en those soils suitable to these grasses. YOU PROFIT YOU PROFIT YOU PROFIT B Y OUR SERVICE. OUR SERVICE. OUR SERVICE. FOR OVER SEVENTY YEARS MATSON'S HAVE BEEN SECURING MAXIMUM PRICES FOR THEIR CLIENTS—GIVING THE FINEST POSSIBLE SERVICE TO THE MAN ON THE LAND—THEY HAVE ALWAYS LED THE WAY IN THE PROFITABLE SELLING OF LIVESTOCK AND WOOL. FACILITIES FOR THE DISPLAY OF THE LATTER ARE UNEQUALLED—THEIR WOOL SHOW-ROOM IS THE BEST LAID OUT AND MOST EVENLY LIGHTED IN THE DOMINION. SELLING AND HANDLING METHODS ARE MOST MODERN AND ECONOMICAL. DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE. DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE. DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE. CONSIGN TO MATSON'S. CONSIGN TO MATSON'S. CONSIGN TO MATSON'S. I H. MATSON and CO.