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CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



"Grass is King;" 

 "No Grass, no Cattle;" 



CURRIE'S 



"No Cattle, no Manure;" 

 "No Manure, no Crops." 



Superior Grass and Clover Mixtures For Spring and Fall Sowing. 



GRASS AND CLOVER MIXTURES VS. TIMOTHY. 



For many years Timothy or Timothy and Clover were the 

 only varieties used to. obtain a crop o*f Hay or Pasture, and 

 while Timothy is of itself an excellent grass, and Clover the 

 basis of all successful farming, the fact that the life of 

 either of these, even under the most successful conditions, 

 does not extend beyond a few years, consequently have to be 

 re-sown, with all the attendant expense of seeding, plowing 

 and harrowing, led 

 us to look for some- 

 thing that gives a 

 greater return of 

 Hay per acre, and 

 at the same time 

 be of a more per- 

 manent character 

 and not so likely 

 to fail as Timothy. 

 This can be accom- 

 plished by sowing a 

 mixture of grasses, 

 as no matter how 

 good one individual 

 grass may be there 

 is always more or 

 less chance of a to- 

 tal failure, as has 

 often been demon- 

 strated in Timothy 

 sowings, while with 

 the mixtures the 

 failure of any one 

 variety of grass 

 composing it is not 

 sufficient to endan- 

 ger or materially 

 affect the result of 

 the sowing; again. 

 by sowing a well- 

 arranged mixture 

 we get in such va- 

 rieties as are best adapted for particular purposes and soils. 

 Where a Hay crop only is desired, we use the taller growing 

 grasses and such as will all ripen about the same time; 

 where a Hay crop first, and pasture afterwards, is desired, 

 we select the tgrasses, putting in a proportion of the taller 



ones for the Hay crop, and the dwarfer and close-growing 

 sorts to fill up the bottom and give a close and compact pas- 

 ture. We also arrange to have varieties that come into ma- 

 turity both early and late in the season, thus keeping up a 

 continuous growth and furnishing grazing until late in the 

 year. Mixtures of this kind are of great value to dairy farm- 

 ers, for they not only furnish a rousing Hay crop, early in 



the season (three or 

 four weeks ahead of 

 Timothy), and the 

 grasses recover so 

 quickly that they 

 are ready to be 

 pastured within a 

 few days after cut- 

 ting, and will con- 

 tinue to furnish 

 good pasturage un- 

 til very late in the 

 fall. 



Where quick re- 

 sults are desired, 

 we advise sowins 

 grass mixtures 

 without a cover 

 crop, such as Rye, 

 Oats or Barley. It 

 is of the utmost 

 importance to sow 

 on clean land, fine- 

 ly pulverized and 

 in good tilth, that 

 which has been the 

 previous season in 

 a hoed or cultivated 

 crop being best. 

 Sow broadcast by 

 hand or with a 

 Broadcast Seeder, 

 covering the seeds 

 by light harrowing, after which all should be well 

 rolled. ' This rolling is important, as it makes a firm seed- 

 bed, bringing the Seed in close contact with the soil, and 

 helps to retain the surface moisture. 



No. 1 For One Year's Hay and Pasture. 



If sown in fall, a good Hay crop can be secured from this 

 mixture, followed by a large second crop, which, in favorable 

 seasons, has equalled the total crop from Timothy and Clover. 



HAY AND PASTURE MIXTURES FOR ONE TO THREE YEARS. 



The following tables arc composed of the different varieties of Grasses and Clovers suitable to produce big Hay crops in our 

 Northwestern States, and are the result of years of Actual Experience. 



No. 3. For Two Years' Hay and One Year's Pasture. 



Produces immense crops of Hay during the first two years, 

 with grand second crops, or where second crops are not de- 

 sired, will furnish luxuriant pasturage from July to the end 

 of October. 



Sheep's Fescue, 



Timothy, 



Red Clover, 



Alsike Clover, 



White Clover, 



No. 4 Hog Pasture Grass and Clover Mixture. 



This mixture is composed of varieties that will give the 



quickest and best results. A sowing made in the early spring 



will furnish a grand and luxuriant pasture by July of the 



same year. No hog raiser should be without an acre or two 



of this. 



Crimson Clover, Italian Rye Grass, -\ Sow 14 lbs. per acre. 

 Mammoth Clover, Alsike Clover, I Cost per acre. . .$1.35 



English Blue Grass. English Rye Grass, f 50 lb. lots 4.50 



Orchard Grass, J 100 lb. lots 8.50 



Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 

 Cost per acre. . .$2.00 



50 lb. lots 4.75 



100 lb. lots 9.00 



Orchard Grass, Timothy, 



English Rye Grass, Alsike Clover, 

 English Blue Grass. Red Clover, 

 Tall Meadow Oat Italian Rye Grass 

 Grass, 



No. 2. For One Year's Hay and Two Years' Pasture. 

 This mixture is composed of grasses which will produce 

 an immense Hay crop the first season, followed by a large 

 second crop. If no second crop be taken off, luxuriant pasture 

 can be had all summer and fall. 

 English Rye Grass, Meadow Fescue, 



Timothy, 



Red Clover, 



Alsike Clover, 



White Clover, 



Tall Oat Grass, 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 English Rye Grass, 

 Italian Rye Grass, 

 Orchard Grass, 



Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 

 Cost per acre... $2.25 



50 lb. lots 5.25 



100 lb. lots 10.00 



Italian Rye Grass, 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Tall Oat. Grass, 

 Sheep's Fescue, 



Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 

 Cost per acre... $2.25 



50 lb. lots 5.25 



100 lb. lots. . . . 10.00 



NOTE Wc <l0 n<>f offer pnea P Grass Mixtures; only one grade, and thai is the 1>»n< thai money can procure. l>o nut lie 

 ^? misled. The quantity per acre and the varieties used make the price look large or small, as the case may be. 



