Manns’ Superior Farm Seeds 
Varlety Lbs. | Sow—Lbs.} Date of Fertilizer Requirements per Acre Uses Note: This chart compiled from Handbook of 
per Bu. | per Acre Sowing Agronomy—Va. P. I. and U. S. D. A. Cooperating. 
Alfalfa 60 15-20 August or | 400 lbs. or more 4-12-4 at seeding. For | Hay, soil improvement, | Inoculation important, sow broadcast on firm seed bed. 
April sandy soils increase potash. Top dreas | pasture. Harvest when basal shoots are 2 in. high. Do not cut late: 
with 0-14-6 every other year. Heavy user in fall. 
of lime. 
Barley 48 72-96 About | Lime moderately helpful. 300 to 400 Ibs. | Stock feed, malt, break- | Does best on well drained loam or clay soils. Seed should 
Oct. Ist. | 4-12-4 at seeding. Top dress in spring. fast foods, flour, early | be treated against smut and the harvested crop protected 
spring grazing. from weevil. 
Bent Grass 10 March or | Requires acid forming plant food. Injured | Lawnsand putting greens | Does not yield as much hay as Red Top. Needs plenty of | 
(3 Ne Sept. by lime. or pasture on acid soils. | moisture. Thrives only on acid soils. 
per 
sq. ft.) 
Blue Grass 14 30-40 Late On pastures—300 Ibs. saupeepuosbake every | Permanentpastures,lawns | Best results when seeded in mixtures as it requires about t 
Kentucky to summer | spring for three years. Adding nitrogen for | and fairways. 3 years to establish a sod. Gives good early grazing, . 
25 early quick results. For new seedings, 400 lbs. languishes in late summer but flourishes again in fall 
spring 4-12-4. Lime helpful applied 50 lbs. per Thrives best on well drained heavy soil, rich in organic 
1000 sq. ft. about every 5 years. matter and all fertilizing elements. 
Blue Grass 14 15 in Late Same as Kentucky Blue but adapted to | Pasture with other peren- | Darker blue than Kentucky Blue, produces running root- / 
Canada to mixtures | summer | thinner soils. nial varieties stocks and forms dense sod. Leaves short. Best variety 
20 early for stiff clay soils or poor fertility. 
spring 
Buckwheat 48 36-60 | May 15 to} 150 to 300 Ibs. 2-12-6 heavy phosphorus | Flour, stock and poultry | Likes cool, moist climate, a poor land crop. Harvest | 
July 15 | and potash feeder. Best on moderately | feed, bees, summer cover | between time first seed fully formed and the time they 
acid soll. and green manure crop. | mature. 
Corn 56 14 May 200 to 500 Ibs. 3-12-6 in row at planting. | Grain, ensilage and hog- | Harvest when kernels well glazed and dented, shuck and 
Field July Side dress when 40 days old with 200 lbs. | ging down. bottom leaves dry and upper leaves 14 to 44 green. For 
nitrate of soda. ensilage harvest in early glaze stage, shucks yellow. 
Clover 60 5-8 Aug.-Sept.| 200 to 400 Ibs. 4-12-4 except ifseeded on well | Hay, pasture, soll im- | Better on wet, poor or acid soils than any other clover. 
Alsike Feb.-Apr. | fertilized grain, when no additional fertilizer | provement. Inoculation helpful. 
is required. Responds readily to lime. 
Clover 60 15 August | 200 to 300 lbs. superphosphate. Responds | Green manure, and to | Best suited to coastal plain soils but not to wetsoils. 
Crimson to lime but not very sensitive to acid. some extent for hay and | Commonly sown at last working of corn or on 8 grain 
pasture winter annual stubble. If not making sufficient growth, supply nitrogen 
fertilizer. Graze same if growth Is too rank. 
Clover 60 2 March | 200 to 400 lbs, 0-14-7 Pasture and hay. For pasture sow with orchard or alta fescue. Thrives 4 to 
Ladino April 8 years. 
or August 
Clover 60 10-15 March | 200 to 400 lbs. 4-124 34 to 1 ton hydrated | Primarily a aviorese crop. | For hay, cut when just past full bloom stage and handle to 
ed April lime is beneficial. Largely used in hay mix- | save as many leaves as possible. May be expected to 
or August tures but frequently sown | yield 1 to 3 tons per acre. 
by itself for hay. 
Clover 60 10-15 March | 300 lbs. 0-12-5 or superphosphate. High |} Pasture hay, soll im- | Grows well on poor soil Crore sands) provided lime and 
Sweet April lime requirement, not less than 1600 lbs. | provement, honey plant, | inoculation are supplied. Sow on ean March or April ' 
(Biennial) hydrated. and in pasture mixtures. | and harrow in or sow on frozen gro 
Clover 60 5-8 Spring or | 500 lbs. superphosphate once in 4 or 5 years | Pasture, furnishes early | Use about 2 Ibs. per acre in pasture mixture. Tolerant to 
White Dutch late as a top dressing. Some potash on sandy soil. | grazing. acid soils but responds to lime. | 
summer 
Cowpeas 60 1% to | May 15th} 300 lbe.« uperpopbat and add potash for | Black-eye, for human | Must betprotected from weevil. Will grow on poor soils 
2 bu. July 15 | sandy so not necessary but | food; other varieties for | but does best on sandy loam. Harvest for hay when most | 
beneficial. hay,” soil improvement | of the pods are full grown and a few are ripe. Racks area 
and pasture. help in curing as it cures very slowly. 
Fescue 14 30 March | Complete plant food—abundant nitrogen. | Lawns principally; also | Withstands more shade than most grasses, especially 
Chewings (3 lbs. per April Lime not necessary. as pasture. suited to sandy soils. Leaves bright green, creeps by 
1000aq. ft.)} August underground stems 
Sept. 
Fescue 24 20-30 March | 300 lbs. 4-12-4. Hay and pasture mix- Ashe to practially all but sandy soils. Does as well as 
Meadow May tures, gives early spring | any grass on wet soils. Harvest (Hay) as it comes into 
(English August and late fall grazing. bloom. Yields of two tons per acre are not exceptional. 
Blue-Grass) Sept. 
Lespedeza 25 25-30 February | 200 to 300 Ibs. superphosphate; for sandy | Hay, pasture and soil | For hay sow on fertile moist land. If second growth is 
Korean May soils use eae ms not necessary but | improvement. allowed to go to seed, Korean will reseed itself. 
Annual) responds ri 
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