MANNS’ SUPERIOR FARM SEEDS 
Lbs. Sow—Lbs.| Date of 
party per Bu. | per Acre Sowing 
Alfalfa 60 15-20 August or 
April 
Barley 48 72-96 About 
Oct. Ist. 
Bent Grass 10 March or 
(3 lbs. September 
per 1000 
aq. ft.) 
Blue Grass 14 30-40 Late 
(Kentucky) to ummer 
25 early 
spring 
Blue Grass 14 15 in Late 
(Canada) to mixtures summer 
20 earl 
spring 
Buckwheat 48 36-60 May 15 to 
July 15 
Corn 6 14 May 
(Field) Julv 
Clover 60 5-8 August and 
(Alsike) September 
February to 
April 
Clover 60 15 August 
Crimson a 
Clover 60 10-15 March 
April 
or August 
Clover 60 10-15 March 
Sweet April 
(Biennial) 
Clover 60 6-8 Spring or 
White Dutch late 
summer 
Cowpeas 60 1% to May 15th 
2 bu. July 15 
Fescue 14 30 March 
Chewings (3 lbs. per April 
1000 sq. ft.) August 
September 
Fescue 24 20-30 March 
Meadow May 
(English August 
Blue-Grass) September 
Lespedeza 25 25-30 February 
Korean May 
(Annual) 
Fertilizer Requirements per Acre 
400 lbs. or more 4-12-4 at seeding. 
sandy soils increase potash. Top dress 
with 0-14-6 every other year. Heavy user 
of lime. 
Lime moderately helpful. 300 to 400 Ibs. 
4-12-4 at seeding. Top dress in spring. 
Requires acid forming plant food. Injured 
by lime. 
On pastures—300 lbs. superphosphate every 
spring for three years. Adding nitrogen for 
quick results. For new seedings, 400 lbs. 
4-124. Lime helpful applied 50 Ibs. per 
1000 sq. ft. about every 5 years. Thrives 
best on well drained heavy soil, rich in 
Same as Kentucky Blue but adapted to 
thinner soils. 
150 to 300 lbs. 2-12-6 heavy phosphorous 
and potash feeder. Best on moderately 
acid soil. 
200 to 500 Ibs. 3-12-6 in row at planting. 
Side dress when 40 days old with 200 lbe. 
nitrate of soda. 
200 to 400 Ibs. 4-12-4 except if seeded on well 
fertilized grain, when no additional fertilizer 
is required. Responds readily to lime. 
200 to 300 lbs. superphosphate. Responds 
to lime but not very sensitive to acid. 
200 to 400 Ibs. 4-12-4 14 to 1 ton hydrated 
lime {s beneficial. 
300 lbs. 0-12-5 or superphosphate. High 
lime requirement, not less than 1600 Ibs. 
hydrated. 
500 Ibs. superphosphate once in 4 or 5 years 
as a top dressing. Some potash on sandy 
300 Ibs. superphosphate and add potash for 
sandy soils. Lime not necessary but 
beneficlal. 
Complete plant food—abundant nitrogen. 
Lime not necessary. 
200 to 300 lbs. superphosphate; for sandy 
soils use 0-14-6. Lime not necessary but 
responds readily. 
J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 
Hay, soil improvement, 
pasture. 
Stock feed, malt, break- 
fast foods, flour, early 
Lawns and putting greens 
or pasture on acid soils. 
Permanent pastures, lawns 
and fairways. 
ging down. 
Hay, pasture, soll im- 
provement. 
Green manure, and to 
some extent for hay and 
pasture winter annual. 
Primarily as a forage 
crop. Largely used in hay 
mixtures but frequently 
sown by itself for hay. 
Improves soil. 
Pasture hay, soil im- 
provement, honey plant, 
may included in 
pasture mixtures. 
Pasture, furnishes early 
grazing. 
Black-eye, for human 
food; other varleties for 
hay, soil improvement 
and pasture. Valuable 
crop In any rotation re- 
quiring a summer legume. 
Lawns principally; also 
as pasture. 
Hay and pasture mix- 
tures, gives early spring 
and late fall grazing. 
Hay, pasture and aoil 
improvement. 
Inoculation important, sow broadcast on firm seed bed. 
ee aren young shoots are 2 in. high. Do not cut 
ate in fall. 
Does best on well drained loam or elay soils. Seed should 
be treated against smut and the harvested crop pro- 
tected from weevil. 
Does not yield as much hay as Red Top. Needs plenty of 
moisture. Thrives only on acid soils. 
Best results when seeded in mixtures as it requires about 
3 years to establish a sod. Gives good early grazing, 
languishes in late summer but dcaratica again in fall. 
Darker blue than Kentucky Blue, produces running root- 
stocks and forms dense sod. Leaves short. Best variety 
for stiff clay soils or poor fertility. 
Likes cool, moist climate, a poor land crop. Harvest 
between time first seed fully formed and the time they 
mature. 
Drill or check-row in rows 3 to 4 ft. apart. Cultivate 
shallow often enough to keep down . Harvest for 
grain when kernels are well glazed and dented, shuck and 
bottom leaves dry and upper leaves 4 to % green. For 
ensilage harvest in early glaze stage, shucks yellow. 
Better on wet, poor or acid soils than any other clover. 
Inoculation helpful. 
Best suited to coastal plain soils but not to wet soils. 
Commonly sown at last working of corn or on small grain 
stubble. If not making sufficient growth, supply nitrogen 
fertilizer. Graze same if growth is too rank. 
For hay, cut when just past full bloom stage and handle to 
save as many leaves as possible. May be expected to 
yield 1 to 3 tons per acre. 
Grows well on poor soil (except sands) provided lime and 
inoculation are supplied. Sow on grain in March or April 
and harrow in or sow on frozen ground. 
Use about 2 Ibs. per acre in pasture mixture. 
Must be protected from weevil. Will grow on poor soils 
but does best on sandy loam. Harvest for hay when most 
of the pods are full grown and a few are ripe. Racks area 
help in curing as it cures very slowly. 
Withstands more shade than most grasses, especially 
suited to sandy soils. Leaves bright green, creeps by 
underground stems. 
Adapted to practically all but sandy soils. Does as well as 
any grass on wet soils. Harvest (Hay) as it comes Into 
bloom. Yields of two tons per acre are not exceptional. 
Will grow on any soil but does best on fertile loams. For 
hay sow on fertile moist land. If seeding is done too late or 
if ground is too hard for the freezing and thawing of the 
ound to work the seed under the surface, the field should 
ie lightly harrowed after seeding. If second growth is 
allowed to go to seed, Korean will reseed itself. 
= Superior Seeds 
