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NATIVE AND 

 FOREIGN GRASSES 



SUITED TO ALL SOILS AND CLIMATIC 

 • CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 



On the following pages, 6 to 12, we offer choice, re-cleaned seeds of imported and 

 native grasses suited to the widely varied climatic conditions of this continent. 

 While the various mixtures of grasses made up by us, fully described and illustrated on pages 2 

 to 5 inclusive, cover the general needs of the American farmer for permanent pasture, and permanent 

 hay, yet sometimes conditions are such, that it is necessary to grow some special grass, or combina- 

 tion of grasses to meet them. For instance, in sections where the rainfall is very light, or in hot 

 Southern climates it is ad\asable to grow such drought-resisting grasses as Awnless Brome Grass 

 first introduced into this country in 1889 by us; or .Johnson Grass and Bermuda Grass which succeed 

 admirably in such latitudes. 



Then again, there are special soil conditions which have to be met by prescribing suitable com- 

 binations of grasses. We are prepared at all times to make up special mixtures for such particular 

 purposes; and all correspondence relating to such matters will receive our prompt attention. Cus- 

 tomers writing us should send a description of soil and climate, and the purpose for which the crop 

 is to be grown, and if it is intended to be sown with a grain crop or alone. 



NOTES ON HAY CUTTING AND CUPvlNG 



Timothy is at the best stage for cutting when all the bloom has dropped and about two-thirds 

 of the heads are of a brown color. Hay made from Timothy cut at this time makes a more strength- 

 giving and flesh-forming food than that made from Timothy cut at an earlier or later period. Some 

 farmers harvest their Timothy just as it begins to bloom, claiming that it makes better hay than 

 that from the ripe grass. This, however, is not the case. If the weather is favorable when the 



green or immature grass is cut it will make 



beautiful green colored hay, but the chemical 



changes which take place result in hay having 



sour and bitter qualities, instead of a sweet 

 taste which is natural when the Timothy is cut 

 at the proper time. While the latter is brown, 

 and may present a harsh, rough appearance, it is 

 sweet to the taste, consumed freely by the stock 

 and they gain strength and become fat. The stalks 

 of green Timothy hay will be found black at the 

 joints, and when chewed will be found bitter. 

 Green-cut hay is harder to cure and more difficult 

 to keep free from mold when stored than that 

 made from properly-ripened grass. 



CUMNG THE HAY 

 While we want to "make hay while the .sun 

 shines" we must not expose it too long to the sun. 

 Sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting hay carrying a large 

 per cent, of the leaves of the original plant is best 

 in quality. Hay of this kind cannot be made, 

 however, when the crop is cut and exposed to the 

 hot sunshine for a long time. Some sunshine is 

 helpful, of course, but in the production of first- 

 class hay it is not necessary to allow it to be 

 bleached and parched by the sun. Aside from 

 the loss of aroma by long exposure to the sunsliine 

 a large per cent, of the leaves will shatter off in 

 handling and thus be lost. And when the leaves 

 are lost, hay of poor quality is the result, for it 

 has been shown that a little more than three- 

 fourths of the food nutrients of the entire plant 

 is in the leaves. — From Rztral A'cw Yorkfr. 



CREEPING BENT or FIOKIN 



(Marsh or Broad Leaved Bent) 



Botanical, Agrostis alba stolonifera. 



German, Fioringras. 



French, Agrostide blanche stolonifera. 



Perennial. Time of flowering, July. Height, 1 to 2 feet. 



ituations, and valuable for af- 



before other grasses 



It is also ex- 



vantageously included in permanent pasture mixtures, 

 cellent for lawns. (See engraving.) 



Sow (if alone) 2 bushels per acre. Weight, about 20 lbs. per bushel. 



Price on application 



We are always glad to advise with our Farmer Friends — Seventy'One Years of Accumulated Experience back of our advice 



