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"Grass Is King;" 

 "No Grass, No Cattle;" 



Our Farm and Garden Seeds were award- 

 ed GRAND PRIZE (the Highest Award) at the 

 World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. 



'No Cattle, No Manure;" 

 'No Manure, No Crops." 



Currie's Superior Grass and Clover Mixtures 



FOR SPRING AND FALL SOWING. 



GRASS AND CLOVER MIXTURES vs. TIMOTHY. 



For many years straight Timothy or Timothy and Clover were 

 the only varieties used to obtain a crop of 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' and consequently have to be re-sown, with 

 all, the attendant expense of seeding, plowing and harrowing, 

 led us to look for 

 something that gives 

 a greater return of 

 Hay per acre, and at 

 the same time be of 

 a more permanent 

 character and not so 

 likely to fail as Tim- 

 othy. This, we claim, 

 can be accomplished 

 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 total failure, as 

 has often been dem- 

 onstrated in Timo- 

 thy sowings in late 

 years, while with the 

 mixtures the failure 

 of any one varietv of 

 grass composing it is 

 not sufficient to en- 

 danger or materially 

 affect the result of 

 the sowing; again, 

 by sowing a well-ar- 

 ranged mixture we 

 get in such varieties 

 as are best adapted 

 for particular pur- 

 poses and soils. 

 Where a Hay crop 

 only is desired, we 

 use the taller grow- 

 ing grasses and such 

 as will all ripen 

 about the same time; 

 where a Hay crop 

 first and pasture afterwards is desired, we select the 

 grasses, putting in a proportion of the taller ones for the Hay 

 crop, and the dwarfer and close-growing sorts to till up the 

 bottom and give a close and compact pasture. We also arrange 

 to have varieties that come into maturity 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 farmers', for they not only furnish a rous- 

 ing Hay crop early in the season (3 or 4 weeks ahead of Timo- 

 thy or Timothy and Clover), and the grasses recover so quickly 

 that they are ready to be pastured within a few days after cut- 

 ting, and will continue to furnish good pasturage until very 

 late in the fall. 



Where quick results 

 are desired, we advise 

 sowing grass' mix- 

 tures without a cover 

 crop, such as Rye, 

 Oats or Barlev. We 

 had tested at our 

 own grounds eight 

 different mixtures of 

 grasses' and clovers 

 sown down on one- 

 eighth of an acre 

 each; all made a 

 good start with the 

 exception of the mix- 

 ture of Timothy and 

 Clover. The Timothv 

 in this patch proved 

 a total failure, not a 

 spear having come 

 through the ground; 

 the Clover plants' 

 were the only thing 

 visible in this piece 

 of ground. 



The other seven 

 mixtures made a 

 grand showing, and 

 had formed by Au- 

 gust a thick and 

 close sward of grass, 

 which entirely cov- 

 ered the ground and 

 afforded a succulent 

 and nutritious pas- 

 turage during the 

 balance of the sea- 

 son. 



In sowing it is' of the 

 utmost importance to 



land, finely pulverized and in good tilth, thatTrtitah ha'sbeenthe 

 previous season in a hoed or cultivated crop being- best To in 

 sure evenness of distribution, 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 nice, firm seed-bed, bringing the seed in close contact 

 with the soil, and helps to retain the surface moisture. 



The following tables are composed of the different varieties of Grasses and Clovers suitable to produce bisr Hot »».. ;.. «,.i. 

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



HAY AND PASTURE MIXTURES FOR ONE TO THREE YEARS 



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



Produces immense crops of Hay during the first two years 



ith grand second crops, or where second crops' are not desired' 



'""" L pasturage from July to the end of 



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. 



Orchard Grass. Timothy. ) Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 



English Rye Grass, Alsike Clover, f Cost per acre. . .$2.00 



English Blue Grass, Red Clover, t 50 lb. lots 4.75 



Tall Meadow Oat Italian Rye Grass, ) 100 lb. lots 9.00 



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, "\ _ „„ „ 

 Italian Rye Grass, Timothy, / *ow- 20 lbs - ner aere - 



Orchard Grass, Red Clover, V £" s * pe , , \ acre -*2*25 



Alsikp Plnvpr \ " w lb - ' * s 5 ,2 '» 



) lOOlb. lots 10.00 



Tall Oat Grass, 

 Sheep's Fescue, 



White Clover, 



luxuriant 



will furnish 



October. 



Tall Oat Grass, 



Meadow Fescue. 



English Rye Grass, 



Italian Rye Grass, 



Orchard Grass, 



Sheep's Fescue, 

 Timothy, 

 Red Clover, 

 Alsike Clover, 

 White Clover, 



Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 

 Cost per acre. .$ 2.2." 



50 lb. lots 5.25 



100 lb. lots 10.00 



No. 4. Hog Pasture Grass and Clover Mixture. 



This mixture is composed of varieties that will give the quick- 

 est 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 rairer should be without an acre or two of this. 



Sow 14 lbs, per acre. 

 Cost per acre. . .$1.35 

 50 lb. lots ...... 4.50 



10O lb. lots 8.50 



UATF We do not offer cheap (irjiM.M Mixtures; only one sra 

 I"™ I "■ led. The quantity per acre and the varieties us 



Crimson Clover, Italian Rye Grass, 



Mammoth Clover, Alsike Clover, 

 English Blue Gras's, English Rye Grass, 



de, and that is the best that money can procure. Do not be niis- 

 ed makes the price look large or small, as the case may be. 



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