40 



CURRIE BROTHERS CO. FARM AND GARDEN ANNUAL. 



Hay 



and Pasture Permanent Meadow Mixtures. 



When Grasses and Clover are sent out for Fall sowing, the Clovers will he sent separate and should not be sown till Spring, 



owing to their liability to be Winter killed. 



No. 5. FOR LIGHT, GRAVELLY AND SANDY SOIL. 



Composed of grasses that "will produce a good, permanent 

 sod besides yielding- heavy hay crops. This mixture is specially 

 adapted for a sheep pasture. 

 Orchard Grass, Meadow Fescue, 



Meadow Foxtail, Sheep's Fescue, 



English Ryegrass, Crested Dogstail 

 Italian Ryegrass, Timothy, 



Tall Meadow Fescue, Red Clover, 

 Kentucky Bluegrass, White Clover, 

 Red Top Grass, Alsike Clover, 



Hard Fescue, 



No. 6. FOR MEDIUM OR RICH PRAIRIE SOILS. 

 Orchard Grass, Tall Meadow Oat 



Red Top Grass', Grass, 



Meadow Foxtail, Meadow Fescue, 



Kentucky Bluegrass, Tall Fescue, 

 Hard Fescue, 

 Sheep's Fescue, 

 English Ryegrass, 

 Italian Ryegrass, 

 No. 7. 

 Meadow Foxtail, 

 English Ryegass, 



Orchard Grass, Meadow Fescue, 



Red Top Grass, Red Clover, 



Kentuck Bluegrass, Alsike Clover, 

 Italian Ryegrass, White Clover, 



Hard Fescue, 



No. 8. FOR HAY 



Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.25 



50 lbs 6.00 



100 lbs 11.50 



Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



25 lbs $3.25 



Timothy, ( 50 lbs 6.00 



Red Clover, 100 lbs ...11.50 



Alsike Clover, 



White Clover, 



FOR HEAVY OR CLAY SOILS. 



Tall Oat Grass, . 



Tall Fescue, „ „_ ,- „' 



I Sow 2o lbs. per acre. 



lbs $3.25 



lbs 6.00 



lbs 11.50 



I Sow 

 I 10O 



ON WET SOILS WHICH ARE OCCASION- 

 ALLY OVERFLOWED. 



Fowl Meadow Grass, Timothy, 'j _ __ „ 



Rough Stalked Tall Fescue, I S «J T ,?" lbs " per %$-,\ 



Meadow Grass, Alsike Clover, > t2 {?* %'kn 



Water Meadow Grass, Red Top Grass, f *° }£® i Sjsn 



Water Spear Grass, 1 °° los "- oU 



Orchard Grass, 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 Tall Meadow Oat 



Grass, 

 Red Top Grass, 



Sow 25 lbs. per aere. 



25 lbs $3.25 



50 lbs 6.00 



10O lbs 11.50 



No. 9. FOR HAY ONLY. 



This' is a permanent Meadow Mixture, composed of Grasses 

 ■which will yield the largest possible amount of Hay. The value 

 of the aftergrowth or second cutting has, in good years, been 

 equal to an ordinary hay crop, obtained from sowings of Tim- 

 othy. 



Five tons per acre have been cut from this in one year. 



English Ryegrass. 

 Italian Ryegrass, 

 Meadow Foxtail, 

 Red Clover, 

 Alsike Clover, 



No. 10. FOR ORCHARDS AND SHADY PLACES. 



A mixture of grasses adapted for growing -where there is 

 considerable shade. One of the best of our mixtures for giving 

 a large bulk of hay of excellent quality. 



Orchard Grass, White Clover, i Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 



Meadow Foxtail, Red Clover. V, 25 lbs $3.25 



Wood Meadow Grass, Meadow Fescue, C 50 lbs 6.25 



Kentucky Bluegrass, Red Top Grass, ' 100 lbs 12.00 



No. 11. FOR RENOVATING OLD PASTURES AND 

 MEADOWS. 



Grass' lands that have for years been giving good Hay crops, 

 without receiving a top dressing of barnyard or commercial fer- 

 tilizers, become bare and thin, frequently wanting in the more 

 nutritive grasses. These pastures -will be greatly improved by 

 sowing this mixture at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. Previous 

 to sowing, harrow the sod with a sharp-tooth harrow, then 

 passing over the field with a good heavy 



broadcast, 



hahdsow 

 roller. 



Orchard Grass, 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 Tall Oat Grass, 

 Italian Ryegrass; 



English Ryegrass, 

 Hard Fescue, 

 Red Clover, 

 Alsike Clover, 



Sow- 10 lbs. per acre. 



10 lbs $1.30 



50 lbs 6.00 



100 lbs 11.50 



BROMUS INERMBS, OR AWNLESS BROME GRASS. 



An exceedingly valuable grass, succeeds and produces immense crops of high nutritive value on the 

 sterile and arid plains of our Western States, growing luxuriantly on dry, sandy soils, where other 

 grasses would perish. It is perennial, and once sown down will stand for 10 years. It is one of the 

 surest to obtain a catch from, establishing itself very rapidly, so much so that a good Hay crop can 

 be had the first season, followed afterwards by an immense amount of succulent pasturage; on and 

 after the first season two crops a year can be had from it. often running over 5 tons cured Hay per 

 acre. When fully grown the plant stands from 4 to 5 feet in height and stools out freely; it is ready 

 to cut the latter part of June. 



This grand grass has been highly endorsed by the Experiment Stations, a few of which we give be- 

 low. The Experimental Station, Garden City, Kansas, says: We have grown Bromus inermis success- 

 fully, and we think it is the coming grass for the arid regions of the West. It is green from March 

 to November." 



Prof. Shaw, of Iowa, says: "This grass cannot be obtained too soon by the farmers of the West." 



Notes on the Grasses and Forage Plants of Iowa, Nebraska 

 and Colorado, published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 says: "Bromus inermis' withstands drought and cold, and is per- 

 fectly adapted to conditions existing in Iowa. It makes an ex- 

 cellent growth, and more nearly reaches the ideal of a farmer's 

 grass than any other sort introduced in recent years. Under 

 favorable conditions two crops can be cut in a single season, 

 and the aftermath is excellent. This is' the Russian Grass or 

 Russian Brome Grass of some -writers." 



Sow broadcast at the rate of 20 lbs. per acre (14 lbs. per 

 bushel). We have this variety true to name and absolutely 

 pure. Per lb. 15c; per bushel $1.85; per 100 lbs. $12.00. Be- 

 ware of Adulterations. 



AWNLESS BROME GKASS. 



EGYPTIAN CLOVER-BERSEEM. 

 (Trifolium Alexandrinum.) 



The Great Forage and Soiling Crop of the Nile Valley. An Annual Clover yielding 



immense crops of the most nutritious Forage. Outstrips any 



other crop in the rapidity of its growth. 



Cuttings' of 14 TONS TO THE ACRE have been secured 48 days after sowing 

 the seed. While it is not generally known, there are few countries where Agri- 

 culture pays better than it does in Egypt, and this remarkable clover is the basis 

 of success, for not only does it yield enormous crops of excellent fodder, but it 

 is depended upon almost entirely to furnish the continued fertility of the soil. 



Value as a Crop on Alkali Soil — Berseem eats down salts and enriches the soil with 

 nitrates. Mr. D. G. Fairchild. of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, describes 

 a tract of Alkali land in Egypt 30.000 acres in extent reclaimed by Berseem, where 

 horses and cattle -were grazing in a luxuriant growth of Berseem, which two years 

 previous -was as barren of vegetation as a bathing beach. 



Heavy Crops Under Irrigation — In the southern and western states where irrigation 

 is practiced Berseem will undoubtedly prove a valuable crop, for it starts into growth 

 with remarkable rapidity — a cutting of 14 tons having been secured of it 48 days after 

 sowing, followed by a second cutting of 13 tons, and a third cutting of 15 tons, making 

 a total of 42 tons of the most palatable and nutritious green fodder from three cuttings. 



Soiling Value of Berseem — On irrigated lands in California, Tesias, Arizona, New 

 Mexico and the Colorado Desert, Berseem should prove exceedingly valuable. It may 

 also be used with advantage in the humid climates of Washington and Oregon in rota- 

 tion with wheat, where thousands of acres lie fallow throughout the winter. 



Mr. J. W. Pettett, Clallan County, Wash., writes: "Egyptian Clover did well. 



Ten weeks from sowing some of it measured 3 feet 9 inches. It will make a splen 



did clover for Western Washington." 



Mr. J. F. Littooy, Snohomish County, Wash., writes: "From seed of Berseem 



sown June 6 I have a growth 2 feet 6 inches, and a good stand Sept. 1. It is a 



little ahead of Alfalfa sown the same day." 



The seed we offer is imported direct from Egypt and will be ready to send out early 

 in March. 1 lb. 30c; (by mail 40c); 10 lbs. $2.50; 25 lbs. $5.50; 100 lbs:. $20.00. 



BERSEEM, ABOUT ONEL', 

 HALF THE NATUitAL %* 

 SIZE. 



