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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. 



GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS 



Timothy 



hay it can be cut twice in a season 



All Prices on Application 



TIMOTHY (Phleum Pratense).— This makes one of the most popu- 

 lar, nutritious and salable of hay grasses. It is best adapted for sow- 

 ing on clay or heavy loam, lowlands or in mountainous districts, 

 although it will do well on any good loamy soils, provided moisture 

 is abundant. It does not succeed so well, however, as Orchard, Tall 

 Meadow or Herd's Grass on soil of a sandy or loamy texture, and is 

 not of so much value for pasturage as other grasses. Red Top or 

 Herd's Grass and Meadow Fescue mature at the same time as Tim- 

 othy, and are excellent grasses to sow with it, both for hay and pastur- 

 age. They will increase the yield of hay and will very largely increase 

 the yield and value of the pasturage. These will furnish an excellent 

 mixture, both for hay and pasturage, on good loamy clay or low-ground 

 soils. 



ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata) — Orchard Grass is a very 

 vigorous grower, and yields large crops of excellent and most nutriti- 

 ous hay, and will last far years in increasing value with proper treat- 

 ment. It is succulent and nutritious, and when mowed requires only a 

 few days of seasonable weather to start it growing again, and usually 

 two good crops of hay can be cut in a season. Orchard Grass fields 

 can be kept in a continuous state of productiveness, provided a light 

 seeding is made early each spring. It can be sown either in the spring 

 or fall, although it is best sown in the spring. Sow at the rate of two 

 bushels per acre, or if sown with Red Clover, one and a half bushels 

 of Orchard Grass and eight pounds of Clover are the quantities usually 

 sown. 



TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS.— This grass is increasing in popu- 

 larity wherever it is grown. It seems to make more leafage and 

 grazing and a larger yield of hay, and to keep green longer, both 

 during the winter and summer, than other grasses. It is especially 

 desirable and adaptable to the South. It withstands the heat and 

 drought of midsummer and cold of winter, starts very early in the 

 spring and continues to give good grazing until late in the fall. For 



Its nutritive qualities are first class. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS.— Kentucky Blue Grass is one of the .richest and most nutritious of pastur- 

 age grasses, and should be largely used in all pasturage mixtures, except on very light or sandy soils. 

 For fall, winter and spring it makes the very best of pasturage, and mixed with other grasses, like Herd's 

 Grass, or Red Top, and Meadow Fescue, or Rand- 

 all Grass, will give an excellent all-the-year-round gyj ' ■ ■ j^mmm^ mmmm mm^ 

 pasturage. 



GOLDEN, or LIBERTY MILLET.— Golden, or 

 Liberty Millet makes a large yielding and most nu- 

 tritious hay crop, quick-growing and easily cured. 

 It requires, however, to be seeded thickly — not less 

 than one bushel per acre — and the crop should 

 always be cut' while in bloom, before the seed 

 hardens in the head. If the seed is allowd to form, 

 the stalks get hard, and it does not make nearly 

 as good quality hay, and at the same time it is 

 more exhaustive to the land. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT (Agrostis Canina).— 



A fine and very permanent grass, chiefly used for 

 pastures or lawns, for which it is one of the best. 

 Bushel equals fourteen pounds. 



RED TOP, or HERD'S GRASS.— Red Top, or 

 Herd's Grass, is one of the best and most satisfac- 

 tory grasses all throughout the South. It is well 

 adapted to all soils and situations, succeeding well 

 on light, sandy soils, as well as stiff upland and 

 lowground, and it really succeeds better in moist 

 situations than almost any other grass. After once 

 being established, it thickens and improves year 

 by year, taking possession of the land and increas- 

 ing in yield and quantity each successive year. 



BERMUDA GRASS.— One of the most valuable 

 pasturage grasses for the South. Recommende< 

 for spring seeding only. 



Golden, or Liberty Millet 



