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MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AND FRUITS. 
MAY'S SPECIAL CLOVER 'GRASS MIXTURES 
SUITABLE FOR 
ALL SOILS. 
May's Famotis Hog Pasture Mixture. 
With the growing demand for extra fine pas- 
tures and meadows during the past few years, we 
have had numerous inquiries from our patrons, 
asking us to make different mixtures for different 
soils and requirements. Following we give a num- 
ber of high grade mixtures, suitable to all soils 
and requirements. 
These Clover Grass Mixtures are selected with 
the greatest of care and composed of such varie- 
ties as are best adapted for different kinds of soils 
and various purposes. From our own experience, 
as well as from the experience gained by corre- 
sponding with our customers in every part of the 
country, we are enabled to select in these Clover 
Grass Mixtures not only the varieties as are suited 
to the soil, but have them in the right proportion 
in each mixture. In every instance we mention the 
quantities which we recommend to be sown per 
acre; and not only have these proven to be suffi- 
cient in our own experiments carried on during 
several years, but they have proven to be equally 
successful and sufficient with our patrons. 
PRICES Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 
per lb. 20c, postpaid; 5 lbs. 60c, 100 lbs. $11.00. No. 
10, per lb, 22c, postpaid; 5 lbs. 70c, 100 lbs. $13.00. 
CLOVER GRASS MIXTURES FOR 
PERMANENT MEADOWS. 
No. 1 — For moist ground and rich 
soils. Sow 18 lbs. per acre. 
Meadow Foxtail. Italian Rye Grass. 
Sweet Vernal. Meadow Fescue. Tim- 
othy. Alsike. Tall Meadow Oat Grass. 
No. 2 — For moist ground which is oc- 
casionally overflowed. Sow 16 lbs. per 
acre. 
Tall Fescue. Red Top. Timothy. 
Meadow Fescue. Meadow Foxtail. Al- 
sike. 
]Vo. 3 — For high and dry ground, 
light or medium soils. Sow 20 lbs. per 
acre. 
Red Fescue. Timothy. Red Clover. 
Crested Dogstail. Sweet Vernal. .Lu- 
cerne. Hard Fescue. 
No. 4 — For high and dry ground, 
heavy or strong soil. Sow 20 lbs. per 
acre. 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass. Sweet Ver- 
nal. Timothy. Hard Fescue. Red, 
Top. Red Clover. Meadow Fescue. 
English Rye Grass. Alsike. 
No. 5 — For top seeding on marshes 
and swampy places, occasionally over- 
flowed, the following mixture is adapt- 
ed. Sow 10 lbs, per acre. 
Meadow Foxtail. Tall Fescue. Float- 
ing Meadow Grass. Red Top. Water 
Spear Grass. 
No. 6 — For light, sandy and gravelly 
soils. Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 
White Clover. Hard Fescue. Soft 
Brome Grass. Red Top. Rescue Grass. 
Bromus Inermis. Sheep's Fescue. 
CLOVER GRASS MIXTURES FOR 
PERMANENT PASTURES. 
No. 7 — For moist ground and rich 
soils. Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 
Meadow Fescue. English Rye Grass. 
Red Top. Fowl Meadow. Italian Rye 
Grass. Alsike. Meadow Foxtail. Blue 
Grass. White Clover. Orchard Grass. 
Timothy. Red Clover. 
3Vo. 8 — For high and dry ground, clay 
or heavy soils. Sow 22 lbs. per acre. 
Red Fescue. English Rye Grass. 
Timothy. Meadow Fescue. Italian 
Rye Grass. Red Clover. Tall Meadow 
Oat Grass. Blue Grass. White Clover. 
Orchard Grass. Alsike. 
So. 9 — For high and dry ground, 
light soils. Sow 22 lbs. per acre. 
Hard Fescue. Lucerne. English 
Rye Grass. Red Fescue. Yellow Oat 
Grass. Red Clover. Meadow Fescue. 
Red Top. White Clover. Crested 
Dogstail. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
No. 10 — To improve pastures by top 
seeding, or for low, rich, marshy 
ground. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. 
Fowl Meadow. Tall Fescue. Creep- 
ing Bent. Red Top. Alsike. 
No. 11 — For top seeding for wood 
pastures, orchards and other shady 
places. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass. Sweet Ver- 
nal. Timothy. Orchard Grass. White 
Clover. Meadow Foxtail. Blue Grass. 
Alsike. 
No. 12 — For sheep pastures on light, 
sandy soils or dry uplands and hill- 
sides. Sow 22 lbs. per acre. 
Sheep's Fescue. Crested Dogstail. 
Sweet Vernal. Hard Fescue. White 
Clover. 
No. 13 — This is intended, for dairymen 
and others who wish to mow an early 
crop of hay, and use the meadows for 
pasture the remainder of the season. 
Sow 20 lbs. per acre. 
Timothy. Orchard Grass. Tall 
Meadow Oat Grass. Red Clover. Mead- 
ow Foxtail. English Rye, Grass. Al- 
sike. Meadow Fescue. Italian Rye 
Grass. 
May's Famous Hog Pasture Mixtures. 
For several years past we have made up for a number of our customers a special mixture for their Hog Pasture. In our 
experience we find tbat bogs can be raised more profitably on grass and clover than on corn only. Land that will produce corn 
will grow a fine crop of grass and clover easily, and it is just as easy, and certainly more convenient, to provide clover and 
grasses as corn, as the pigs will do the work themselves, gaining in flesh, besides keeping healthy and strong. Quick results 
and a full crop and use of the pasture can be had the first summer from the properly selected mixture. We have given special 
attention to the selection of the varieties and to the making up of the mixtures for Hog Pastures. 
- Hog Pasture clover grass mixture for quick results and a full crop the first year. When sown early in spring the . 
■ • heavy growth of the grasses and clover will furnish a fine pasture throughout the summer. By careful experiments 
we find that Crimson Clover in the right proportion used withother grasses is well adapted 
to this mixture. Mammoth Clover* English Rye, Italian Rye, ,Crimson Clover, Tall Meadow 
Oat. Sow 15 pounds per acre. 10 lbs. $1.15, 25 lbs. $2.75, 50 lbs. $5.25, 100 lbs. $10.00. 
I\lfk *> Specially adapted for a permanent pasture. The grasses contained therein are 
A No. 1. They sink their roots deeply as a rule, and furnish a great abun- 
dance of herbage the entire season. We cannot too- strongly recommend this for perma- 
nent pastures: English Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Mammoth Clover, Rough Stalk Meadow, 
Alsike Clover, White Clover, Timothy. Sow 1 5 pounds per acre. 10 lbs. $1.15, 25 lbs. $2.75, 
50 lbs. $5.25, 100 lbs. $10.00. 
|V/\ o Pasture mixture for quick results and a full crop the first year. When sown 
*^ v t «J» early in the spring the mixture will afford an excellent growth and will furnish 
„ a fine pasture throughout the entire season. Soja Bean. Vetches, Rape, Field Peas, Japanese 
Millet, Sugar Cane, Speltz. Sow 100 pounds per acre. 10 lbs. 75c, 25 lbs. $1.25, 50 lbs. $2.25, 100 lbs. $4.25. 
May's Prolific Cow Peas* 
Cow Peas. 
Cow peas are to the South what clover is to the North and what Alfalfa is to the West. There is now a 
widespread disposition to- plant cow peas farther north than formerly on account of their quick growing 
habit and their great value for ensilage and soil improvement purposes. It has strong roots and heavy fol- 
iage, possessing great fertilizing powers. It draws its nourishment very heavily from the air, and returns 
it in a richer measure to the soil, therefore enriching it to a degree that is remarkable. In the cow pea we 
have a fertilizer and a food at the same time. If not dsired as a fertilizer, it makes a fine fodder for cattle. 
The cow pea ranks very high as a soil enricher, gathering immense quantities of nitrogen from the atmos- 
phere. The ripe peas contain no less than 18% per cent of digestible protein. The vines properly cured 
are a most valuable fodder for cattle and sheep, being richer in protein and fat than the best clover hay. 
This is not exactly a pea, but belongs more properly to the bean family. It requires a full season to ma- 
ture and ripen the pods. If desired the pods may be harvested for the grain and the vines plowed under 
to fertilize the soil. The seed or grain is ground and used for cattle fodder; the leaves and stalks also 
make good fodder fed green. Poor sandy land may be greatly improved by plowing under a crop of cow 
peas and thus made into a fertile loam. Plant in a thoroughly pulverized soil. If wanter to plow under for 
manure, sow with a drill, in drills a foot apart. If grown for seed, plant 3% feet apa- l and 1 foot in the 
row, and cultivate thoroughly by using 25 pounds of seed per acre.- The yield of peas in a dry state is from 
40 to 60 bushels per acre. Price. Pkt. 10c, lb. 25c, postpaid; bu. $2.50, bag (2% bu.) $6. 
Canada Field PftflQ These are very valuable for fattening stock, and can also be grown for soiling 
. ^* < * m lv| M r609, purposes, but are of greater value for fodder, when fed as ground feed, or the 
vines can be cured for hay. Pt. 20c, qt. 35c, postpaid; pk. 40c, bu. $1.50, 10 bu. $14.00. 
