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GRASS, FIELD AND AGRICULTURAI. SEEDS. 
SUGGESTIVE PRICES FOR 
Grass, FiBlfl and flgilcultural SBBds and Sundries. 
THESE PRICES CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATIONS. 
THEREFORE, MERELY SUGGESTIVE. 
Our customers may always depend upon getting the lowest prevailing 
prices. If you do not see what you want, ask your merchant to 
write to us about it, or you drop us a postal card. Latest Quo- 
tations promptly given upon application. Postage 
extra — at the rate of eight cents per pound 
or one cent per two ounces. 
GRASS SEEDS. 
PASTURAGE GRASSES, 
The preparation of the land for Permanent Pasture is a labor that must not be slighted, 
and though farm work cannot be reduced to the nicety of lyawn Culture, we nevertheless 
direct attention to our directions on I^awn making (page 14), and would say that the nearer 
the directions are followed the greater the probability of success. It must, however, be borne 
in mind that a pasture sod cannot be obtained in one year. 
The judicious selection of grass seed for the creation of a durable pasture requires a 
knowledge obtained only by an intimate study of the habits of varieties as respects quality 
of herbage and vigor of constitution. EJxcept in the Blue Grass sections of Kentucky and 
Tennessee, it is not sufficient always to select the one grass indigenous to the district, for it 
may not possess the double quality desirable for green pasturage and hay, for hardiness and 
permanence, which combination of qualities and character is best found in a mixture of sorts. 
That prescription, to be thoroughly scientific, should be adapted to the geological composi- 
tion of the soil, be it slaty, calcareous or alkaline, as well as the mechanical condition of the 
soil, be it sandy, loamy or clayey. These conditions vary so much that no one can attempt to be 
entirely exact in a recommendation for grasses to be planted. We cannot more than under- 
take to prescribe for soils heavy, as clay or deep loam ; medium, as light loam or peat ; light, 
as sand, slate or gravel. We are prepared to furnish single grasses, or two or three in a 
mixture, to meet the requirements of any ordinary farm land for the production of hay ; or, 
if permanent pasture is desired, we are prepared to furnish mixtures for soils either heavy 
or light. 
Keiitticby Blue Herds, or Red Top Italian Rye 
Cfrass.' Orass. Grass. 
Meadow Fescue Grass (Festttca Pratensis).-A perennial Grass of good quality; 
grows well in nearly all situations, wet or dry, hill or bottom land. Has round 
smooth stems, two to three feet high. In mountain lands of Virginia said to grow 
six feet high. The numerous fibrous roots penetrate good soil twelve to fifteen 
inches; makes good hay; also a permanent pasture, especially in the South. Sow 
30 to 40 pounds per acre, broadcast . per lb. $ > 
