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PERMANENT PASTURE, “carter” system of turf production. 
FOR MEADOWS, GOLF COURSES, LAWNS, &C. 
There is no agricultural operation which requires greater foresight and judgment on the part of the 
agriculturist than that of making provision for an ample supply of Hay and Pasturage for his stock, and 
in no branch of the Farmer’s business can the Seed Merchant so readily assist him in securing the most 
profitable results when sowing leys, meadows, temporary or permanent pastures, &c. 
We have for many years past realised the importance of a combination of the botanical and scientific 
knowledge of the thinking Seed Merchant with the practical skill of the Agriculturist, and we have from 
time to time introduced a series of “ systems ” or “ methods ” in order to put this combination of 
knowledge into practical operation. 
These “methods” have now become inseparably associated with our name, the Carter Method 
of Seed Testing:, Carter Method of Root Selection, and the Carter Method 
of Ennobling: Seeds being too well known to need a detailed description. But though we have 
an extensive business in grass seeds the Carter System Of Turf Production is not so 
generally known, though it has, nevertheless, been steadily pursued for many years with such successful 
results that our reputation as Grass Experts is unassailable. 
In all branches of turf production — which includes the formation of leys, pasture, and the by no means 
inconsiderable acreage of golf course, football, cricket, and other sports ground — our system has been 
introduced, and the following notes are intended to give a brief rhume of our Method. The Carter 
System of Turf Production has for its primary object the securing of the best turf or heaviest 
hay crop from grass seeds adapted to the soil at the least possible expense. 
This Method of ours has for its object the production of a strong, quick-growing, permanent, or 
temporary turf, as required, turf from seed in the shortest space of time, and to secure the best results we 
pay the greatest care to three essential points, viz. : — 
I. The selection of suitable grasses necessitates careful consideration of the soil, its geological formation 
and physical character, and for this purpose we may incidentally mention that we have in our office samples 
of soils of over 400 different districts, representing all classes of soils. An equally important point to bear 
in mind in the selection and prescribing of grass mixtures is the purpose for which the turf should be 
intended. For instance, turf required for the up-land sheep farm necessitates different seeding to that of 
1. The Selection of Suitable Varieties. 
2. Purity of Seed. 
3. Strong: Germination. 
Raynes Park, London, S.W. — 1912. 
