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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
HASTINGS' FINEST GRASS SEEDS 
We of the South spend most of the summer killing grass in our 
cotton and corn fields and spend most of the winter buying grass 
in the shape of hay. 
No farming country can be permanently prosperous without 
grass and live stock, and you can’t keep live stock without grass- 
growing. It’s certainly time for the South to do more thinking 
about the “Grass Crop,” and see it as something to be grown, 
not “killed.” 
Georgia bought during one year over twenty million dollars’ 
worth of hay from outside the state mostly from states farther 
north. Hay is nothing but dried or cured grass cut at the time it 
is in its prime. It is one of the great staple crops of this country, 
our recollection being that in value it is exceeded only by the great 
staples of corn, wheat and cotton. Georgia is still a hay buyer. 
So is every other one of the distinctively cotton states. In the face 
of the fact that this drains us of millions upon millions of dollars 
of our money, there are millions of acres in the South suitable for 
grass crops that are “laying out” in briers, pine saplings and 
brush. We have got so used to looking on grass as an enemy in 
our cotton and corn fields that we have formed the habit of look- 
ing on it as a pest instead of a valuable crop. Grass in a crop 
needing clean cultivation needs to be killed. Every place else it 
ought to be encouraged and grown as a crop. It’s more profitable 
than corn or cotton per acre. 
You need grass for pasture and hay for your stock. The mer- 
chant and dealer at your nearest town needs the hay and would be 
glad to buy it from you instead of sending his money to Atlanta, 
Birmingham or other Southern city hay and grain dealers. The 
only reason you don’t get your share of these millions of hay dol- 
lars is that you haven’t got the hay. If you will just get these 
lands of yours that are “laying out” into grass, you have taken 
another step forward. 
Orchard Grass ( No. 542 ) 
for either hay or pasture. While succeeding well in almost all rea- 
sonably fertile soils it does best on loamy and moderately stiff 
uplands. Starts .growth very early in the spring and continues 
well into the winter. A quick grower and relished by stock, espe- 
cially when young, and bears closest grazing. This grass is prob- 
ably more cultivated than any other grass in the world. No other 
grass so easily adapts itself to widely different soils and cli- 
mates, and farmers in all countries hold it in high esteem for both 
pastures and hay crops. Most animals select orchard grass in 
preference to any other in grazing. It is very easily handled and 
cured for hay. It is a long-lived grass, with half a chance lasting 
under good treatment about thirty or forty years ; yet it is easily 
exterminated if the land is wanted for other purposes. Sow about 
45 pounds per acre in either fall or spring and cut when in bloom. 
Pound, postpaid, 40 cents. Ten-pound lots about 25 cents a 
pound. Write for quantity prices. 
Italian Rye Grass(No. 536) 
can also be planted in spring. When sown in the fall this variety 
matures very early, in latter May, and two or three more cuttings 
ca~n be made that summer and fall. It is one of the quickest grow- 
ing of all grasses, has very tender stalks and leaves, and in addi- 
tion. abundant erowth. This arass is an annual so never becomes 
Hauling in Khodes Grass Hay (Fellsmere, Florida) 
a pest. Many plant it by itself, but it is also very valuable when 
planted in. mixtures. In Bermuda and other lawns it is valuable 
during the winter. When the other grasses are dead or dormant 
the Italian comes up and keeps your lawn green. Italian Rye 
Grass for lawns makes the quickest show of any grass and is the 
very best single grass for beautiful velvety green lawns through- 
out the fall, winter and until the hot dry summer weather ap- 
pears. This is particularly true of the lower South and the most 
valuable lawn use for this grass is for cool and cold weather green 
lawns. Scratched in Bermuda sod early each fall, you can have 
a beautiful lawn the year around. Sow about 45 pounds per acre. 
Price: 30 cents per pound, postpaid. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots, 
about 15c a lb.; 100 lbs., 13c a lb. Write for quantity prices. 
English or Perennial Rye Grass (No. 535) 
English Rye is very similar to Italian Rye, grows off a little 
slower, but has the advantage of lasting for years. In Georgia, 
however it cannot be depended on for more than a year. It makes 
very heavy leaf growth so is fine for pasture or hay. This grass 
does well in mixtures, and is wonderful for the lawn. Use it in 
Bermuda sod to keep the lawn green in the fall, winter and early 
spring, when the Bermuda is dormant. Being perennial it is espe- 
cially adapted for pastures and lawns and for hay by itself as 
well as in mixtures with grasses such as “Orchard” and “Tall 
Meadow Oat.” Sow about 45 pounds per acre. Price: Pound, 
postpaid, 30c. Not prepaid: 10-pound lots, about 15c a pound; 
100 pounds, about 13c a pound. Write for quantity prices. 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass (No. 541 ) “o”*" vaUbil 
hay and pasturage grasses in cultivation, and it is especially de- 
sirable for and adapted to the South. It withstands the heat and 
drought of midsummer and the cold winter, starts very early in 
the spring, and continues to give good grazing until late in the 
fall. For hay, it can be cut twice in a season, and will yield nearly 
double as much as Timothy. Its nutritive qualities are first-class, 
containing, by analysis, more fiesh and muscle forming materials 
than Timothy, but it is not quite so fattening as that grass. It 
ripens at the same time as orchard grass and gives good results 
sown with it and red clover. . For hay should be cut as soon as it 
blooms. Tall Meadow Grass is best adapted to good loamy up- 
lands, but gives excellent results on nearly all soils, and even on 
light, medium or sandy soils. Sow at rate of 3 bushels (33 lbs.) 
per acre, either in the fall or spring. Sown with orchard grass 
and red clover, the quantities usually sown are one bushel (11 
lbs.) tall oat, one bushel (14 lbs.) orchard grass, and six pounds 
red clover. The addition of four pounds fancy, clean Redtop or 
Herd’s Grass seed to the acre to this mixture increases the after- 
math and the yield of grazing. Pound, postpaid, 60 cents. 10- 
lb. lots, at present, about 40c a pound; not prepaid. Write for 
quantity prices. 
EAST COAST OR RHODES GRASS 
(Hn ® often that a really new and valuable grass 
appears, but the Rhodes Grass, or “Eqst Coast 
1 2 Tons Hay Per Acre Per Year 
i-.r irr.r.ix7r. in is Certainly a find, for we know of no grass 
so valuable for Florida and the Gulf Coast sec- 
tion. Rhodes Grass has been grown on both the 
East and West Coasts of Florida for the last four 
or five years with most marked success. 
Our Mr. Hastings visited the Fellsmere Farms 
at Fellsmere, St. Lucie County, Florida, in Jan- 
uary, 1913, and was especially impressed with the 
rank growth of this grass and its fully apparent 
value as a hay grass, something that Florida and 
the Gulf Coast section has long sought. We were 
assured by Mr. R. L. Conkling, who has charge 
of the experimental work of the Fellsmere Farms, 
that the Rhodes Grass produced, in their experi- 
ment grounds, twelve tons of dry hay per acre 
the previous year. Believe us, that is some hay 
crop per acre for sandy land, or any soil. 
It is not coarse and makes hay equal to if not 
superior to the best Northern Timothy hay. The 
illustration shown on this page is from a photo- 
graph taken on the Fellsmere Farms in spring 
and shows only one of the nine or ten cuttings of 
hay per year that this magnificent hay grass pro- 
duces. Just how far north Rhodes Grass can be 
successfully grown can not be stated at this time. 
From what we know of it now we believe it will 
prove hardy through the winter as far north as a 
line drawn from Macon, Ga.. through Montgomery, 
Ala., Jackson, Miss., and Shreveport, La. Its great 
value makes it worth trying. 
Quarter pouAd package, postpaid, 25 
■ cents; pound, 75c. By express or 
freight, not prepaid, 10 lbs. or over, 55c per pound. 
Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
