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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
FOR HAY AND PASTURES ALL THE YEAR 
Kentucky Blue Grass(No. 533) 
land, but does well on stiff clay and medium soils. Blue Grass in pastures doesn’t 
show up materially the first year after seeding, but if the soil is suitable it continues 
to improve until you have a beautiful stand. Hardly any one needs to be told the mer- 
its of Blue Grass. It has been a standby for years and years, although many do not 
plant it who should. Our “Elmwood Fancy” is the very best to be had. It’s pure and 
clean; free from weeds and chaff. We make a specialty of Blue Grass for extensive 
lawn work here in Atlanta, where everything depends on having pure vital seed, free 
from weeds. Here it remains almost dormant during the hot weather ; its chief value in 
pasture seeding is for mixing with Bermuda, Lespedeza, and other summer growing va- 
rieties. For fall planting sow in October and November. Sow about forty pounds per 
acre. Fancy recleaned seed; Pound, 60c; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over about 40c. 
Not prepaid: 100-lb. lots about 37c a lb. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Red Top or Herd’s Grass (No. 545) 
but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff soils. By repeated mowing, this grass holds 
weU during the summer, but its chief value is for winter pastures. It is perennial, not 
doing so well the first year but gets better the longer it grows ; will stand wet weather 
admirably, growing well after being covered with overfiow water for two or three 
weeks at a time. It will not become a pest, but can be destroyed any time if desired. 
Notice illustration. Pound, postpaid, 40 cents (fancy recleaned seed). In quantity, 
about 20 cents per pound, not prepaid. Write for prices. 
EiAC\ A hay grass suitable only for the northern part of the 
I IlllVCIiy ^ llUi U*tw^ South, especially hill and mountain districts. It is the 
standard hay crop in the North and makes one of the most popular, nutritious, and 
salable of hay grasses. It does not make such good pasturage but the hay crop is 
great where it is well adapted ; on clay or heavy loams, lowlands, or in mountain dis- 
tricts, although it will do well on any good stiff, loamy soil, provided moisture is 
abundant. “Red Top or Herd’s Grass” and “Meadow Fescue” mature at the same time 
as Timothy and do well in mixtures with the Timothy. They will increase the yield 
of hay and will largely increase the yield and value of pasturage. Pound, 99% purity 
or over, postpaid, 35c. In quantity, not prepaid, about 15c per lb. Write for prices. 
I SllAin Notice the full page illustration on the 
nSSXingS kavYII inside rear cover. You, too, can have a 
i^iost beautiful and attractive lawn with Hastings’ Evergreen 
V Lawn Grass Seed. Making beautiful lawns is no miracle in 
the South. Hundreds of the finest homes in Atlanta and through- 
out the South have delightful Hastings’ Evergreen lawns the year 
around. There is nothing, even for the costliest mansions and es- 
tates, that can compare with a fresh green lawn for home beauty. 
As one man put it : “For the simple home, an attractive green 
lawn is almost a thing divine.” 
A special mixture made up from a formula and contains only 
grasses that have been successfully used on the lawns here in At- 
lanta since 1908. Lawn-making has been a serious problem in this 
part of the South. The trouble with varieties like Kentucky Blue 
Grass is that they will not stand more than one full year, going to 
pieces under the heat and drought the second summer. After care- 
ful experimenting we made up this mixture and wherever ground 
has been properly prepared this has been the most successful in 
permanency of any of the lawn mixtures in this climate. It makes 
a very quick show and on well prepared soil soon becomes a beau- 
tiful velvety lawn. Stands summer heat and drought without se- 
rious injury, coming out again as soon as the rains begin again. 
Sow 40 to 50 pounds per acre. Pound, 50 cents; 5 pounds, $2.25; 
postpaid. Not prepaid: 10-lb. lots or over, about 35c a pound. 
Write for quantity prices on this finest of all lawn mixtures. 
Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture 
Red Top or Herd’s Grass 
/Nn \ There are many types of soil in the South and one 
grass may or may not do better than another for 
your particular type. Only by many tests for several years could 
you find the variety that would do best for you and for year after 
year use, a combination of good grasses should invariably give bet- 
ter results than any one single variety. With this in mind we have 
composed a mixture of Blue Grass, Orchard, Meadow Fescue, Red 
Top or Herds, Tall Meadow, Italian Rye, Red Fescue. Crested 
Dog’s Tail and English or Perennial Rye Grasses, carefully pro- 
portioned to give the very best results on pasture lands. 
In Tennessee, North Carolina, the northern sections of Arkan- 
sas, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina it is possible to plant 
a mixture of grasses that will give fairly permanent results and 
for this northern part of the Southern States and further North 
we recommend Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixtures. This 
should be planted for best results in the fall or it can be planted 
in the very early spring on a rich soil after thorough preparation. 
If not already rich and in fine condition it should be made so by 
the use of manures and fertilizing and the soil surface worked 
smooth and even, ridges leveled and ditches and gullies filled in. 
Given good soil and careful attention at the start, we believe 
you will find this mixture by far the best of all grasses you can 
plant. 
There is no Bermuda or Johnson grass in this mixture. Sow 35 
pounds of Permanent Mixture per acre, and it is most advisable 
to plant about one pound of Red Clover and one pound of Alsike 
Clover with every ten pounds of this mixture of nine pasture 
grasses. Clover seed cannot well be mixed in the grass seeds 
evenly, so buy it separately. Pound, 45 cents; 5 pounds, $2.00; 
postpaid. Present price, 10-lb. lots or over, 35 cents per pound. 
Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. As the different 
grass seeds contained in it fiuctuate in price constantly it is fairer 
to you to make a special quotation when you are ready to buy. 
The Kind of Pasture and Cattle You Can Have With Hastings’ Permanent Pasture Mixture 
