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•H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Orchard Grass 
GROW MORE GOOD GRASS 
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.” 
Ctrsiee ^Nn One of our most reliable grasses for the Middle South for 
Wl U AMI aas either hay or pasture. While succeeding well on almost 
all reasonably 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, especially when young, and bears closest grazing. This grass is probably more cultivated 
than any other grass in the world. No other grass so easily adapts itself to widely different soils 
and climates, 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 han- 
dled and cured for hay. It is a long-lived grass, with half a chance lasting under good treatment 
thirty to forty years ; 3 "et it is easily exterminated if the land is wanted for other purposes. Sow 
about 45 pounds per acre in either spring or fall, and cut when in bloom. Present prices: Pound, 
postpaid, 50 cents. Ten pound lots or over, not prepaid, highest grade seed, about 30 cents per 
pound. Write for prices when ready to buy. 
JnhttCAtl Grace *537 ^ While considered a pest in many parts of the South, it is 
ynvi wu I f jiow coming to be recognized as one of our most valuable 
hay and forage plants. In places where its growth can be controlled and kept from spreading 
into cultivated fields there is no other grass that makes such enormous yields of hay. It should 
be cut or mowed just when seed heads begin to form, and furnishes about three cuttings per sea- 
son. There is a great demand for the hay, as it is eagerly relished by all classes of stock, and es- 
pecially horses. The seed may be planted in early spring or early fall and at the rate of 50 pounds 
per acre will give you permanent summer pasture and hay crop forever. It is very hardy and no 
matter how close it is grazed it will grow and make an excellent quality of hay on most any kind 
of soil. Pound, postpaid, 40 cents. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
/Ma a hay grass suitable only for the northern part of the South, espe- 
I linUAlljr yllUi daily 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 districts, 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, 35 cents. In quantity, not prepaid, about 15 cents per pound. 
nallSe /II A This splendid grass has been grown most successfully in Mid- 
^Ulli Georgia for over twenty years. The first year after seed- 
ing is apt to be disappointing, but it spreads out rapidly the second season and furnishes large 
amounts of either hay or pasturage. Sow at the rate of 6 to 8 pounds per acre broadcast on well 
prepared ground any time from March 1st to May 1st, brushing or cultivating seed in lightly. No 
grass seed should be covered deeply. Makes largest, strongest growth during summer months. 
Pound, postpaid, 'J5 cents. Write for prices in larger quantities. 
It’s not often that a really new and 
valuable grass appears, but the 
EAST COAST OR RHODES GRASS 
/II A 15^3 ^ Bhodes Grass, or “East Coast Grass,” as it is more commonly known in Florida, is 
V v'tay certainly a find, for we know of no grass so valuable for Florida and the Gulf Coast 
1 9Tnne Uai# Pav* Aava Pav Yoar section. Rhodes Gr^s has been ^own on 
** I OnS nSy ■ Cr /%crc r cr ■ C3r both the East and West Coasts of Florida 
for the last five or six 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 app^- 
ent 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 F^lsmere 
Farms, that the Rhodes Grass produced, in their experiment 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 sod. 
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 photograph 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 in ordinary winters as far north as a 
line drawn from Macon, Georgia, through Mont- 
gomery, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, and 
Shreveport, Louisiana. Its great value makes it 
worth trying. 
Special Rhodes Grass Circular 
If interested ask for our special circular on Rhodes 
Grass, which goes into this subject more fully 
than is possible for this catalogue. 
Mr. B. E. Evans writes: “I bought seed of you 
last spring for ten acres. It has proven the most 
satisfactory hay maker ever introduced in the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley. You have received sev- 
eral orders from those who inspected my crop. 
It has not failed to produce one ton per acre per 
month. I will sow it in my alfalfa field so that it 
will soon choke out the alfalfa and the field will 
consist of Rhodes Grass only. It is a weed ex- 
terminator.” 
Du*Saaa Quarter pound packet, postpaid, 36 
cents; pound, $1.00. By express or 
freight, not prepaid, 10-pound lots, about 75c per 
pound. Write for special prices on large quantities. 
Hauling in Rhodes Grass Hay (Fellsmere, Florida) 
Make More Grass in 1918 
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