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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
Grass Seeds For Hay or Pasture 
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. Iso farming country can be permanently pros- 
perous without grass and live stock, and you can’t keep live stock 
Avithout grass-groAA’ing. It's certainly time for the South to do 
more thinking about the ‘‘Grass Crop,” and see it as something to 
be groAvn, not “killed.” 
Georgia bought during one year over twenty million dollars’ 
Avorth 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. 
Georgia is still a hay buyer. So is every other one of the distinc- 
twely cotton states. 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. 
Kentucky Blue Grass(No. 533) 
grass, succeeding best on limestone 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 haA^e a beautiful stand. We make 
a specialty of Blue Grass for extensh’^e hiAvn work here in Atlanta, 
Avhere everything depends on having pure vital seed, free from 
AA^eeds, Here it remains almost dormant during the hot weather; 
its chief A^alue in pasture seeding is for mixing with Bermuda, 
Lespedeza, and other summer groAving varieties. For fall planting 
soAA’ in October and November. Soav about forty pounds per acre. 
Fancy recleaned seed: Pound, 65c; postpaid. Write for quantity- 
prices when ready to buy. 
PaH Ton nr Horrl’^ firOQQ pasture grass, 
nea l op or noro » uross succeeds on most kinds 
^Nn *54*1 ^ soils, but does best on heavy or low, moist, stiff 
soils. By repeated moAving, this grass holds well 
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, groAving 
Avell after being covered Avith overfloAv AA-ater for two or three 
Aveeks at a time. It Avill not become a pest, but can be de- 
stroyed any time if desired. Pound, postpaid, 50 cents. Write 
for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
TStttAfhl/ /Nn *54fi^ suitable only for the 
I ITTlU&liy ^ liOi northern part of the 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. “Red Top or Herd’s Grass” and “Meadow 
Fescue” mature at the same time as Timothy and do well in 
mixtures Avith Timothy. Pound, 99% purity or over, postpaid, 
40 cents. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
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 pur- 
poses. Soav about 45 pounds per acre and cut when in bloom. 
Pound, postpaid, 40 cents. Write for quantity prices. 
Italian RyeGrass(No.536) ia!? 
ter May and tAvo or three more cuttings can be made that sum- 
mer and fall. It is one of the quickest growing grasses, has very 
tender stalks and leaves, and in addition, abundant groAvth. Many 
plant it by itself, but it is also very valuable when planted in mix- 
tures. In Bermuda and other lawns it is valuable during the win- 
ter. 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 throughout the fall, win- 
ter and until the hot dry summer weather appears. This is par- 
ticularly true of the loAver South. 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, post- 
paid. Not prepaid; 10-lb. lots, about 20 cents per pound. 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. 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 es- 
pecially adapted for pastures and lawns and for hay by itself as 
Avell 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 20 cents a pound. 
Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass 
/Mg *541 ^ winter, starts very early in the spring, 
^llWi I ) and continues to give good grazing until late in the 
fall. For hay, it can be cut twice in a season. Its nutritive hay 
value is first-class. It ripens at the same time as orchard grass 
and gives good results soAvn with it and red clover. For hay 
should be cut as soon as it blooms. Tall Meadow Grass is best 
adapted to good loamy uplands, 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. 
Pound, postpaid, 60 cents. Write for quantity prices when you 
are ready to buy. 
Orchard Grass(No. 542) grasses for the Middle South 
for hay and pasture. While succeeding well in almost all fertile 
soils it does best on loamy and moderately stiff uplands. Starts 
groAvth very early in the spring and continues well into the win- 
ter A quick groAver and relished by stock, especially when 
young, and bears closest grazing. This grass is probably more 
cultivated than any other grass in the world. It is very easily 
Hauling in Rhodes Grass Hay (Fellsmere, Florida) 
EAST COAST OR RHODES GRASS 
(No. 543) 12 Tons Hay Per Acre Per Year 
It’s not often that a really new and valuable grass appears, but 
the Rhodes Grass, or “East Coast Grass,” as it is more com- 
monly known in Florida, is certainly a find, for we knoAv of no 
grass so A'aluable for Florida and the Gulf Coast 
section. 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. 
We were assured by Mr. R. L. Conkling, who 
has charge of the experimental work of the Fells- 
mere Farms, that the Rhodes Grass produced, in 
their experiment grounds, twelve tons of dry hay 
per acre. 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 pho- 
tograph 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 hoAV far north Rhodes Grass can be 
successfully grown can not be stated at this time. 
We believe it is hardy through the winter as far 
north as a line drawn from Macon, Ga., through 
Montgomery, Ala., Jackson, Miss., and Shreve- 
port, La. Its great value makes it worth trying. 
PfiCGS pound, 25c; pound, 75c; post- 
■ I paid. Not prepaid; 10 lbs. or over, 
50c per pound. Write for special prices on larger 
quantities. 
BERMUDA GRASS (No. 530) AU fine grasses 
MEADOW FESCUE (No. 538) for lawn and 
CANADA BLUE GRASS (No. 554) pasture. 
Write for prices Avhen ready to buy. 
