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STANDARD SEED COMPANY 
ORCHARD 
GRASS 
Is an early fibrous root¬ 
ed perennial. Its rapid 
growth makes it very de¬ 
sirable for pasture. With¬ 
stands droughts better 
than most grasses. Will 
thrive in the shade such 
as in orchards and lanes. 
When closely cropped it 
grows up quickly, and is 
ready for grazing again in 
10 to 12 days. 
PERMANENT PASTURE 
MIXTURE 
This is a blend of the most desir¬ 
able grasses in proper proportions 
with the object of insuring not only 
abundant pasture, but maintaining 
same for the longest possible time. 
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ORCHARD GRASS 
There is an accurate Field 
Seed Reference Table on 
Back Cover of this book , 
which is worth preserving. 
GOT CHOICE GRADE FOR PRICE OF PRIME GRADE 
Dear Sirs: The seed I got from you came up well and I got choice 
from you for what the merchants wanted for prime seed and return sacks 
to them. I saved the difference between prime and choice seeds in buying 
from you.—C. E. Ballard. Kingsville, Mo. 
BROME GRASS 
(BROMUS INERMIS) 
Brome Grass may be sown either in the spring or fall. 
It grows naturally in dry, gravelly places, on river 
banks and hills, along borders of woods, etc., and more 
rarely, in meadows. 
Brome Grass does not require a heavy, good soil, but 
thrives on loose and comparatively poor land where 
more valuable grasses would make a poor stand. Al¬ 
though it succeeds in medium, wet soil, it is highly 
prized on account of its drought-resisting qualities; in 
dry summers it produces more green feed than any 
other grass. 
Like most other Tjerennial grasses, Brome Grass 
grows rather slowly the year it is sown. The second 
year the crop is heavy and the third year it usually 
reaches its maximum. 
Its ability to furnish green feed, even in a hot, dry 
summer, makes it valuable for pasture, although its 
nutritive value cannot be compared with that of Ken¬ 
tucky Blue Grass, for instance. Its indifference to the 
tramping of cattle and sheep makes it especially im¬ 
portant in sandy and gravelly pastures. 
Fourteen to twenty pounds should be sown per acre. 
BROMUS All LEGUMES Should Be Inoculated—See Page 18. 
INERMIS ____ 
