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MONARCH SEED AND FEED COMPANY. MEDFORD. OREGON 
POA BULBOSA 
WINTER BLUE GRASS 
"The Grass That Grows When Other Grasses Sleep" 
Why Is Poa Bulhosa Termed the 
Winter Blue Grass? 
Simply because it reverses the normal order 
of growth and produces winter pasture while 
other crops' are dormant. Poa Bulbosa is a 
perennial and distantly related to the famous 
Kentucky Blue Grass. In place of producing 
seeds, this grass produces small bulblets which 
appear where flowers and seed normally grow 
on other grasses. An enormous amount of bulb- 
lets are also produced underground. As soon 
as the first fall rains come, the plants revive, 
from their natural summer dormancy and send 
up a heavy, dense growth from three to six 
inches high, which furnishes' splendid pasture 
throughout the late fall, winter and spring 
months. 
POA BULBOSA is very palatable and nutri¬ 
tious either as pasture forage or as hay. An 
analysis of winter bluegrass made by Prof. J. 
R. Hagg, of the Oregon State Experiment Sta¬ 
tion show the following results : 
Crude Protein 
Fat 
Poa Bulbosa 
Hay 
8.26% 
2.08% 
Kentucky Blue Grass Hay 
1.90% 
0.70% 
Orchard Grass 
Hay 
1.70% 
0.60 %> 
Timothy 
Hay 
1.50% 
0.70% 
Cattle eat Poa Bulbosa readily and greatly relish this grass either in the green stage 
or as dry pasture. Winter bluegrass can be winter pastured and toward spring the cattle 
removed to permit the grass to grow to full development when it can be either dry pastured 
or cut for hay. It will thus be seen that winter bluegrass supplies 1 fall, winter and early 
spring pasture, a seed crop in the spring, and hay. It is especially valuable as winter and 
spring pasture for dairy cows as it provides palatable green feed during a period when 
little other feed of this character is available. 
Poa Bulbosa is a perennial and after once being established requires no cultivation or 
reseeding. It forms a heavy, tough, resilient sod, capable of withstanding adverse weather 
conditions which cause erosion of the soil and thrives on a wide variety of soils and under 
very diverse conditions of moisture, temperature and elevation. Severe freezing will not 
harm winter bluegrass. Low temperatures only serve to retard growth temporarily and 
upon the return of milder weather it will again continue normal growth and development. 
Seed should be planted in the fall or early winter (never in the spring) seeding at the 
rate of twenty-five pounds per acre. For a straight field crop, or on old sod pasture, disc 
the ground, scatter the seed broadcast and harrow in lightly. Winter bluegrass can be 
combined with alfalfa resulting in two crops from the same piece of ground; hay crops in 
the summer and pasture during the winter. 
This grass is easily eradicated and does not interfere with the preparation of soil for 
the following crop. To destroy it, all you must do is cultivate it heavily. Winter bluegrass 
will therefore, never become a pest as is the case with some grasses. Postpaid, small lot 
price 60c lb. Write for quantity prices. 
