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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
2027—HERDS GRASS 
(RED TOP) 
In certain tobacco growing sections, especially 
where bright tobacco is grown, this is a most valu¬ 
able fallow crop. The land is grazed for a year, 
then turned under, it produces an excellent grade 
of bright tobacco. Herds Grass is the blue grass 
of the South. It grows almost anywhere, and will 
make the best of grazing. It does not improve the 
soil except to hold it together, and adds humus, but 
is valuable in this respect. When sowed for hay, it 
should always have some timothy or clover mixed 
with it. As a hay it is of good quality, but noth¬ 
ing extra when sowed alone. By seeding Herds 
Grass and Clover together the soil is held together 
and improved at the same time. Herds Grass should 
go into every pasture mixture. Sow from January 
to April or July to December at the rate of 6 lbs. 
per acre if seeded alone, or 4 to 5 lbs. with other 
grasses or clovers. 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2028—TIMOTHY 
This is the most valuable hay grass grown. Its 
hay is the most nutritious and stock relish it. 
Timothy should always be sowed on good land be¬ 
cause it is a rather hard feeder and will not make 
much hay on thin soils. By sowing Sapling Clover 
or Alsike Clover with the Timothy the soil is kept 
in good condition and a large yield of hay is 
secured. When sowed alone sow 15 lbs. per acre. 
Seeding may be done from January to March or 
from July to November. 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2031—TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS 
A most valuable grass for seeding with Alfalfa 
and Red Clover. It produces a big crop of early 
hay or excellent pasturage. In growth it is tall 
and leafy, with slender fine stalks. It never grows 
wild and rough. It stands adverse conditions much 
better than most other grasses, and stays green 
from early spring until frost, producing two crops 
of hay per season, or pasture almost the year 
around. An ideal pasture mixture is 5 lbs. Alfalfa, 
11 lbs. Tall Meadow Oat Grass, 14 lbs. Orchard 
Grass, and 6 lbs. Herds Grass. Or 8 lbs. Red Clover 
may be substituted in place of the Alfalfa. This 
mixture may be sowed and cut for hay for a sea¬ 
son or two and then pastured. Tall Meadow Oat 
Grass seed weigh only 11 lbs. per bushel and should 
be seeded at the rate of two bushels per acre when 
sowed alone, or one bushel per acre in mixture. 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2029—ORCHARD GRASS 
On a rich loamy soil, Orchard Grass will make 
heavy turf just like Blue Grass does on the lime¬ 
stone soils. None of the grasses adapted to sandy 
or loamy soils will make a better turf or finer graz¬ 
ing than Orchard Grass. But even this when seed¬ 
ed for pasture should have some Herds Grass or 
Meadow Fescue mixed with it. One bushel (14 lbs.) 
of Orchard Grass and 6 lbs. of Herds Grass per acre. 
Or if a heavier sod is desired add 10 to 15 lbs. 
Meadow Fescue to this mixture. When sowed for 
hay Orchard Grass should always be mixed with Red 
Clover. As a pasture grass it may be mixed with 
Alsike, which is the best clover for grazing. In 
order to maintain a perfect Orchard Grass sod every 
spring, the bare spots in the field should be covered 
with manure and reseeded. In this manner an ex¬ 
cellent pasture may be maintained at a very small 
expense. Sow from January to March or from July 
to November alone at the rate of two bushels (28 
lbs.) per acre; in mixture, one bushel (14 lbs.) 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2035—SUDAN GRASS 
A new grass that is becoming very popular for a 
quick growing hay crop. It has been given a rigid 
test on Hyco, with the following results: It grows 
on rich land to a height of eight feet, yields as 
much as four tons of hay per acre, is said to rank 
next to Alfalfa in food value, and is greatly relished 
by stock of all kinds. It belongs to the Sorghum 
family, produces its first crop in about six weeks 
from seeding, and when seasonable can be cut from 
three to five times per year. It is an annual; there¬ 
fore, is no trouble to get rid of. Sow like Sorghum 
or Millet, either broadcast or in drills, at the rate 
of five pounds per acre in drills, twenty pounds per 
acre broadcast. Seeding should not be done until 
all danger of frost is past. The soil should be rich, 
either clay or loam. The hay should be cut just as 
soon as the heads are well out and before the seeds 
form. 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2032—ITALIAN RYE GRASS 
For quick pasture or hay crop nothing is better 
than Italian Rye Grass. It is one of the first to 
come out in the spring, and can be cut for hay dur¬ 
ing May. A good plan for fall sowing is to seed 
this grass with Crimson Clover, the red bloom kind. 
It makes better hay than either rye or oats, and 
will come in with the clover and help cure the hay. 
When sowed this way use 15 lbs. Clover and 20 lbs. 
of Italian Rye Grass per acre. This grass is a valu¬ 
able addition to any pasture mixture, because it 
comes early and will admit the stock to the pasture 
several weeks earlier. Sow from January to March 
or July to December at the rate of 30 lbs. per acre, 
if sowed alone, or 20 lbs. per acre in mixture. It 
requires a moist, rich soil. 
See Price List, Page 46. 
2030—KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 
This is by far the best pasture grass that has 
ever been known, but it is hard to get it started in 
certain sections. In other sections it is natural 
and can easily be grown. It should be used in every 
pasture mixture, especially if the mixture is to be 
sowed on a stiff soil. Blue Grass is naturally a 
limestone grass, and if the soil be thoroughly limed 
and prepared as directed for alfalfa a stand may be 
obtained by farmers who do not live in the lime¬ 
stone section. See Price List, Page 46. 
