Helena, Montana. 
FIELD SEEDS—(Continued) 103 
Pasture and Meadow Mixtures 
In proper proportions of adaptable grasses and 
clovers are becoming more and more important all 
over Montana and the Northwest. 
They may be a selection of individually selected 
mixtures or they may be recommended mixtures 
(as suggested below) which have been consistently 
used and proven the best for many conditions. 
In either case we can furnish the mixtures or 
the varieties for home mixing by the purchaser or 
if he has any special soil or climatic condition to 
combat we will, upon receiving proper information 
from him, offer advice and suggestions. 
New Improved Peerless Pasture Mixture 
(Seed 20-25 lbs. per Acre) 
A special blend of grasses that have been proven 
to stand the many varied soil and weather condi¬ 
tions of Montana and the Rocky Mountain region, 
including such drought resisters as Crested Wheat 
Grass, Slender Wheat Grass and Brome. It also 
contains Orchard Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Tim¬ 
othy, Tall Meadow Oat Grass, Alsike and Medium 
Red Clovers and others in the proper proportions 
to give splendid results for those who want the 
best in a pasture mixture containing fancy clean 
seed of high purity and germination. 
The Huntley Mixture 
Recommended by the Federal Experiment Station 
at Huntley, Montana. 
20% Brome Grass 
20% Kentucky Blue 
Grass 
20% Orchard Grass 
20% Meadow Fescue 
10% Alsike Clover 
10% White Dutch 
Clover 
Can be seeded at the rate of 20 to 24 lbs. per 
acre. For the most part the heavy seeding is the 
more practical. 
(Ask Us for Suggestions to Improve Your 
Native Pasture Lands) 
New Alkali Resistant Legume 
ASTRAGALUS 
RUBYI 
This new legume 
was discovered six 
years ago and since 
has proven to thrive 
on a high lime soil 
on moist bottom land 
containing more or 
less alkali. It makes 
an abundant growth 
from the crown of a 
woody root. It 
spreads over the 
ground for 2 or 3 
feet and crowds out 
other vegetation, 
thus forming rela¬ 
tively pure stands. 
The slender stems 
may grow to four 
feet in length and 
bear many leaves 3 
to 5 inches long. The 
roots are similar to 
alfalfa and bear 
many nodules. The 
flowers are small, 
purplish in color and 
like a pea flower. It 
has been cut a n d 
cured like alfalfa 
with great success 
and has materially 
increased the produc¬ 
tion of forage on 
ranches where it oc¬ 
curred. Thrives on 
land where alfalfa 
will not grow a n d 
the hay is of high 
quality and all kinds 
of stock seem to rel¬ 
ish it. It also con¬ 
tains a high percent¬ 
age of phosphorous 
which is very desir¬ 
able in feeding. It 
will undoubtedly 
have an important 
economic place in re¬ 
claiming low damp 
bottom land and may 
be used as either a forage or soiling crop. Price 
1-25 lbs., per lb., $1.00, F. O. B. Helena. Write for 
prices in larger quantities. We have secured the 
original Masolo seed stock of this new legume. 
Astragalus Rubyi 
Spring Vetch (Gray) 
Vetches 
Like all leguminous crops, Vetch gathers nitro¬ 
gen out of the air and deposits it in the tubercles 
on its roots. The seed should be inoculated or the 
young plant will not grow as healthy and vigor¬ 
ous as otherwise. Although many of our customers 
report they are able to grow without inoculating. 
Winter Vetch —Known also as Sand or Hairy Vetch. 
Although called Winter this variety must be 
sown in Spring in Montana as it will not with¬ 
stand our Winters; its advantage is that usually 
it produces a heavier tonnage per acre than the 
Spring Vetch. This 
variety requires a 
good soil, is fre¬ 
quently sown with 
oats or barley, with 
which it makes ex¬ 
cellent feed. 
WINTER VETCH 
Spring Vetch — This 
is a very valuable 
forage plant and is 
rapidly becom¬ 
ing popular each 
year as the farmers 
are learning more 
of its great value 
for forage and fer¬ 
tilizing purposes. It 
succeeds well on 
nearly all soils and 
thrives surprisingly 
on poor light land. 
It improves the soil, 
being a nitrogen 
gatherer. It belongs 
to the pea family, 
but the vines are 
much longer and the 
foliage is more 
abundant. May be 
sown with about 
half bushel of rye 
or oats for support. 
It grows rapidly 
and is particularly 
valuable in sections 
where clover does 
