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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
GRASSES, CLOVERS, GRAIN AND FORAGE CROPS FOR FALL PLANTING 
Price* Subject to Market Changes. Bags extra, F. O. B. Boston. Special Quotations Made on Large Quantities 
Hay field on the Estate of Mrs. 8. C. Lawrence, Medford, Mass. 
C. L. Blakely, Supt., Breck's Special Mowing: Mixtures used. 
Breck’s Northern Grown Winter Rye 
Our Winter Rye is carefully recleaned, selected and 
tested for seed purposes. Only northern grown seed 
supplied. 
Winter Rye is being used more and more throughout 
New England as a cover crop, since it is very hardy and 
will grow on poorer land than other grain crops, making 
a good winter and spring pasture and if sown early 
enough makes good fall pasturage. Winter Rye is often 
used with Winter Vetch as an early spring soiling and 
forage crop. Rye can be sown at any time during the 
late summer and throughout the fall until the ground 
freezes. Price, $3.50 per bushel. (Ask for special quo¬ 
tation on large quantities). 
Winter Vetch 
(Vicia Villosa) 
Also known as Sand Vetch and Siberian or Russian 
Vetch. Vicia Villosa is a hardy biennial, flowers are blue- 
violet in color and are borne in one-sided clusters of 
about thirty to the stalk. Hairy Vetch needs well-drained 
soil and thrives best in sand or gravelly loams, never¬ 
theless it will grow well on rather heavy clay soils. It 
has a tendency to lodge badly since it does not grow 
upright and needs support to secure heaviest rankest 
growth. This support is best given by Rye or Wheat. 
It is customary to sow from two to four pecks of Winter 
Vetch to six to eight pecks of either Winter Wheat or 
Winter Rye per acre. Price, $14.00 per bushel of 60 lbs. 
Golden Chaff Winter Wheat 
A popular, w’hite, hardy, beardless variety. The mill¬ 
ing quality of the grain is excellent and is considered 
one of the most desirable winter wheats. Golden Chaff 
is especially desirable to grow’ with Winter Vetch for 
early green forage. The mixture most commonly used 
in New England is one-half bushel Winter Vetch and 
two bushels of Winter Wheat per acre. Price of Wheat, 
$4.00 per bushel. 
Illinois Red Winter Wheat 
A hardy variety, vigorous growth, not beardless, grown 
a great deal in the central west for the soft Winter 
Wheat. Price, $4.00 per bushel (subject to change). 
Grasses for Fall Sowing 
Prices subject to market changes. Lb. Bu. 
Choice Timothy . $6.00 
Choice Fancy Red Top.20 
Choice Medium Red Clover.28 
Choice Mammoth Red Clover.28 
Choice Alsike Clover.26 
Choice Crimson Clover .28 
Choice White Clover.65 
Choice Clean Rhode Island Bent. ..28 
Choice Kentucky Blue Grass. 4.25 
Choice Orchard Grass. 3.75 
F. O. B. Boston, bags extra at value. 
Genuine Grimm Alfalfa 
As a result of extensive trials of numerous varieties of 
Alfalfa, at various Experiment Stations and on many 
farms, in the Northern States, the unanimous conclusion 
is that the Grimm strain is hardier and more productive 
than any other known variety. It originated in northern 
Minnesota from seed brought from the fatherland and 
sown by Ferdinand Grimm, a German farmer. 
Our stock, which is true to name, clean and abso¬ 
lutely free from dodder, is shipped direct from grower’s 
farm in northern New York. This seed has given uni¬ 
versal satisfaction. We recommend sowing 20 pounds 
per acre. Notwithstanding its higher price, we feel 
confident that our Grimm seed is the most economical 
for all farmers wdio desire to grow Alfalfa. Price per 
lb., 80c; 20-lb. lots and over 75c per lb. 
American Grown Alfalfa. We offer only the finest 
Northern grown recleaned seed. 30c per lb., $25.00 per 
100 lbs. 
