PASTURE GRASS SEEDS 
Meadow Fescue 
MEADOW FESCUE OR ENGLISH BLUE GRASS 
(Festuca Pratensis) 
Meadow Fescue is a tufted, deep rooted, long-lived pe¬ 
rennial, and is especially adapted for permanent pasture. 
Even if cut for hay or seed it produces a good amount of 
aftermath. It should be cut for hay just as it comes into 
bloom, and for seed as soon as the field shows a yellowish 
brown color and the heads begin to droop from the weight 
of grain. 
It is adapted practically to the same area as Timothy, 
will thrive on poor soils, except where the soil is very 
sandy. It should be sown on a thoroughly firmed seed 
bed at the rate of 10 to 12 pounds per acre for seed, and 
20 to 25 pounds per acre for pasture. The best time to 
sow is in late summer or early fall. 
Meadow Fescue is also used in lawns where quick 
growth is desired. A fine mixture is two-thirds Meadow 
Fescue and one-third Kentucky Blue Grass. 
RED TOP GRASS (Agrostis Vulgaris) 
Sometimes known as Herd’s Grass. The third most im¬ 
portant grass in the United States, and one of the best 
native grasses. It is especially valuable for sowing on 
sour or acid soils, swampy or meadow lands, which are 
liable to overflow, and on soils that are not rich enough 
for Timothy and other grasses. When mixed with Alsike 
Clover it makes a fine crop of hay or excellent pasture. 
About ten pounds are sown to the acre. When cut for 
hay it should be in full flower. 
Red Top is also an exceedingly good grass for lawns if 
sown with Kentucky Blue Grass and kept closely mowed, 
under which conditions the leaves are fine and the turf 
dense. 
Red Top 
ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis Glomerata) 
A typical bunch grass, withstands a great amount of 
heat, does well in the shade. It is best adapted to clays 
and loams, not averse to wet soils, but prefers a moderate 
amount of moisture. Good results can be had also where 
the rainfall is rather scanty. 
Orchard Grass should be used in pastures wherever 
possible, because of its ability to grow in cool weather, 
and furnishes the earliest and latest pasture during the 
season. It is good pasture for cows. Sow 20 to 25 pounds 
per acre. 
NATIVE RYE GRASS 
Grown principally in Washington and Oregon. Much 
better than the imported Rye Grass. Is used extensively 
for polo fields and fairways. 
JOHNSON GRASS 
(Andropogon Halepensis) 
We do not offer Johnson Grass for sowing in Kansas. 
This grass, when once planted, is very difficult to eradi¬ 
cate. It is a perennial with long cane-like roots; leaf 
stock and pinnacle resemble those of sorghums. Grows 
on any land. Ten pounds to the acre. 
Timothy 
BROME GRASS (Bromus Inermis) 
No other cultivated perennial grass has shown a higher 
degree of drought resistance, and it endures winter cold 
remarkably well. Aside from Alfalfa, no grass has ful¬ 
filled the promise to the western farmer better than 
Brome Grass. 
Cattle graze on this grass in preference to Blue Grass, 
and it is especially adapted to pasturage, due to the fact 
that it begins its growth early in the spring and contin¬ 
ues growing until late fall. Sow about 14 pounds to the 
acre. 
BERMUDA GRASS (Cynaclon Dactylon) 
Bermuda is a long-lived perennial with marked ability 
to withstand close grazing, or close clipping, and on this 
account is much used as a lawn grass. Bermuda grass 
lawns stay green all summer without artificial watering. 
For lawns sow one pound to 500 square feet, for pasture 
3 to 5 pounds per acre. 
TIMOTHY (Plileum Pratense) 
The most important hay grass. Greatly relished by all 
kinds of stock, especially horses. The time recommended 
for cutting Timothy hay is shortly after the blooms have 
fallen and while the seed is still in the dough stage, be¬ 
cause at this time it contains the largest amount of di¬ 
gestible protein. Sow 10 to 15 pounds per acre. 
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