PASTURE AND MEADOW MIXTURES 
Many Tons of Palatable Hay good for all Livestock, were Produced from this Timothy and Alsike Meadow. 
PASTURES ARE PROFITABLE 
Pastures furnish not only one-half of the total feed for 
animals, but the only really cheap feed. 
The better management and improvement of pastures is 
one of the most important jieeds of American agriculture. 
Well-planned and properly-managed pastures not only provide 
a large amount of nutrition for livestock, but also serve to 
keep down weeds. 
By the use of pastures, animals harvest their own feed, 
chores are reduced, the manure is left on the land, animals 
have a better choice of feed, and gains are cheaper. 
All classes of livestock do well on pastures which are very 
important to the health of these animals and economy of 
production. 
Combinations or mixtures of suitable pasture plants are 
generally more desirable than one kind of plant seeded alone. 
The mixture affords variety, adds palatability and often in¬ 
creases the production per acre. A single grass or legume 
may fail to make a good stand when others catch well. Very 
frequently gaps or open places are filled up by a mixture. 
It is considered very important to include both grasses and 
legumes in pasture and meadow mixtures. 
TIMOTHY AND ALSIKE 
MIXTURE 
Peimanent and Productive 
1. It makes an excellent permanent pasture 
as both grasses are perennials. 
2. It may, be grown on slightly acid soil 
where Red, Sweet Clover or Alfalfa do not 
thrive. 
3. The hay produced is very leafy, of fine 
quality and richer in protein than Timothy 
alone. 
4. More tons per acre can be produced. 
5. Fertility will be added to the soil through 
the Alsike, and the Timothy will grow 
much better as a result. 
6. All classes of livestock like the hay. 
7. Good returns may be expected on uplands 
as well as lowlands. 
8. Timothy and Alsike mixed will produce 
more feed per acre than if two separate 
fields of Timothy and Alsike were grown 
for hay and mixed. 
9. More seed is produced per acre than from 
two separate fields of Timothy and Alsike. 
This allows us to make a lower seed price 
to the farmer than if he bought Timothy 
and Alsike seed separately and mixed them. 
We offer two mixtures of Timothy and Alsike. 
One contains 20% to 25% Alsike, and is a 
very popular mixture, grown to a great extent. 
For those who wish a larger percentage of Al¬ 
sike, we supply a mixture having 30% to 35% 
Alsike. This mixture has become popular and 
is in as big demand as the 20% to 25% mix¬ 
ture. Sow about 12 lbs. of either mixture to 
the acre. Price: Lb. 25c, 5 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. 
For prices on larger quantities, see Blue Figure 
Price List. 
Special Mixture for Thin Alfalfa 
Stands 
During the past few years, many promis¬ 
ing fields of Alfalfa have been thinned out 
due to drought. Alfalfa is perhaps the out¬ 
standing hay crop grown in the country. 
Since it is sometimes difficult to get a stand, 
the Ohio Experiment Station has found that 
by seeding a special mixture on Alfalfa fields 
that are somewhat thin, an abundance of hay 
or pasture of high feeding value may be ob¬ 
tained. 
Springtooth or disc the Alfalfa field early 
in the spring and seed the following mixture, 
harrowing it in lightly after seeding: 4 lbs. 
of Alfalfa, 4 lbs. of medium Bed Clover, 2 
lbs. of Alsike Clover, 2 lbs. of Timothy. 
Mix your seed well and plant this quantity 
per acre. A very fine field of hay or pasture 
will result if growing conditions are favor¬ 
able. 
ALL SEASON PASTURE AND 
MEADOW MIXTURE 
For all soils except low, wet ground. We 
offer this special pasture and meadow mixture 
designed to supply hay or grazing throughout 
the entire season. This mixture is made up of 
hardy, strong-rooted grasses and clovers which 
will resist the extremes of our cold northern 
winters and hot, dry summers, also endure close 
pasturing. 
Pasture and hay lands, when used for feeding 
livestock, have shown more profits than most 
other kinds of. crops. In the government pro¬ 
gram to curtail production of grains and corn, 
pasture and hay combinations are recommended 
to be planted on those acres which otherwise 
would be idle. In the past there has always 
been a shortage of high quality hay in many 
sections of the country and it will be many 
years before an oversupply can be produced. 
This All Season Mixture includes Kentucky 
Blue Grass, Timothy, Red Top, Alsike, Red 
Clover, Brome Grass, Meadow Fescue, and Do¬ 
mestic Rye Grass in proper proportions. Sow at 
the rate of 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Price: Lb. 
35c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. for $2.75. See 
Blue Figure Price List for larger quantities. 
MIXTURE FOR LOW WET 
GROUND 
For land that is occasionally overflowed. This 
pasture and meadow mixture contains grasses 
that withstand overflowing of the land without 
being drowned out. The following mixture has 
proved most satisfactory for this purpose: Red 
Top, Timothy, Alsike, Brome Grass, Domestic 
Bye Grass and Reed Canary Grass, mixed in the 
proper proportions. After a few seasons, the 
Red Top, Brome Grass and Reed Canary Grass 
will predominate, giving you a permanent pas¬ 
ture or meadow that will yield many tons of 
hay having high feeding value. 
Where a single grass is preferred, we would 
recommend Reed Canary Grass. (See page 63.) 
Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. For top seed¬ 
ing, sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Price: Lb. 
35c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. for $2.75, 
See Blue Figure Price List for larger quantities. 
PERMANENT 
HOG PASTURE MIXTURE 
Permanent Hog Pasture Mixture contains the 
following mixed in the right proportion to pro¬ 
duce the greatest feeding value: 
Alfalfa. Meadow Fescue. 
Red Clover. Domestic Rye Grass. 
Alsike Clover. Bromus Inermis. 
Sweet Clover. Timothy. 
This mixture can be sown any time, from 
early spring until midsummer, and does not re¬ 
quire any particular kind of soil, in fact, any 
soil that produces crops of small grain or corn, 
will answer the purpose. Because of the large 
amount of clover and alfalfa it contains, it 
serves the double purpose of providing the hogs 
with pasture of high feeding value, and building 
up the soil at the same time. Sow 25 lbs. per 
acre. Price: See Blue Figure Price List. 
ANNUAL HOG PASTURE 
MIXTURE 
ONE ACRE ENOUGH FOR 40 SPRING PIGS 
OR 20 OLDER HOGS 
This mixture was put up to meet the demand 
for a pasture that will develop young pigs rap¬ 
idly, and produce pork at a minimum cost. It 
contains all the necessary body and bone build¬ 
ing elements, and will prove much more econom¬ 
ical than the use of corn, grain and mill feed 
throughout the year. A good pasture of legumes, 
grasses and grains, will keep hogs in healthy 
condition, fatten them quickly, so that but 
little corn is required to finish them off. Our 
balanced ration mixture consists of the follow¬ 
ing in the right proportions: 
Amber Cane. Eye. 
Vetches. Oats. 
Field Peas. Dwarf Essex Rape. 
Barley. Sudan Grass. 
One acre of pasture sown to this mixture is 
sufficient for 30 to 40 spring pigs, or 15 to 
20 older_ hogs. It is best to divide the hog 
pasture into two parts and change the hogs 
from one section to the other, about once a 
week, to give the grains and grasses a chance 
to recuperate. Sow at the rate of 60 to 75 lbs. 
per acre. Price: See Blue Figure Price List. 
We offer free, if requested, with an order for 
Pasture and Meadow Mixtures of $2.00 or more, 
the valuable booklet entitled, “Our Pastures— 
Theiy Deserve Better Care,’’ Published by the 
International Harvester Co. 
F. S. & N. Co. 
Feb. 9, 1937 
I want to buy of you so please send me a 
catalog. Of all the companies whose seeds I 
used, I found yours are superior in germina¬ 
tion and finished product. 
Leonard J. Rasmussen, Reseda, Cal. 
Sept. 20, 1937 
F. S. & N. Co. 
I planted a bushel of your F. S. & N. Co.’s 
Ideal Silo Corn and it is the best corn I ever 
raised. The ears are fifteen inches long and 
I have been feeding it to my hogs for a month. 
Hugh Cory, Mt. Sterling, III. 
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