Olds 7 Grasses 
Olds 7 Timothy Seed 
Olds’ High Grade Timothy 
Grows Long Heads. 
(Sow 10 to 15 pounds to the acre.) 
Timothy for years has been the standard and most widely grown 
hay grass. It is indispensable as a hay for horses. It is an easily 
grown low-cost crop and seed is cheap. ' Probably the most profitable 
grass to grow -where conditions permit its cultivation. A short 
lived perennial usually lasting four or five years. It is satisfactory 
for pasturing just a short period. 
Timothy prefers a sweet soil and thrives best on rich moist 
bottom lands and heavy types of soil. It is a nitrogen feeding plant 
and should follow a legume crop. 
Our Timothy Seed is the purest and best that can be obtained. 
It is all thoroughly recleaned and free from noxious weeds with 
high tests, most of it testing 99.6 per cent purity or better. 
Seed is plentiful and prices krw this year. Use plenty of seed. 
Prices, Old Gold Brand, by freight: y 2 pk., 45c; pk., 75c; bu. (45 
lbs.), $2.50; 2 bu. at $2.45; 5 bu. at $2.40. 
Lakes Brand: Bu., $2.40; 2 bu. at $2.35; 5 bu. at $2.30. 
TIMOTHY AND ALSIKE MIXED. (1-5 Alsike) ; V, pk., 80c; pk., 
$1.50; bu., $5.40; 2 bu. .at $5.30; 5 bu. at $5.25. 
Olds 7 Fancy Red Top 
(Sow 6 to 8 pounds to the acre.) 
RED TOP is a very valuable general purpose grass. A good 
meadow grass, one of the best for pasture and splendid for lawns. 
It not only succeeds on dry land but is also adapted to moist soils. 
Fancy Solid Seed. (Reeleaned, free from chaff.) By mail: Lb. 
30c; 3 lbs., 80c. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs’ 
$15.00. _ 
Sand Vetch or Winter Vetch 
A very valuable leguminous plant, especially for lighter 
soils. Can be sown in either spring or fall. Sow 15 to 20 
pounds of vetch and V 2 bushel grain per acre, oats or barley 
in the spring, rye in the fall. Makes splendid hay, also 
fine fall and winter pasture and it can also be pastured 
in early spring. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 30c. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 
lbs., $1.85; 100 lbs., $13.50. 
Olds* New Pasture Mixture 
This mixture is made up of Kentucky Blue Grass, Tim¬ 
othy, Red Top, Red Clover and Alsike, the percentages 
of the seeds used in the mixture running in the order 
named. Sow 30 pounds per acre for a good stand. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 35c. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.80; 10 
lbs., $2.40; 100 lbs., $19.00. Sacks included. 
Olds* Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass 
Blue Grass is the foundation grass for all lawns, as 
well as for permanent pastures. Use plenty of seed. It pays 
to use the seed liberally. 
Old Gold Brand (2i-pound seed)—By mail: Lb., 30c. 
By freight: 5 lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs. at 
$15.00. 
Lakes Brand (1-9-pound seed): 10 lbs., $1.90; 100 lbs., 
$14.00. 
American-Grown Rye Grass 
Much cheaper than the European-grown rye grass. May 
be used in lawn mixtures. Also good for pastures and 
meadows. By mail: Lb., 30c. By freight: 5 lbs., 95c; 10 
lbs., $1.70; 100 lbs., $12.00. 
Astoria Bent Grass 
Better for lawns than the old South German Mixed 
Bent or Creeping Bent because more easily cared for and 
less subject to brown patch. Desirable also for golf courses. 
The seed is State Sealed and Certified. Prices, by mail: 
Lb., 90c. By freight: 5 lbs., $4.25; 10 lbs., $8.00; 100 
lbs., $75.00. 
Brome Grass (Bromus Inermis) 
A hardy perennial with strong growing root stalks which 
make a thick firm turf. Does exceedingly well on dry, 
loose soil. Its unusual drought-resisting powers recom¬ 
mend it for general cultivation. Produces a large yield 
of highly palatable and nutritious hay. It is slow to 
start and we advise to sow with a nurse crop when grown 
for hay. Splendid for permanent pastures. Seed early 
in spring or late summer at the rate of 1 V 2 to 2 bushels 
of seed to the acre. By mail: lb., 45c; by freight: 5 lbs., 
$1.85; 10 lbs., $3.50; 100 lbs., $30.00. 
Ch. 
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lewings 
A very fine pure strain of Fescue. Grows well on 
poor, dry soils. Spreads by roots under ground. Rec¬ 
ommended for terraces. Grown in New Zealand. By mail: 
Lb., 60c. By freight: 5 lbs., $2.50; 10 lbs., $4.75; 100 
lbs., $42.00. 
Orchard Grass 
A long lived perennial which does fine in partial shade 
and upon wood lands. Its principal use is for hay and 
pasture under shady conditions. It withstands drought 
and grazing and will furnish pasture from early spring 
until fall. By mail: Lb., 35c. By freight: 5 lbs., $1.35; 10 
lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
Rough Stalked Meadow 
Grows well in the shade. Recommended for shady lawns. 
By mail: Lb., 55c. By freight: 5 lbs., $2.35; 10 lbs', $4.50; 
100 lbs., $40.00. 
ROOT CROPS 
Root crops are profitable. They will save 
one-half the grain feed without reducing the 
milk yield. They cost only $4.00 to $5.00 
a ton while other concentrates cost about 
$30.00 per ton to produce. An enormous 
crop can be taken from an acre. Mangels 
sometimes produce from forty to fifty tons 
per acre. Turnips can be sown with grain 
thereby costing practically nothing to pro¬ 
duce. Mangels, carrots, turnips, pumpkins 
and rutabagas are splendid feed crops. 
Add postage if you 
want goods not 
quoted postpaid sent 
by mail. See Table— 
Page 56, 
Olds’ Fancy Red Top. 
Reed Canary Grass 
Bromus Inermis. 
BRINGS LOW GROUND INTO PRODUCTION 
Reed Canary Grass is a very valuable new perennial hay 
and pasture crop especially desirable for low, marshy land. 
Nothing like it has been thus far produced as it puts land 
that is just dead waste into production of valuable forage. 
Continues to grow without care or attention. Very highly 
recommended by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Experiment 
Stations. 
For Pasture it lengthens the grazing season as it starts 
very early in the spring, and beginning before June 1st, 
will furnish an abundance of pasture throughout the entire 
season until late in the fall. 
For Hay. It makes a heavy yield of good quality hay better 
than timothy and far superior to wild hay. Ordinarily two 
or more cuttings can be made in a season. As high as seven 
tons of hay per acre have been produced in one season. 
CULTURE. Sow in early spring, alone or with grain, 4 to 
6 pounds of seed per acre broadcast, or 2 to 3 pounds with 
drill. Late summer and late fall seeding are also recom¬ 
mended. It makes a permanent grass when once established. 
Ask for Reed Canary Grass Bulletin. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 55c; 5 lbs., $2.50. By freight: 5 lbs., 
$2.35; 10 lbs., $4.50; 100 lbs., $38.00. 
— March 3, 1937 
“Thought you might like to know that last year was our second 
year growing your Scarlet Dawn Tomatoes. In spite of very 
severe dry weather and no 'watering whatever, tee had excellent 
tomatoes. Your catalog does not do justice to this very tine 
tomato. We are not bothering with any other variety at all this 
year. We find Scarlet Dawn to be particularly free from many 
of the diseases which attack other varieties of tomatoes, in this 
section of Wisconsin.” Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Willis, Wis. 
A field of Reed Canary being cut for hay. 
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