Poa Bulbosa (Winter Blue Grass). 25 pounds 
per acre. A perennial, and under suitable conditions 
forms a perpetual sod, reseeds itself freely, spread¬ 
ing both by the bulbs produced beneath the surface 
of the soil and bulblets on the head. This grass re¬ 
verses the normal order of growth, being entirely 
dormant during the entire summer. The plants re¬ 
vive after the first fall rains, producing pasture 
throughout the late fall, winter and spring. Seed 
should be sown during the fall. 
Soy Beans. 50 pounds per acre. The Soy Bean 
is a leguminous Annual growing to a height of 10 
inches or more depending on soil conditions. The 
plant is erect and branching, quite leafy and pro¬ 
ducing numerous pods. The leaves vary in size and 
color depending on the variety. Soy Beans are a 
promising emergency Leguminous hay crop for 
various places here in the Northwest. 
Soy Beans grow on rather a wide range of soils, 
are quite drouth resistant, and will stand excess 
moisture providing the water does not stand for any 
considerable length of time. 
Should be sown about corn planting time, rows 
about three feet apart and the seed about 3 or 4 
inches apart in the row. 
All seed should be inoculated with Nitragin “S”. 
Vetches make excellent feed, either green or as 
hay, and are also exceedingly useful as cover and 
green manure crops. They are usually seeded with 
grain, oats being the favorite for the reason separa¬ 
tion is easily made when harvesting vetch for a seed 
crop. 
Common Vetch. The most important annual 
legume grown in Oregon, used extensively as a 
green feed crop for spring and summer, also makes 
an excellent green manure and cover crop. Vetch 
is best suited to a moist cool climate free from ex¬ 
tremes of heat or cold during the growing season. 
Is adapted to heavy well drained soils. The stems 
are slender growing from 3 to 5 feet or more in 
length, semi-erect. The leaves are pinnate, with 
about seven pairs of leaflets and a terminal tendril. 
The flowers are violet purple rarely white and are 
borne in pairs on a verv short stalk. 
Hungarian Vetch. A fine stemmed annual mak¬ 
ing a semi-erect growth 2% to 4 feet in length and 
somewhat hairy overall. The flowers are brownish 
white in color and are borne in groups of from two 
to eight. Hungarian Vetch is quite winter hardy 
and is adapted to a wide range of soils, lands with 
poor drainage and lands that are heavy, sour and 
white will often produce crops of Hungarian Vetch 
while other crops have failed. 
Hairy Vetch, also known as Sand Vetch. The 
stems are slender, usually growing to an average 
length of 6 to 8 feet. The leaves are narrow, violet 
blue borne on long stems in dense one-sided clusters 
of about 30. Hairy vetch is quite winter hardy rarely 
winter killing if well established in the fall, adapted 
to a wide range of soils doing best on sandy or sandy 
loams but does not succeed in very wet soils. 
Austrian Winter Field Peas. A true winter 
variety. Plants resulting from fall seedings pass 
through a definite period of winter dormancy be¬ 
fore growth begins in the spring. The plants are 
viny, generally similar to other varieties of field 
peas under average conditions attain a length of 3 
to 4 feet. The blooms are purple. The peas are 
very hardy, zero temperatures do little damage un¬ 
less freezing and thawing periods are severe. They 
are adapted to well drained clay and sandy loams. 
The Austrian pea is used for all types of forage such 
as hay, silage, soiling and pasture. 
Canadian Field Peas. Quite similar to the Aus¬ 
trian Winter Field Pea. The stems and leaves are 
somewhat larger and the blooms are white. The va¬ 
riety is not winter hardy, being adapted only to 
moderate temperatures. They do best on loams or 
clay loams but will succeed on most types of soil 
if well drained. 
The Canadian Field Pea is used for practicallv 
the same purposes as the Austrian in general farm¬ 
ing. Both varieties are usually sown with a small 
grain crop. 
Jerusalem Artichokes. The Artichoke is an 
annual reproduced by tubers somewhat similar to 
potatoes. 
The plants grow from 4 to 12 feet in height, the 
stalks are medium coarse often heavily branched 
and very leafy and bear small yellow blossoms on 
the tips of the upper branches and main stalks. 
In general the tubers are rough and vary from the 
elongated, usually slender to the almost round types, 
the flesh is white, eyes small and the surface color¬ 
ing varies from red and blue to white and yellow. 
Artichokes are adapted to practically all types of 
soil except those heavily charged with alkali. 
Artichokes are planted like potatoes using the 
same machinery and following the same general 
practices. When planting whole tubers use 800 to 
1000 pounds depending on the size of the Tubers. 
When cut in pieces use 500 to 800 pounds per acre. 
Planting is usually and preferably in the spring 
during April or early May. 
Certified Astoria Bent. This strain of Bent 
Grass was discovered and developed in the vicinity 
of Astoria. This is a fine leafed Bent especially 
adapted to lawns, parks, athletic fields and golf 
courses. Does well on practically all types of soils. 
This particular strain of Bent should be used for 
fine lawns and may also be used in lawn grass 
mixtures. 
Certified Seaside Bent. Discovered and devel¬ 
oped in the vicinity of Coquille, Oregon. This is a 
surface creeping bent. Adapted to putting greens 
and golf courses, and makes a desirable addition to 
lawn grass mixtures. 
Certified Hig'hland Bent. Discovered and de¬ 
veloped in the Willamette Valley and Southern 
Oregon. A vigorous underground creeper similar in 
its growing habits and requirements to that of As¬ 
toria Bent and is especially adapted to heavy cold 
soils. 
Pacific Bent. This is a grade of Bent that usually 
consists of a mixture of two or more Bents the bulk 
being Astoria and is well adapted for lawns and 
parks and lawn grass mixtures. 
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