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Brecks Agricultural Grasses and Grai 
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BRECK’S SPECIAL GRASS SEED MIXTURES 
FOR MOWING AND GRAZING LANDS 
In the handling of land for mowing and grazing purposes, it 
is very necessary to consider whether the.land is to be seeded 
lor temporary purposes or for permanent pasturage or for hay. 
It is very often the case that a piece of land is seeded down 
for one or two years with the idea of practicing alternate 
husbandry by turning the land back to other crops thereafter. 
For such short-term seeding down, we offer special mixtures 
composed largely of annual and biennial grasses. For seeding 
down land for long-term mowing and grazing, we offer other 
mixtures in which much larger proportions of permanent 
grasses are included. 
We have prepared the following mixtures which are especially 
suited to our New England soils and variable climate. We 
recommend them without qualification : 
No. 5 Mixture For Light Soils 
1 Year's Mowing 
This mixture contains seed of the following grasses and clovers 
ni the proper proportions: Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Rye 
Grass, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, Sweet Vernal. 
Timothy, Red Clover, and Alsike Clover. 33 pounds of seed per 
acre. Price $6.50 per acre. 
No. 6 Mixture For Medium Soils 
1 Year's Mowing 
This mixture is composed of the following grasses and clovers 
in a well-balanced proportion: Italian Rye Grass, Perennial 
Rye Grass, Orchard Grass, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, Sweet 
Vernal, Timothy, Red Clover, and Alsike Clover. 35 pounds of 
seed per acre. Price $7.00 per acre. 
No. 9 Mixture For Medium Soils 
3 Year's Mowing or Grazing 
This mixture contains the following grasses and clovers 
blended for semi-permanent seeding-down purposes: Italian 
Rye Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Orchard Grass, Meadow Fox¬ 
tail, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, Sweet Vernal, Timothy, Red 
Clover, Alsike Clover, and White Clover. 37 pounds of seed 
per acre. Price $8.00 per acre. 
No. 12 Mixture For Medium Soils 
5 Year's Mowing or Grazing 
This mixture contains the following list of grasses and 
clovers: Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Orchard 
Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Hard Fescue, Red Top, Rough Stalked 
Meadow Grass, Meadow Fescue, Sweet Vernal, Timothy, 
Perennial Red Clover, Alsike Clover, and White Clover. 41 
pounds of seed per acre. Price $11.00 per acre. 
No- 15 Mixture For Medium Soils 
Permanent Mowing or Grazing 
This mixture in carefully-measured proportions contains the 
following list of grasses and clovers best adapted to permanent 
pasturage and mowing: Italian Rye Grass, Perennial Rye 
Grass, Orchard Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Hard Fescue, Kentucky 
Blue Grass, Red Top, Rough Stalked Meadow Grass, Meadow 
Fescue, Sweet Vernal, Timothy, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, and 
White Clover. 43 pounds of seed per acre. Price $12.00 per acre. 
BRECK’S AGRICULTURAL GRASSES 
All Clovers, Agricultural Grasses, Grains, Forage Crops sold f. o. b. Boston. Bags extra. Prices subject 
to market changes. Samples with our purity and germination tests furnished on request. All shipments of 
field seeds, including lawn mixtures, are tagged to comply with the Massachusetts Seed Law. 
BENT GRASSES. For list of varieties which we carry in 
stock throughout the year, refer to page 5. 
TIMOTHY, HERD’S GRASS, or CAT’S-TAIL (Phleum 
pratense). Perennial. Most valuable for hay, especially in the 
North, thriving on moist, loamy soils of medium tenacity. 
Grows readily and yields, on favorable soils, 3 to 4 tons of 
best-quality hay per acre. Should be cut just when the blos¬ 
som falls. Weight, 45 lbs. per bus. Lb. 10c; 100 lbs. $8.00. 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, MEADOW GRASS, JUNE 
GRASS, or SPEAR GRASS (Poa pratensis). Perennial. 
Root-creeping. Flowers in June. A valuable species in lawn 
mixtures. As Kentucky Blue Grass requires two to three years 
to become well set, and does not arrive at perfection as a 
pasture grass until the sward is at least four years old, it 
is not suited for alternate husbandry, where the land is to 
remain in grass only two or three vears. Lb. 25c: 100 lbs. 
$ 20 . 00 . 
ORCHARD GRASS (Dactylis glomerata). Perennial. Root 
fibrous. Flowers in June and July. Thrives well on light soils, 
and as its roots penetrate to a considerable depth, it with¬ 
stands droughts better than most species. Lb. 32c; 100 lbs. 
$30.00. 
BED-TOP (Agrostis vulgaris). Perennial. Root-creeping. Flow¬ 
ers in July. Red-Top is often sown with Timothy and com¬ 
mon Red Clover, in which case the clover soon disappears, 
followed by the Timothy, the Red-Top usually taking their 
places, and with some wild indigenous grass forming a close 
sward. When sown alone, use 20 pounds of the clean seed 
per acre. Fancy or clean seed. Weight, 40 lbs. per bus. Lb. 
22c; 100 lbs. $20.00. 
ROUGH-STALKED MEADOW GRASS (Poa trivialis). Root 
fibrous. Perennial. This grass is valuable on account of its 
quick growth, productiveness, and nutritive qualities. Weight, 
14 lbs. per bus. Lb. 55c; 100 lbs. $50.00. 
PERENNIAL RYE, PACEY’S SHORT-SEEDED (Lolium 
perenne, Pacey). A very valuable grass; matures early and 
produces a good supply of herbage, of which cattle are very 
fond. Lb. 20c; 100 lbs. $18.00. 
ITALIAN RYE (Lolium italicum). Annual. In nutritive value, 
earliness, and quickness of growth, it far surpasses the 
Perennial Rye Grass. Weight, 18 lbs. per bus. Lb. 18c; 100 
lbs. $14.00. 
DOMESTIC RYE. A trade name for a mixture of Perennial 
and Italian Rye grown in the Pacific Northwest. Not a per¬ 
manent grass; recommended for its rapid growth, furnishing 
a good cover-crop or early pasture grass for one year. Used 
in lawn and pasture mixtures. Lb. 15c; 100 lbs. $12.00. 
SWEET VERNAL. Perennial. Root fibrous. Flowers in May. 
Valuable on account of its early growth. It is very fragrant 
and imparts a pleasant odor to the hay. Lb. $1.00; 100 lbs. 
$85.00. 
MEADOW FOXTAIL. (Alopecurus pratensis). Perennial. 
Root fibrous. Flowers in May. Weight, 8 lbs. per bus. Lb. 
$1.00 100 lbs. $00.00. 
MEADOW FESCUE or ENGLISH BLUE GRASS (Festuca 
pratensis). Perennial. Root-creeping. Flowers in July. One 
of the most valuable of the Fescue grasses. It should always 
be mixed with other grasses. Weight, 15 lbs. per bus. Lb. 
20c; 100 lbs. $18.00. 
SHEEP’S FESCUE (Festuca ovina). Perennial. Somewhat 
creeping. Flowers in June and July. Especially desirable on 
light, dry, sandy soils. Weight, 12 lbs. per bus. Lb. 60c; 100 
lbs. $50.00. 
FINE-LEAVED FESCUE (Festuca tenuifolia). This is really 
a variety of F. ovina, with much finer leaves. It will endure 
very dry, inferior soils, and its dwarf habit and fineness of 
leaf render it suitable for dry slopes on lawns. Weight, 22 
lbs. per bus. Lb. $1.00; 100 lbs. $95.00. 
