Olds Grasses 
Olds' Timothy Seed 
(Sow 10 to 15 pounds to the acre.) 
Timothy for years has been tiie 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 .iust 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 low this year. Use plenty of seed. 
Prices, Old Gold Brand, by freight: V2 pk., 35c; pk., 65c; bu. (45 
lbs.), $2.35; 2 bu. at $2.30; 5 bu. at $2.25. 
Lakes Brand: Bu., $2.25; 2 bu. at $2.20; 5 bu. at $2.15. 
TIMOTHY AND ALSIKE MIXED. (1-5 Alsike); 1/2 pk., 80c; pk., 
$1.40; bu., $4,50; 2 bu. at $4.45; 5 bu. at $4.40. 
Olds^ Fancy Red Top 
(Sow 6 to 8 pounds to the acre.) 
BED 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. (Recleaned, free from chaff.) By mail: Lb., 
30c; 3 lbs., 80c, By freight: 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.90; 100 lbs,, 
$14.00. 
Olds’ High Grade Timothy 
Grows Long Heads. 
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 20 to 28 lbs. of 
seed to the acre. By mail: Lb., 40c. By freight: 6 lbs., 
$1.35; 10 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
Olds* New Pasture Mixture 
This mixture is made up of Kentucky Blue Grass, Tim¬ 
othy, Red Top, Bed Clover and Alsike, the_ percentages 
of the seeds used in the mixture running in the order 
named. Sow 30 ijounds 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 (21-pound seed)—By mail: Lb., 30c, 
By freight: 5 lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs. at 
$15.00. 
Lakes Brand (19-pound seed): 10 lbs., $1.90; 100 lbs., 
$14.00. 
American-Grown Rye Grass 
Much cheaper than the European-grown rye grass. Mlay 
be used in lawn mixtures. Also good for pastures and 
meadows. By mail: Lb., 25c. By freight: 5 lbs., 70c; 10 
lbs., $1.30; 100 lbs., $9.00. 
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., $1.15. By freight: 5 lbs., $5.00; 10 lbs., $9.00. 
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 % 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 earlv spring. . 
■ Prices, by mail: Lb., 30c. By freight: 5 lbs., $1,00; 10 
lbs., $1.85; 100 lbs., $14.00, 
Ch ewinss* Fescue 
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., $1.20. By freight: 5 lbs., $4.75; 10 lbs., $9.00; 100 
lbs., $80.00. 
Orchard Grass 
A long lived perennial which does fine in partial shade 
and upon wood lands. Its principal xise 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., 40c. 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., 65c. By freight: 5 lbs., $2.75; 10 lbs., 
$6.00; 100 lbs., $45.00. 
A Seed Field of Brome Grass. 
Parkland Brome 
THE NEW BROMUS INERMIS 
Parkland is a new variety of Brome de¬ 
veloped by Experimental Associations in 
Canada. It is a selection of inbreds from 
the common Brome Grass (Bromus Inermis). 
It differs from common Brome Grass essen¬ 
tially in that the plant lacks the strongly 
spreading underground stems, and the gen¬ 
eral type of plant that composes the strain is 
dense and leafy as opposed to the more open 
stemmy types found in commercial Brome. 
The plants are on the average slightly short¬ 
er but their yield of Hay and seed is about 
the same as commercial Brome. The higher 
percentage of leaves in Parkland makes a 
better quality hay. It is well adapted to dry 
and poor type soils. Parkland Brome is 
easily eradicated when planted with grass 
mixtures. It is a good companion grass 
with Alfalfa as it helps keep out the blue 
grass and it is a wonderful pasture grass. 
We 'are one of the first American seed houses 
to offer this new grass. Our stock is im¬ 
ported from Canada and is No. 1 grade. 
Prices: Lb., 76c; 3 lbs., $1.95; postpaid. 
By freight: 5 lbs., $3.00; 10 lbs., $5.60; 100 
lbs., $50.00. 
Olds’ Fancy Red Top, 
Reed Canary Grass 
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 pro¬ 
duced as it puts land that is just dead 
waste into production of valuable forage. 
Continues to grow without care or atten¬ 
tion. 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 timothy, 4 to 6 pounds of seed 
per acre broadcast, or 2 to 3 pounds with 
drill. Late summer and late fall seeding 
are also recommended. It makes a 
permanent grass when once established. 
Ask for Reed Canary Grass Bulletin. 
Prices, by mail: Lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.45. 
By freight: 5 lbs., $2.20; 10 lbs., $4.25; 
100 lbs., $35.00. 
“IVe have had your catalog and used 
your seeds nigh unto forty years. Please 
change our address. We can’t get along 
without your catalog even in old age.” 
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hunter, Illinois. 
A field of Reed Canary being cut lor nay. 
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