PASTURE GRASS SEEDS 
Meadow Fescue 
MEADOW FESCUE OR 
ENGLISH BLUE GRASS 
(Festuca Pratensis.) Meadow Fescue is a tufted, deep 
rooted, long-lived perennial, and is especially adapted 
for permanent pasture. Even if cut for hay or seed it 
produces a good amount of aftermath. It should be cut 
for hay just as it comes into bloom, and for seed as soon 
as the field shows a yellowish brown color and the heads 
begin to droop from the weight of grain. 
It is adapted practically to the same area as Timothy, 
will thrive on poor soils, except where the soil is very 
sandy. It should be sown on a thoroughly firmed seed 
bed at the rate of 10 to 12 pounds per acre for seed, and 
20 to 25 pounds per acre for pasture. The best time to 
sow is in late summer or early fall. 
Meadow Fescue is also used in lawns where quick growth 
is desired. A fine mixture is two-thirds Meadow Fescue 
and one-third Kentucky Blue Grass. 
RED TOP GRASS 
(Agrostis Vulgaris.) Sometimes known as Herd’s Grass. 
The third most important grass in the United States, 
and one of the best native 
grasses. It is especially 
valuable for sowing on 
sour or acid soils, swampy 
or meadow lands, which 
are liable to overflow, and 
on soils that are not rich 
enough for Timothy and 
other grasses. When mixed 
with Alsike Clover it 
makes a fine crop of hay 
or excellent pasture. 
About ten pounds are 
sown to the acre. When 
cut for hay it should be in 
full flower. 
Red Top is also an ex¬ 
ceedingly good grass for 
lawns if sown with Ken¬ 
tucky Blue Grass and kept 
closely mowed, under 
which conditions the 
leaves are fine and the 
turf dense. 
Red Top 
ORCHARD GRASS 
(Bactylis Glomerata.) A typical bunch grass, withstands 
a great amount of heat, does well in the shade. It is 
best adapted to clays and loams, not averse to wet soils, 
but prefers a moderate amount of moisture. Good results 
can be had also where the rainfall is rather scanty. 
Orchard Grass should be used in pastures wherever pos¬ 
sible, because of its ability to grow in cool weather, and 
furnishes the earliest and latest pasture during the sea¬ 
son. It is good pasture for cows. Sow 20 to 25 pounds 
per acre. 
NATIVE RYE GRASS 
Grown principally in Washington and Oregon. Much 
better than the imported Rye Grass. Is used extensively 
for polo fields and fairways. 
JOHNSON GRASS 
(Andropogon Halepeusis.) We do not offer Johnson 
Grass for sowing in Kansas. This grass, when once 
planted, is very difficult to eradicate. It is a perennial 
with long cane-like roots; leaf stock and pinnacle re¬ 
semble those of sorghums. Grows on any land. Ten 
pounds to the acre. 
SUDAN GRASS 
Sudan is a tall, leafy annual grass of the Sorghum fam¬ 
ily. It is a native of a hot, dry climate, which makes it 
naturally adapted to the dry conditions of the Middle 
West. 
Sudan Grass may be sown broadcast, drilled or in culti¬ 
vated rows. Where there is sufficient moisture, broad¬ 
casting or drilling is preferable; otherwise the grass is 
likely to be coarse. In seeding this way, three pecks to 
the acre should be used. In cultivated rows three feet 
apart, three pounds of seed to the acre are sufficient. 
Sudan makes a large crop of hay; used as summer pas¬ 
ture. 
BROME GRASS 
(Broinus Iiiermis.) No other cultivated perennial grass 
has shown a higher degree of drought resistance, and it 
endures winter cold remarkably well. Aside from Alfalfa, 
no grass has fulfilled the promise to the western farmer 
better than Brome Grass. 
Cattle graze on this grass in preference to Blue Grass, 
and it is especially adapted to pasturage, due to the fact 
that it begins its growth early in the spring and contin¬ 
ues growing until late fall. Sow about 14 pounds to the 
""" BERMUDA GRASS 
(Cynadon Dactylon), Bermuda is a long-lived perennial 
with marked ability to withstand close grazing, or close 
clipping, and on this account is much used as a lawn 
grass. Bermuda grass lawns stay green all summer 
without artificial watering. For lawns sow one pound 
to 500 square feet, for pasture 3 to 5 pounds per acre. 
TIMOTHY 
(Phleum Pratense.) The most important hay grass. 
Grealy relished by all kinds of stock, especially horses. 
The time recommended for cutting Timothy hay is short¬ 
ly after the blooms have fallen and while the seed is still 
in the dough stage, because at this time it contains the 
largest amount of digestible protein. Sow 10 to 15 
pounds per acre. 
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