Proper Fertilizing Helps Greatly 
Meat production, including 
beef, pork and lamb, on per¬ 
manent blue grass pastures at 
Illinois, averaged a return of 
$13.18 per acre for ten years. 
On a rotation pasture for 12 
years the returns were $35.84 
per acre. 
The modern trend toward 
grass farming not only stops 
soil washing, but helps to 
crowd out weeds too. 
acres of Funk 
Seed Corn, 
dry season, 
only wet once 
was planted 
spent 
Hy- 
have 
me pnc»«M£ J £iybrid Seed 
Corn, as I expect to plant en¬ 
tire crop with Hybrid Seed 
Corn.”— Charles^^N. Mc¬ 
Cracken, Cooksville, Mel. 
brid 
made 
"A Nation is made great not 
by its fruitful acres, but by 
the MEN THAT CULTIVATE 
THEM; not by its great forests, 
but by the MEN WHO USE 
THEM. America was a great 
LAND when Columbus dis¬ 
covered it. AMERICANS have 
made it a great NATION.'' 
Lyman Abbott. 
^JJoffman’s 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 
This grass is the backbone of American pastures. Most widely 
used of all grasses over a tremendous area of the country. 
One of the hardiest perennial grasses. Will grow in most 
locations of the East. Prefers a sweet soil for giving top 
results. Responds wonderfully to applications of phosphate 
and lime. Spreads by its running rootlets. Low growing com¬ 
pared to some of the less hardy grasses. Rarely exceeds two 
feet. Sow 30 to 35 pounds per acre. 
Kentucky Blue is a slow grower. That’s why it is advisable 
to sow Kentucky Blue Grass seed along with other quicker 
growing seeds. These other grasses will take hold and pro¬ 
duce some top-growth. To afford the owner some pasturage. 
While the slow-starting Kentucky Blue is getting under way. 
Given some time, one by one the other starting grasses will 
gradually disappear. In time the Kentucky Blue will be in 
sole possession of the ground. Will last indefinitely. Perhaps 
the most permanent grass, when conditions are suitable. 
Makes a very tough sod. Fine on the soil of sharp slopes 
where there is washing by heavy rains or erosion. 
Is a fine grass for the limestone valleys of Pennsylvania. 
Ranks at the top in grazing qualities and nutritive value. 
CANADA BLUE —Not like Kentucky Blue. A shorter, more 
wiry, coarser and faster-growing grass. Will grow where 
Kentucky will not. Sow on your poorer or rocky soil. Makes 
somewhat less feed. 14 pounds per bushel. 
RED TOP 
No other grass will grow under as great a variety of condi 
tions. A perennial grass, with a creeping habit of growth. 
Makes a coarse, loose turf. Matures about the same time as 
timothy. Leaves about Y\ i nc h wide, stems slender. 
Red Top will grow on lime-starved soils that will defeat 
other grasses. Resists drought. One of the very best wet¬ 
land grasses. Vigorous grower. Ranks second only to blue 
grass as the widest-used pasture grass in the North and East. 
Red Top has four main uses. First, as a wet-land or sour- 
land hay crop. Second, for pasture mixtures under humid con 
ditions, especially on soils other than limestone. Third, as a 
soil binder, to help overcome erosion. Fourth, for hay mix 
tures grown to be fed at home. 
Sow 10 to 12 pounds of Red Top seed alone per acre. 
The seed is quite small—goes far ... 32 lbs. is a bushel. 
CRESTED WHEAT-GRASS 
This is a long-lived perennial bunch-grass. Quite leaty 
Grows to about 24 to 30 inches in height. Very resistant to 
drought. Will endure almost any degree of cold. One of 
the first grasses to start growth in the spring. Makes long- 
season pasture. Quite popular in the cold, dry Northwest. 
But in recent years is finding several users further East. Drill 
about 12 to 16 lbs. seed per acre. Broadcast 20 to 25 lbs. 
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