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PASTURE 
RND 
Meadow 
Mixtures 
Newest Experiment Station 
Recommendations 
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Most Profitable Grass 
Combinations 
Grass Mixtures Provide Variety, Palatability and Increased Nutrition. 
Direct-To-You Prices. 
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Pastures furnish not only one-half of the 
total feed for animals, but the only really 
cheap feed. 
The better management and improvement 
of pastures is one of the most important 
needs of American agriculture. Well-planned 
and properly-managed pastures not only pro¬ 
vide a large amount of nutrition for livestock, 
but also serve to keep down weeds. 
By the use of pastures, animals harvest 
their own feed, chores are reduced, the ma¬ 
nure is left on the land, animals have a better 
choice of feed, and gains are cheaper. 
All classes of livestock do well on pastures, 
which are very important to the health of 
these animals and economy of production. 
Combinations or mixtures of suitable pas¬ 
ture plants are generally more desirable than 
one kind of plant seeded alone. The mixture 
affords variety, adds palatability and often 
increases the production per acre. A single 
grass or legume may fail to make a good 
stand when others catch well. 
Timothy and Alsihe 
Mixture 
Permanent and Productive 
1. It makes an excellent permanent pasture 
as both grasses are perennials. 
2 . It may be grown on slightly acid soil 
where Bed, Sweet Clover or Alfalfa do not 
thrive. 
3. The hay produced is very leafy, of fine 
quality and richer in protein than Timothy 
alone. 
4. More tons per acre can be produced. 
5. Fertility will be added to the soil through 
the Alsike, and the Timothy will grow 
much better as a result. 
6 . All classes of livestock like the hay. 
7. Good returns may be expected on uplands 
as well as lowlands. 
8 . Timothy and Alsike mixed will produce 
more feed per acre than if two separate 
fields of Timothy and Alsike were grown 
for hay and mixed. 
9. More seed is produced per acre than from 
two separate fields of Timothy and Alsike. 
This allows us to make a lower seed price 
to the farmer than if he bought Timothy 
and Alsike seed separately and mixed them. 
We offer two mixtures of Timothy and Alsike. 
One contains 20% to 25% Alsike, and is a 
very popular mixture, grown to a great extent. 
For those who wish a larger percentage of Al¬ 
sike, we supply a mixture having 30 7c to 35% 
Alsike. This mixture has become popular and 
is in as big demand as the 20% to 25% mix¬ 
ture. Sow about 12 lbs. of either mixture to 
the acre. Price: Lb. 25c, 5 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. 
For prices on larger quantities, see Blue Figure 
Price List. 
October 31, 1939. 
On Uve acres of alfalfa that max broken up 
this spring, I drilled my corn six to eight 
inehes apart and received 120 bushels per acre 
from the Wisconsin 100-Day Hybrid I bought 
of you. The largest crop of corn I ever raised 
Master Hybrid Corn is true to name and I will 
plant only your hybrids next year. A lot of 
people e.ramined my held of corn which beat 
any kind of corn raised in this community, I 
am sending you my corn order for next year, 
Charles Haag, Howard Lake, Minn. 
New Brome-Alfalfa 
Mixture 
The Talk of Experiment Stations 
This mixture contains approximately 30% 
Brome Grass, 25% Alfalfa, 25% Sweet Clover 
and 20% Timothy. It is highly recommended by 
the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio 
and Michigan Agricultural Experiment Stations, 
and has proven to be an excellent rotation com¬ 
bination. For one to two years it produces a 
hay crop, after which it can be pastured—the 
brome and alfalfa continuing to produce. 
Increased hay production of 30% to 40% 
over brome grass sown alone is generally noted. 
The alfalfa supplies nitragin for the brome grass, 
keeping it very productive, and avoiding a sod- 
bound condition. Brome grass in turn provides 
winter covering for the alfalfa. 
In this ideal combination, brome grass has 
shown a 20% to 30% greater protein content 
than is sown alone, with a tendency to prevent 
blue grass and annual weeds from coming in. 
Sow about 20 lbs. of seed per acre, on a well 
prepared seed bed, using a grass seed attachment 
to your grain drill—or broadcast it. Seed may 
be mi.xed with sand or soil to give even distribu¬ 
tion. Ask for special circular. 
Price: Lb., 35c prepaid.—Not prepaid, 10 lbs. 
$2.75. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Mixtu re For Low Wet 
Ground 
For land that is occasionally overflowed. This 
pasture and meadow mixture contains grasses 
that withstand overflowing of the land without 
being drowned out. The following mixture has 
proved most satisfactory for this purpose: Red 
Top, Timothy, Alsike. Brome Grass. Domestic 
Rye Grass and Reed Canary Grass, mixed in the 
proper proportions. After a few seasons, the 
Red Top. Brome Grass and Reed Canary Grass 
will predominate, giving you a permanent pas¬ 
ture or meadow that will yield many tons of 
hay having high feeding value. 
Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. For top seed¬ 
ing, sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Price: Lb. 
35c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. for $2.75. 
See Blue Figure Price List lor larger quantities. 
Brome-Crested Wheat 
Grass Mixture 
Contains ayjproximately 30% Brome Grass, 
2 o% Crested Wheat. 25% Alfalfa and 20% 
Sweet Clover, properly blended. 
'Phis mixture has been foxnid the most 
drought resistant of all grasses and is recoin- 
mended by the Minnesot<a Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. 
It is well suited for a long rotation, giving 
luxuriant pasture—appetizing and rich in 
protein, minerals and vitamins. 
Sow at the rate of 20 lbs. per acre, in 
same manner as Brome-Alfalfa Mixture. 
Price: Lb. 35c, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 10 
lbs. for $2.75. See Blue Figure Price List. 
All Season Pasture and 
Meadow Mixture 
For all soils except low, wet ground. We 
offer this special pasture and meadow mixture 
designed to supply hay or grazing throughout 
tlie entire season. This mixture is made up of 
hardy, strong-rooted grasses and clovers which 
will resist the extremes of our cold northern 
winters and hot, dry summers, also endure close 
pasturing. 
Pasture and hay lands, when used for feeding 
livestock, have shown more profits than most 
other kinds of crops. In the government imo- 
gram to curtail production of grains and corn, 
pasture and hay combinations are recommended 
to be planted on those acres which otherwise 
would be idle. In the past there has always 
been a shortage of high quality hay in many 
sections of the country and it will be many 
years before an oversupply can be produced. 
This All Season Mixture includes Kentucky 
Blue Grass, Timothy, Red Top, Alsike. Red 
Clover, Brome Grass, Meadow Fescue, and Do¬ 
mestic Rye Grass in proper proportions. Sow at 
the rate of 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Price: Lb. 
35c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. for $2.75. See 
Blue Figure Price List for larger quantities. 
Permanent Hog Pasture 
Mixture 
Permanent Hog Pasture Mixture contains the 
following mixed in the right proportion to pro¬ 
duce the greatest feeding value: 
Alfalfa. Meadow Fescue. 
Red Clover. Domestic Eye Grass. 
Alsike Clover. Bromus Inennis. 
Sweet Clover. Timothy. 
This mixture can be sown any time, from 
early spring until midsummer, and docs not re¬ 
quire any particular kind of soil, in fact, any 
soil that produces crops of small grain or corn, 
will answer the purpose. Because of the large 
amount of clover and alfalfa it contains, it 
serves the double purpose of providing the hogs 
with pasture of high feeding value, and building 
up the soil at the same time. Sow 25 lbs. ner 
acre. Price: Lb. 35c, prepaid.—10 lbs. for 
$2.75, not prepaid. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Annual Hog Pasture 
Mixtu re 
ONE ACRE ENOUGH FOR 40 SPRING FIGS 
OR 20 OLDER HOGS 
This mixture will develop young pi^^s rap¬ 
idly, and produce pork at a minimum cost. It 
contains all the necessary body and bone build¬ 
ing: elements, and will prove much more econom¬ 
ical than the use of corn, grain and mill feed 
throughout the year. A good pasture of legumes, 
grasses and grains, will keep hogs in healthy 
condition, fatten them quickly, so that but 
little corn is required to finish them off. Con¬ 
tains Amber Cane. Vetches, Field Peas, Barley. 
Rye, Oats, Dwarf Essex Rape and Sudan Grass. 
Sow at the rate of 60 to 75 lbs. per acre. 
Price: See Blue Figure Price List. 
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