SEED INOCULATION IS CHEAP INSURANCE 
Grasses for Meadow and Pasture 
ALL OF OUR GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS ARE TESTED TO CONFORM WITH 
THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE SEED LAWS 
We assure our customers they will have the full benefit of the lowest market rates for choice, 
selected stocks. Sow Clover Timothy, and Red-Top mixed. For an acre, 8 pounds Clover, 
Yl bushel Timothy, 8 pounds Fancy Clear Red-Top. 
Treat your Grass Seed with SEMESAN before sowing. Ask for descriptive pamphlet 
Astoria (R. I.) Colonial Bent. A fine, hardy, 
very compact grass; very permanent, readily 
forming a heavy sward. Sow 2 to 3 pounds per 
1,000 square feet. 
Seaside Coos County Bent. A very useful 
grass for fine lawns and pleasure-grounds, on 
account of its short growth, deep green and 
fine-leaved foliage. Indispensable for golf- 
course, croquet, and cricket fields as well as 
general lawn formulas. Sow 3 to 5 pounds per 
1,000 square feet. 
Chewing’s Fescue. Perennial; 2 to 2Y feet 
high; Jiine and July. On account of its creep¬ 
ing habit is especially valuable for loose, sandy 
soils and embankments. It easily resists 
drought and often is green when other grasses 
are dried up. Sow 2Y bushels an acre (14 
pounds to bushel). 
Domestic Rye Grass. Quick-growing and 
often used for a nurse grass or temporary turf. 
Kentucky Blue ( Poa pratensis). Known as 
June-Grass. An early grass of great value; 
makes a close, velvety turf, and is excellent for 
pasture; generally sown mixed with other 
grasses. Sow about 3 bushels an acre. 
Orchard Grass ( Dactylis glomerata). It is very 
satisfactory for the meadow when sown with 
other grasses, the hay being very nutritious, 
but it should be cut when in blossom. It is not 
suitable to sow alone, because of its tufted habit. 
Especially adapted for shady places. Sow 30 to 
40 pounds of seed an acre. 
Red-Top (Agrostis vulgaris). A great favorite, 
succeeding in a great variety of locations, giv¬ 
ing very good results on light soils, and the 
very best on heavy, moist soils or lowlands 
liable to overflow, which are so apt to be sour. 
Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis). 
This species of grass makes a very heavy turf 
and is generally used in shady locations when 
sown with other grasses. Prefers light moisture. 
Timothy or Herd Grass (Pblcum pralense). A 
well-known nutritious grass, which on most 
soils will produce a better crop than any other 
variety. We offer a particularly choice quality 
of 6eed. Sow Y bushel an acre, if alone (45 
pounds to the bushel). 
Clovers 
Clovers enrich the soil, for their roots gather 
immense quantities of nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 
which take nitrogen from the air and leave it in 
the soil in a form readily available for growing 
crops. Nitrogen is the most expensive chemical 
to buy in fertilizer. Encourage their growth by 
the use of Legume-Aid. 
Grimm Alfalfa. Only a few strains equal, and 
none excel, true Grimm Alfalfa in hardiness. 
It is the safest type to sow wherever there is 
trouble from winter-killing. We believe it is 
the best strain to sow in this locality, and for 
that reason it is the only one we carry in stock. 
Ladino. A very large White Dutch Clover, more 
dependably perennial than many other Clovers. 
Useful in pasture mixtures. 
Medium Red. More widely known than any 
other variety. Makes a standard Clover for 
hay purposes as it can be cut at least twice in a 
season. Sow the seed early in the spring or late 
summer, at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per 
acre. If used with timothy or red-top, 10 
pounds per acre will be sufficient. 
Alsike. Seed may be sown in the spring, late 
summer, or early autumn, and, as the plants 
are perfectly hardy, the field seldom requires 
reseeding. Thrives better on thin soil than 
Red Clover. Sow in spring or late summer, at 
the rate of 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
White Dutch. Valuable for quick lawns and 
used in all permanent pasture mixtures as it is 
greatly relished by stock. 
White Blossom Biennial Sweet Clover. Of 
great value as a soil renovator. It will thrive 
on all classes of soil. Sow any time from April 
until the middle of September at the rate of 
15 to 25 pounds to the acre. 
Swedish Select Oats 
The straw is valuable for feed and for bed¬ 
ding. The sprangle-top heads, although long, are 
borne low down on the stalk, which seems to pre¬ 
vent lodging, and are very large in proportion to 
its stiff, bright, clean straw. Oats yield a greater 
profit per acre than wheat, and they are also a 
more reliable crop. Market price. 
Treat Oats with Ceresan before sowing. See 
page 31. 
Soy Beans 
Considered one of the most valuable plants for 
bringing nitrogen into the soil. It is an excellent 
green or dried fodder and can also be used for 
silage. Seed should be sown during May or June, 
using at least 1 bushel per acre broadcast, or can 
be sown in drills 2 Y feet apart, at the rate of % 
bushel per acre. 
Canada Field Peas 
The vines make rich, nutritious hay, and if fed 
green to milch cows, the flow of milk will be al¬ 
most doubled. They can be sown alone or with 
oats and fed green. It is surprising the amount of 
fodder which is produced in this way. Market 
price. Inoculate this seed with Legume-Aid. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
This is a most important forage plant and is 
sometimes used as a cover crop. It grows like a 
turnip, with a very leafy top but no swollen root. 
Especially valuable for hog- and sheep-feed, and 
it is claimed to have a feed value greater than 
clover. Can be sown either in the fall or spring, 
at the rate of 6 to 8 pounds per acre broadcast. 
Sand, Hairy, or Winter Vetch 
Hairy or Winter Vetches are increasing in 
popularity wherever grown, and are proving to 
be one of the most valuable crops for fall plant¬ 
ing. Inoculate seed with Legume-Aid. 
Sow 20 pounds of Vetch and 1 bushel of Rye or Oats 
to the acre 
Sudan Grass 
A new forage plant closely related to the culti¬ 
vated sorghums; of value in the dry Middle West 
as a drought-resisting hay crop. In the East and 
North should be tried as a substitute for millet, 
as the crop is larger and has better feeding value. 
Care should be exercised in turning cattle onto 
second growth. In rows, 4 to 6 pounds to the 
acre; broadcast, 20 pounds to the acre. 
Maine-Grown Certified 
Seed Potatoes 
All of our Seed Potatoes are grown by the 
most reliable growers. 
Early Rose. Early, prolific, well-known variety. 
Green Mountain. ( Certified stock.) A late Po¬ 
tato which does well on any soil; productive; 
oval; a good keeper; of fine quality. 
Irish Cobbler. ( Certified stock.) One of the first 
varieties of Potatoes to be ready for market, 
and therefore will command a good price. The 
skin is creamy white, sometimes netted, which 
is an indication of good quality; eyes are strong, 
well developed, and but slightly indented. 
Sebago. Heavy-yielding. Resistant to blight. 
Fine quality and a good keeper. 
Spaulding Rose. ( Certified stock.) A vigorous 
grower; great yielder; resembles the Early 
Rose in shape and color. 
Prices on Application 
Buckwheat 
Japanese. Early and most productive of the 
Buckwheats. Use for green-manure crop and 
for bee pasturage. 
Rye 
Rosen’s Seed Winter. Generally used as a 
cutter crop and for soil-improvement. Can be 
seeded at any time before the middle of Novem¬ 
ber. Use 1 to 1 Y bushels of seed per acre. 
Spring. An early-maturing forage grass as it 
makes an excellent green fodder when cut, or 
can be used as pasturage for several weeks. 
Sow in early spring at the rate of 1 Y bushels 
of seed per acre. 
Wheat 
Spring. Usually sown alone in early spring to 
cut as a green fodder crop, or can be sown with 
Vetch for hay purposes. 
White Winter. Generally sown with Winter 
Vetch between September 10 and October 15 
in this area. Can be used in early spring as 
green feed or made into a very palatable hay. 
Barley 
Chevalier. A two-rowed variety that is more 
widely used for forage than the 6-rowed. Seed 
grown on the irrigated lands of Montana. 
Very plump, extra heavy and nearly white. 
Millet or Hungarian Grass Seed 
Prices variable; subject to market fluctuation 
Hungarian Grass ( Panicum germanicum). One 
of our best forage plants and yields immensely, 
even when the weather is so dry that other 
crops dry up. Sow from June 15 to July 31. 
One bushel seeds an acre. (48 pounds to bushel.) 
Millet, Japanese Barnyard ( Panicum Crus- 
galli). This Millet is valuable as a green or dry 
fodder, or for soiling. It is erect in growth, 
very leafy, and the stalks are tender and succu¬ 
lent, even when matured. Produces from 15 to 
20 tons green fodder per acre. As fodder crop 
sow 20 pounds to acre. 
Millet, Tennessee Golden. Of stronger and 
taller growth than other Millets and does not 
mature so early. Sow 1 to 1 Y bushels an acre. 
(50 pounds to bushel.) 
SEED INOCULATION 
The Best Inoculation 
for All Legume 
Seeds 
Seeds of all legumes—Clovers, Alfalfa, Sweet 
Clovers, Beans, Peas, Vetches, Soy Beans, Cow- 
peas, etc.—will yield far better results if inocu¬ 
lated with Legume-Aid and, in addition, leave 
in the soil a heavy deposit of nitrogen which 
benefits all succeeding crops in the rotation. 
Legume-Aid —always fresh, strong and virile. 
INOCULATE THIS 
LEGUME SEED WITH 
HOW TO ORDER: Specify crop and number 
of bushels you wish to inoculate (one-bushel 
size contains sufficient bacteria to thoroughly 
inoculate one bushel of designated variety of 
legume seed). 
PRICES—For Small Seeds — Clovers, Sweet 
Clovers, Alfalfa, etc. 
l A-bua. size.$0 30 
1 -bus. size. 50 
2 Vfc-bus. size. I 00 
For Large-Size Seeds—Soy Beans, Cowpeas, 
Peas. Beans, Vetches, etc. 
1- bus. size.$0 30 
2- bus. size. . 50 
5-bus. size. I 00 
Garden Size for Garden Peas, Beans, and Sweet 
Peas... 10 
SEMESAN BEL 
Before planting your Potatoes, give your 
seed a Semesan Bel treatment, thereby 
greatly increasing the yield. It will also re¬ 
duce scab. We will be pleased to mail you 
descriptive pamphlet. See page 31. 
28 Grass Seeds, Etc. 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I. 
