DIBBLE’S Grass Mixtures 
PERMANENT PASTURES 
Most pastures are not supplying the amount of feed for farm 
livestock that they should. This is due either to the lack of 
fertility or lack of the proper pasture plants. Pastures should 
not be considered idle land and left to care for themselves. 
In cooperation with the Department of Agronomy, New York 
State College of Agriculture, we are offering the following recom¬ 
mended Pasture Mixture for 1941: 
Cornell Special Pasture Mixture 
Timothy. 6 lbs. 
Kentucky Blue Grass.10 lbs. 
Canada Blue Grass.2 lbs. 
Perennial Ryegrass.4 lbs. 
Yellow Trefoil. 2 lbs. 
Wild White Clover. 1 lb. 
Total for seeding an acre, 25 lbs. 
This is a mixture for soils with a high fertility level and should 
not be seeded on droughty soils. The seeding should be made in 
April or early May and without a nurse crop. A seed bed should 
be prepared by plowing and farrowing and an adequate application 
of 20 per cent super-phosphate should be used before seeding. 
Distribute the seed evenly with a wheelbarrow or broadcast 
seeder and cover lightly, not over one-quarter inch. This mixture 
should be used exclusively for grazing and it is essential that good 
grazing management practices be followed. 
Cornell General Purpose Mixture 
Timothy.8 lbs. 
Kentucky Blue Grass.6 lbs. 
Alfalfa.4 lbs. 
Medium Red Clover.2 lbs. 
Alsike Clover.1 lb. 
Ladino White Clover.1 lb. 
Total for seeding an acre, 22 lbs. 
This mixture should be used where the soil is high in fertility, 
well supplied with lime, and adapted to alfalfa. It may be seeded 
either alone or with a companion grain crop. Hay or summer 
silage may be cut for one or two years and then used exclusively 
for pasture or it may be pastured throughout the season from the 
beginning. 
Cornell Utility Mixture 
Timothy.6 lbs. 
Red-Top.2 lbs. 
Kentucky Blue Grass.4 lbs. 
Canada Blue Grass. 3 lbs. 
Mammoth Red Clover. .3 lbs. 
Alsike Clover. 3 lbs. 
Ladino White Clover. 1 lb. 
Total for seeding an acre, 22 lbs. 
This mixture should be used where the fertility is low to 
medium and the soil is not suited to alfalfa. It may be seeded 
either alone or with a companion grain crop. Hay or summer 
silage may be cut for one or two years and then used for pasture, 
or it may be pastured throughout the season from the beginning. 
Dry Land Mixture 
Orchard grass.10 lbs. 
Timothy. 5 lbs. 
Perennial Ryegrass. 5 lbs. 
Yellow Trefoil. 2 lbs. 
Ladino White Clover. 2 lbs. 
Total for seeding an acre, 24 lbs. 
This mixture is adapted to dry soil conditions for the produc¬ 
tion of grass and legume silage and supplementary summer pasture 
or it may be used for pasture only. 
Cornell Poultry Range Mixture 
Kentucky Blue Grass.12 lbs. 
Perennial Ryegrass. 6 lbs. 
Ladino White Clover. 2 lbs. 
Total for seeding an acre, 20 lbs. 
For areas too wet for other pasture grasses, use 8 pounds of 
Reed Canary Grass per acre. 
LAWN GRASS MIXTURES 
Seed the lawn in early spring or early fall. 
We list below two mixtures for various conditions: 
Dibble’s Red, White, and Blue Lawn Mixture 
Contains only the highest grades of Red-Top, White Clover, 
and Kentucky Blue Grass, mixed in the proper proportions. This 
has proved to be the best Lawn Mixture for any locality where 
Kentucky Blue Grass thrives, regardless of fancy names or cost. 
Sow 5 pounds per 1000 square feet. 
Dibble's Shady Lawn Mixture 
Rough-stalked Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis) is included in 
this mixture, because it is the best grass for heavy, moist soil, or 
in moist shade. New Zealand Chewing’s Fescue is also included 
because it does well in dry shade or sandy soils where other grasses 
fail. Sow 5 pounds per 1000 square feet. 
The above Lawn Mixtures can be furnished without White 
Clover, if so desired, at the same price. 
A well-kept lawn is a joy to any home-owner and will actually 
increase the value of his property. Good lawns once established 
will last a lifetime. 
Dibble’s Lawn Grass Mixtures are superior in quality because 
they are composed of only those grasses found to be suitable for 
the best lawns in New York and adjoining states, and only the 
highest grade of these individual grasses is used. 
Should you desire any other special lawn mixture, kindly 
send us specifications and let us quote. 
Copyright 1941 , by Edward F. Dibble Seedgrmuer 
