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Brome Grass brings you $3.00 per acre AAA 
payments (see page 63) and a good hay crop 
or pasture as well. Valuable on hillsides, ditches 
or banks to prevent ‘‘soil washing.’’ 
Bromus 
Brome Grass Inermis 
Becoming important as a hardy hay and pas- 
ture grass and in combination with other grasses. 
Also called Smooth Brome Grass. 
This vigorous, hardy perennial with strong, 
creeping roots, makes excellent hay and pasture 
on poor, dry soil or on moist, low ground that 
is flooded at times. Valuable on hillsides and 
terraces to keep soil from washing away. It 
starts early, two or three weeks before other 
grasses, remains green until November, and 
stands close cropping. 
It grows three to four feet high, yielding two 
to four tons of palatable hay per acre. Cut for 
hay when in full bloom. Also a profitable seed 
crop. 
Seeding with a grain drill is best as seed 
should be covered. Sow 18 to 20 Ibs. per acre 
in rows six inches apart and % to 1 inch deep. 
To sow 18 lbs. per acre, set drill at ‘‘12’’ (in 
pecks of wheat), and for 20 lbs., at ‘‘12%."’ 
xtra help is needed to keep seed moving freely 
through the drill. Price: Lb. 35c, 5 Ibs. $1.40, 
postpaid. For larger quantities see Blue Figure 
Price List. 
Crested Wheat Grass 
The Ideal Dry Land Pasture Grass 
This hardy drought-resistant perennial bunch 
grass has a longer productive period than Slender 
Wheat Grass or Bromus Inermis. Minnesota Ex- 
periment Station trials proved Crested Wheat 
and Brome the two most drought-resistant 
grasses, and Alfalfa the most drought-resistant 
legume. 
Its extensive root system permits an early 
and rapid growth. It becomes dormant during 
extremely hot, dry periods, but resumes growth 
in early fall, continuing very late. It grows at 
low temperatures and utilizes the soil moisture 
to check other grasses and weeds where moisture 
is limited. In semi-arid regions—Kansas, Ne- 
braska, Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas, this 
grass does best although it thrives anywhere. 
After hard use as sheep pasture, it comes right 
up again. Crested Wheat Grass produces 400 
lbs. of seed per acre under dry conditions on 
two-year-old fields. Seed is in good demand, 
It's Easy to Seed Crested Wheat 
Seeding with a grain drill is best as seed 
should be covered. Sow 10 to 12 lbs. per acre 
in rows six inches apart, and % to % inch deep. 
To sow 10 lbs. per acre, set drill at ‘‘2'’ (in 
pecks of wheat), and for 12 lbs., set at ‘'2%.’’ 
Well cleaned, heavy seed such as we offer, moves 
freely through the drill. 
Fairway Strain of Crested Wheat 
The University of Saskatchewan developed this 
shorter, more leafy strain which spreads from 
underground stems forming a good turf free from 
tufts. Survives extreme drought, hard use, and 
close clipping. Thus, it’s ideal for pasture, golf 
course faitways, farm and even city lawns sub- 
jected to long dry spells without artificial water- 
ing facilities. For lawn sow 1 Ib. seed per 
square rod, Price: Lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.50, post- 
paid. See Blue Figure Price List. 
RASSES 

and How to 
Sow Them 




REED CANARY 
(Phalaris) 
This Peat and Swamp Land Wonder Grass 
has reclaimed many worthless swamps and 
is making real profits for hundreds of farm- 
ers. It does well in boggy soils, swamps and 
marshes, 

Four to Six Tons of Hay Per Acre 
The hay (of high feeding value) is rel- 
ished by all livestock. One acre will pasture 
three to four dairy cows from early spring 
until fall. Close grazing is best, except in 
fall. For hay, cut when heads first appear. 
Then feeding value is highest. 
This hardy perennial grass will thrive until 
broken up, and ean be easily controlled by 

plowing. Seedlings and plants are cold re- 
sistant. Heads appear early in June and 
ripen four weeks later. Plants grow four 
to six feet high with broad, light green 
leaves. Underground stems rapidly form a 
tough sod that holds up hay-making ma- 
chinery. 
How To Grow the Crop 
Prepare a good seed bed. Fall plowing 
allows early spring seeding. The seed will 
germinate in water, but if covered by soil 
underneath the water, it will not grow until 
the water is drained off. 
It does well with companion crops like 
Flax, small grains, Timothy or Bromus which 
check weeds and shade the slower growing 
Reed Canary Seedlings until fully established. 
When past the seedling stage, it grows rapid- 
ly, crowding out other grasses and weeds. 
Rate of Seeding 
Sow any of these companion crops with 
Reed Canary Grass: Flax, 35 to 42 lbs. per 
acre; small grains, one-half the regular seed- 
ing; Timothy or Bromus, broadcast 4 to 5 

lbs. per acre, all sown with the regular seed- 
ing of Reed Canary, as follows: Broadcast, 


After Harvesting Reed Canary Seed, a Hay 
Crop Can Be Cut Immediately. 
to 3 lbs. per 
5 to 6 lbs. per acre; drilled, 2 
Use a packer 
acre in 16 to 18-inch rows. 
on peat after seeding. 
Sow early in spring so seedlings become 
established before weeds start. On weedy 
land, seed late in June or early July, discing 
up to this time, to kill weeds. If difficult 
to get on land in spring, seed in August or 
October. Price: See Blue Figure List. Lb., 
35c; 5 lbs., $1.60, postpaid. 


Red Top 
A hardy perennial grass found almost every- 
where, but predominating on low, marshy 
ground, where it forms luxuriant growth. It 
grows 2 to 5 feet high, depending on soil and 
climatic conditions, with creeping roots, which 
enable it to grow on very wet and even very 
dry soil where other grasses grow but sparsely. 
It makes good pasture, and fair hay, if cut 
early, but the matured plants are wiry and 
coarse. Grows best with other grasses and 
clover. Price: Lb. 30c, 5 lbs. $1.30, postpaid. 
For larger quantities see Blue Figure Price 
List. 
Timothy 
A hardy perennial resistant to both cold and 
drought—it is best adapted for sowing with 
Clovers which supply nitrogen to the soil and 
increase the vigor of the Timothy. It may also 
be sown with grains aS a nurse crop. The soil 
must be well pulverized and the seed slightly 
covered. Do not cut too early or pasture too 
late in the fall after the hay is cut. Timothy 
produces 1% to 3 tons of hay per acre and 
should be cut at flowering time. Sow 15 to 20 
pounds per acre alone; with Clover, 10 to 12 
pounds per acre. Price: Lb. 25c; 5 Ibs., $1.00, 
postpaid. See Blue Figure Price List. 
Kentucky Blue Grass 
This famous grass does well almost every- 
where on soil that is fairly rich, moist and 
moderately well drained. Blue Grass is the best 
of all grasses for lawns. See Blue Figure List. 
Domestic Rye Grass 
This grass is well adapted for pastures, 
meadows and lawn, as it endures close crop- 
ping and makes a dense, leafy undergrowth. 
It thrives almost everywhere but grows best in 
moist moderately rich soil. Sow 20 to 30 pounds 
per acre. Price: Lb. 25c, 5 lbs. $1.00, postpaid. 
For larger quantities see Blue Figure Price List. 
Meadow Fescue 
This hardy western grass stands more abuse 
than Timothy and other grasses and will stand 
close cropping, drought and unfavorable soil 
conditions. Meadow Fescue grows two to three 
feet high and produces a very leafy under- 
growth. In sowing alone, use 20 to 25 pounds 
per acre. Price: Lb. 35c, 5 lbs. $1.40, postpaid. 
For larger quantities see Blue Figure Price List. 
Aleut Michels Grass 
Michel’s grass has been tested for the past two 
years at the South Dakota Experiment Station, 
seeding it once in the spring and twice in the fall. 
In either case it behaved exactly like winter rye. 
If seeded in the spring, it tillered profusely, head- 
ed little or not at all, and was finally killed by a 
combination of heat, drought and rust. If seeded 
in the fall, it comes up, lives over winter, resumes 
growth in the spring and heads out like ordinary 
rye. It ripens like fall rye and so far has failed 
to live through a second year. Therefore, under 
our: condittons. it seems to have no advantage over 
ordinary winter rye. 
After testing, with similar results, 
Station will not recommend it. Plants were 
rust infected and threshed seed contained 
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