ORCHARD GRASS 
A very hardy, tall, leafy grass, popular for pasturing. Grows 
most anywhere, all types of soil. Very early and lasts late. For 
hay, sow heavier and cut just as it blooms for best quality and 
yield. Hay quality also is improved when sown along with 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass and Meadow Fescue. For pasture 
mixtures, always mix in liberal proportions. Hardiness, lasting 
qualities, wide adaptability, account for its popularity. 
SMOOTH BROME GRASS 
Although widely used in the West for years, this grass is not 
too well known in the East. In Michigan it is much used with 
Alfalfa to eliminate seeding of summer Annuals, especially 
during the heat and drought of July and August. This use is 
spreading, with milk and butter fat records proving its value. 
The Brome-Alfalfa mixture seems more productive and endur- 
ing than straight Alfalfa. (Write to Agricultural Experimental 
Station, East Lansing, Mich., for Bulletin No. 159, “A Mixture 
of Alfalfa and Smooth Brome Grass for Pasture.’’) 
TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS 
This is a great grass for poor, but well-drained, soils, especially 
when sandy or gravelly. Very hardy, perennial, highly nu- 
tritious. For pasture or hay. Pasture is ready early in spring 
and lasts late into fall. Hay yield is heavy when cut about 
blossom time. Tall, fast growing. Deep rooted, cold and 
drought resister. Up to 60 inches high, in tufts. Good with 
Red Clover, Alsike and Orchard Grass. Sow 2 to 3 bushels 
per acre, 14 Ibs. in bushel. 
LAST YEAR’S CORN HARD HIT BY BUGS AND INSECTS 
The long, cold, wet spring of 1940 helped worms and insects 
do great damage to newly planted corn. Wireworms, corn 
maggots, cut worms and corn beetles were in their glory. They 
attacked the grains just as they were germinating, or de- 
stroyed the new sprouts when they would show up. . 
Farmers who plowed the fall before, or quite early last spring, 
had the least trouble. Because preparing corn ground ’way 
ahead of planting time is best way to help overcome serious 
attacks by these pests. . . . Most of the 1940 damage was 
caused by the corn maggot. It lives in the soil, but under 
normal weather conditions, does very little damage. It is 
small, yellowish-white. Burrows from the soil into newly 
planted corn, destroying the germ. Even slows up and dwarfs 
many plants that do get a start. . . . The corn maggot is soil- 
borne. Seed never carries it. 
The real reason for many poor corn stands in 1940 was this 
great army of pests. . . . The kind of seed used made no 
difference to them! 

“The ‘G’ Hybrid grew well 
and made fine ensilage. It 
was very well eared and 
stood up very well while my 
other corn lodged badly in a 
hard windstorm. Poor corn 
year here. Cold and wet.”— 
K. G. Shelley, Forksville, Pa. 
Smooth Brome Grass thick- 
ened while blue stem 
grasses were thinned by 
drought. A thin spot in 
the pasture field was 
plowed up and seeded to 
brome in 1938. In June, 
1939, a heavy hay crop 
was taken from it... . Per- 
haps the most widely used 
plan is to sow brome with 
alfalfa. 
ELECTRIC FENCES 
Although not recommend- 
ed for all-around use, elec- 
tric fences are very inex- 
pensive, effective, and use- 
ful for enclosing small 
pastures, for cross fences, 
or for temporary pastures. 
Much easier to erect than 
solid, permanent fences, 
they are perfectly safe as 
long as right type of con- 
troller is used. 
BETTER PASTURES 
THROUGH WEED 
CONTROL 
If pastures are mowed once 
or twice a year when weeds 
have reached full-bloom 
stage, weeds will be pre- 
vented from going to seed. 
As a result, weeds will 
gradually be eradicated 
and the grass stand thick- 
ened. 
& ‘SHlottman's 


