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GRASS SEED—Continued 
White Bokhara or Sweet Clover (Melilotus Alba). Tall shrub 
plant. Grows from 4 to 6 feet high; good for pasture. The best 
plant to grow as a soil renovator. Sown in the spring in drills 
16 inches apart. Ten pounds will sow an acre. Price per Ib. 
20c; 25 Ibs. for $3.00. 
Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover. Yellow Blossom is a biennial 
the same as the white, but does not grow as large. Better for 
pasture as it is more leafy and seems to stay green longer. 
Price, 20c per Ib.; 25 Ibs. for $3.00. Ask for price in quantities. 
Red Clover. Select the best seed available as this crop is one 
from which many of our farmers obtain their main revenue 
each year. Many cars of clover seed move from the Snake 
River Valley to Eastern and other markets. We offer only 
seed free from ail noxious or objectionable weeds, with high 
purity and official test. Price, 25c per Ib; 10 Ibs. for $2.00. 
Write for special prices on 100-lb. or larger lots. 
White Dutch Clover (Trifolium Repense). Excellent for pas- 
ture, and when mixed with Kentucky Blue Grass makes the 
finest and most nutritious food for sheep and cows. Used 
universally on lawns in most of the United States. Sow for 
pastures 5 to 8 lbs. per acre. Extra fancy, 85c; fancy, 75c. 
White clover alsike mixture 40¢. Good white clover very 
searce. 
Ladino Clover. Said to be the best pasture grass so far dis- 
covered. It grows very rank and stock are very fond of it. 
Idaho Certified, Blue Tag Ladino. $1.25 per Ib.; 10 to 30 Ib. 
lots @ $1.00 per Ib. Write for quantity prices. 
Pasture grade, 65c and 75c per Ib. 
Strawberry Clover. There are two and perhaps more distinct 
varieties of this clover, Tall and Dwarf. We stock only the 
Tall which grows from 15 to 18 inches high. Specially adapted 
to and thrives on alkaline soils even where only wire grass and 
salt grass exist. Requires plenty of moisture and will even 
grow in water and makes a splendid pasture as stock relish 
it. Three to six pounds per acre. Price on best grade, 75¢ 
per pound. All free noxious weeds. 
Medium Grades, 65c per Ib. 
Pasture Grades, 50c to 60c per Ib. 
Mammoth Red Clover. This variety grows considerably taller 
than the common red, makes an exceptionally rank growth 
and has a branching root system. A little later than medium 
red and grows quite well on poor or sandy soils. The seed 
which we have is the genuine article, direct from a Wisconsin 
field. Price, 30c per lb.; $25.00 per ewt. 
Crested Wheat Grass. One of the hardiest and nearest drouth 
resistant grasses discovered. If this grass will thrive as ex- 
periments so far indicate, our dry lands and hills can be made 
as valuable for pasture as many of our meadows. Price, per 
Ib. 25c; 10 Ibs. $2.00. Write for quantity prices. 
Canadian Blue Grass (Pea Compressa). Produces a fine foli- 
age of dark green color and is more hardy than Kentucky 
Blue Grass. It is especially adapted to light, poor, dry soils, 
and makes very satisfactory lawns. It has somewhat of a 
creeping habit and does not need to be clipped as often as 
Kentucky Blue Grass. Unable to supply good quality. 
Kentucky Blue Grass. The standard for lawns. Our “Idaho 
Tested Seeds” grade is the purest obtainable. The old stan- 
dard grass for pasture as well as lawns. Every farmer knows 
it and its good qualities. Sow 15 to 30 lbs. to the acre for 
meadows; for lawns, 1 lb. to 300 square feet. Ask for ‘‘Idaho 
Tested Seeds.” Price, Ib. 40c; 10 Ibs. for $3.50. Special prices on 
quantities. 
Creeping Bent Grass (Certified Blue Tag Astorian). Especially 
recommended for lawns at country homes where depending 
on irrigation. It flourishes with but little moisture. Also good 
on terraces and sloping ground. Price, lb. $1.00; 10 Ibs. $8.50. 
Perennial English Rye Grass (Lolium Perenne). A good pas- 
ture grass, it grows quickly and withstands drouth reasonably 
well. For pasture sow in the spring, 25 to 30 lbs. to the acre; 
for lawns, 60 to 70 lbs. to the acre. Price per Ib. 20c. 
Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass (Festuca Pratensis). 
Especially adapted for permanent pasture. Grows 2 to 3 feet 
high, but not in tufts like orchard grass. Earliest and most 
nutritious of grass. Makes good hay and cattle thrive on it, 
whether in green or dry state. Succeeds even on poor soil, 
and as the roots penetrate deep, from 12 to 15 inches, it takes 
extremely dry weather to affect it. Sow 15 to 20 lbs. per acre. 
Price, per lb. 25c; 25 Ibs. for $5.50. 
Tall Meadow Oat or Evergreen Grass (Avena Elatior). The 
roots of this grass descend deeply into the subsoil, enabling it 
to withstand a protracted drouth, and is green all seasons of 
the year. Its early growth in the spring makes it equal to rye 
for pasture. It grows quickly after mowing, giving a denser 
and more succulent aftermath than any of the present popular 
tame grasses. Sow broadcast 25 to 30 lbs. to an acre. Price, 
per Ib. 40c; 25-lb. lots, $8.75. 
Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata). Stands the drouth, grows 
well in the shade, does well in wet or poor ground, and is 
splendid to prevent worn-out fields from washing. This grass 
furnishes excellent pasture three weeks before any other and 
after close grazing ten days’ rest is sufficient for another 
growth. It is especially adapted for winter grazing, as it 
remains green all season. It is well suited to sow mixed with 
alfalfa on average of 4 lbs. orchard to 12 Ibs. alfalfa seed. 
Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Price, per lb. 35c; 25 Ibs. for $8.00. 
Timothy (Phleum Pratense). As a crop for hay, timothy is 
probably unsurpassed by any other grass. Being an early 
grass, it is well adapted to spring and summer grazing, and 
if the fall season is favorable, it will grow sufficiently to fur- 
nish good fall grazing, too. Sow 10 to 12 lbs. to the acre. 
Price, per Ib. 1214¢; 25 Ibs. for $2.50. Write for quantity prices. 
Red Top (Agrostis Vulgaris). A valuable grass for most soils. 
It is good, permanent grass, standing our climate as well as 
any other, and consequently well adapted to our pastures, in 
which it should be fed close, for if allowed to grow up to seed, 
the cattle refuse it. On moist, rich soil it will grow about 2 
feet, and on poor gravelly soil about half that high. It has 
been grown successfully even on “alkali”? bottom lands, where 
other grasses failed. We offer only the clean seed. Sow 15 to 
20 lbs. of clean seed to the acre. Price per lb. 20c. Write for 
quantity price. 
Reed’s Canary Grass. Sow 8 pounds per acre. This variety of 
grass is especially suited to swampy, over-flowed lands but 
thrives quite well on uplands where moisture is abundant. It 
makes a splendid pasture, being exceptionally early in the 
spring and continues growing until late in the fall. May be 
seeded either fall or spring. It is best not to sow with other 
grass seed but can be sown with small grains. Price per Ib. 
40c; 10 lbs. $3.50. 
Bromus Inermus or Hungarian Brome Grass. A wonderful 
drouth resister. A grass for the stock raiser. All kinds of 
stock like it. Its nature is to stool out, and thus it does not 
show its best until the second season. It seldom produces seed 
the first year. Aside from alfalfa, no grass has fulfilled the 
promises to our western farmers better than the Bromus 
Inermus. It meets drouth as well in wet and cold, and for 
Idaho we know of no grass to equal it. Many of our large 
ranchers are planting it extensively. Sow 20 to 25 Ibs. per 
acre. . Price per Ib. 25c; 25 Ibs. for $5.00. Write for quantity 
prices. 
GRASS SEED MIXTURES FOR MEADOWS 
AND PASTURES 
It is a well ascertained fact that a thicker and more pro- 
longed growth is produced by a mixture of many sorts of 
grasses that are especially suitable. Some sorts do best on 
high ground and in, dry weather; others prefer plenty of 
moisture. Some mature so early and others so late that from 
the beginning of spring until winter sets in there is no time 
when one species or another is not at its best. 
In the matter of preparing the soil for pasture, it is neces- 
sary to put the ground in the best condition possible to get 
the best results. The soil should be perfectly even after sow- 
ing the seed. You will find that cross harrowing will be to 
YORE Cavan tee, as it has a tendency to scatter the seed more 
evenly. 
We are prepared to furnish any mixture wanted at the 
lowest prices, and would ask that you ask us for mixture 
prices, such as you may require for pasture mixtures. How- 
ever, we specially recommend our Union Brand Pasture Mix- 
ture which is carefully mixed from the very best seed stock. 
No chaff or light seed. Will give you a fine pasture with 
proper care. Price, per Ib. 30c; 100 Ibs. for $25.00. 
Timothy and Alsike Seed Mixed. $10.00 per cwt. ‘ARIE for 
sample. Supply limited. 
