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PA STU RE 
Meadow 
Mixtures 
Newest Experiment Station 
Recommendations 
And How to Sow Them 
These approved combinations or mixtures 
of suitable pasture plants are generally more 
desirable than one kind of plant seeded 
alone. The mixture affords variety, adds 
palatability and often inereases the produc- 
tion per acre. A single grass or legume may 
fail to make a good stand when others catch 
well. 


Minnesota Farmers: 
Here’s Big News for 743! 
Under the 1943 AAA Program, the Govern- 
ment pays you for reseeding depleted pas- 
tures. Such partial seedings, consisting of 
adapted pasture grasses, perennial or bien- 
nial legumes, or approved pasture mixtures, 
will earn a payment of 25c PER POUND of 
seed sown! All mixtures offered on this 
page (except Annual Hog Pasture) would 
qualify for this generous payment. In most 
cases this will cover about 75% of your 
seed cost! Be sure to take advantage of 
this unusual opportunity. Similar opportuni- 
ties in other states—see your County Com- 
mittee. 
Timothy and Alsike 
Mixture 
Earns AAA Payment of 25c per Ib. 
in reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures, 
Permanent and Productive 
1. It makes an excellent permanent pasture 
as both grasses are perennials. 
used 
2. It may be grown on slightly acid soil 
where Red, Sweet Clover or Alfalfa do not 
. thrive. 
3. The hay produced is very leafy, of fine 
quality and richer in protein than Timothy 
alone. 
4. More tons per acre can be produced. 
5. Fertility will be added to the soil through 
the Alsike, and the Timothy will grow 
much better as a result. 
6. All classes of livestock like the hay. 
7. Good returns may be expected on uplands 
as well as lowlands. 
8. Timothy and Alsike mixed will produce 
more feed per acre than if two separate 
fields of Timothy and Alsike were grown 
for hay and mixed, 
9. More seed is produced per acre than from 
two separate fields of Timothy and Alsike. 
This allows us to make a lower seed price 
to the farmer than if he bought Timothy 
and Alsike seed separately and mixed them. 
We offer two mixtures of Timothy and Alsike. 
One contains 20% to 25% Alsike, and is a 
very popular mixture, grown to a great extent. 
For those who wish a larger percentage of Al- 
sike, we supply~a mixture having 30% to 35% 
Alsike. This mixture has become popular and 
is in as big demand as the 20% to 25% mix- 
ture. Sow about 12 lbs. of either mixture to 
the acre. Price: 5 lbs. $1.25, postpaid. For 
prices on larger quantities, see Blue Figure 
Price List. 
SETTING the GRAIN DRILL 
For Sowing Brome-Alfalfa or 
Brome-Crested Wheat Mixtures 
To sow Brome-Alfalfa Mixture at the rate of 
18 Ibs. per acre, set drill at ‘‘3’’ in pecks of 
wheat. To sow 26 lbs. per acre, set drill at ‘‘4’’ 
in pecks of wheat. 
To sow Brome-Crested Wheat Mixture at the 
rate of 15 lbs. per acre, set drill at ‘‘3’’ in 
pecks of wheat. To sow 22 lbs. per acre, set 
drill at ‘‘4’’ in pecks of wheat. 

New Brome-Alfalfa 
Mixture 
Earns AAA Payment of 25c per 1b. 
in reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures. 
This mixture contains approximately 380% 
Brome Grass, 25% Alfalfa, 25% Sweet Clover 
and 20% Timothy. It is highly recommended by 
the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio 
and Michigan Agricultural Experiment Stations, 
and has proven to be an excellent rotation com- 
bination. For one to two years it produces a 
hay crop, after which it can be pastured—the 
brome and alfalfa continuing to produce. 
Increased hay production of 30% to 40% 
over brome grass sown alone is generally noted. 
The alfalfa supplies nitragin for the brome grass, 
keeping it very productive, and avoiding a sod- 
bound condition. Brome grass in turn provides 
winter covering for the alfalfa. 
In this ideal combination, brome grass has 
shown a 20% to 30% greater protein content 
than is sown alone, with a tendency to prevent 
blue grass and annual weeds from coming in. 
Sow 18 to 26 lbs. of seed per acre on a well- 
prepared seed bed, adjusting your grain drill 
as explained below (in column 1) under ‘‘Set- 
ting the Grain Drill.’’ Ask for special circular. 
Price: 5 lbs. $1.85, postpaid. See Blue Figure 
Price List. | . 
Mixture For Low Wet 
Ground 
Earns AAA Payment of 25c per Ib. 
in reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures. 
For land that is occasionally overflowed. This 
pasture and meadow mixture contains grasses 
that withstand overflowing of the land without 
being drowned out. The following mixture has 
proved most satisfactory for this purpose: Red 
Top, Timothy, Alsike, Brome Grass, Domestic 
Rye Grass and Reed Canary Grass, mixed in the 
proper proportions. After a few seasons, the 
Red Top, Brome Grass and Reed Canary Grass 
will predominate, giving you a permanent pas- 
ture or meadow that will yield many tons of 
hay having high feeding value. 
‘ Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. For top seed- 
ing, sow 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Price: 5 lbs, 
$1.75, postpaid. See Blue Figure Price List for 
larger quantities, 
used 
used 
Brome-Crested Wheat 
Grass Mixture 
_ Earns AAA Payment of 25c per lb. used 
in reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures. 
_Contains approximately 30% Brome Grass, 
25% Crested Wheat, 25% Alfalfa and 20% 
Sweet Clover, properly blended. ; 
This mixture has been found the most 
drought resistant of all grasses and is recom- 
mended by the Minn. Experiment Station. 
It is well suited for a long rotation, giving 
luxuriant pasture—appetizing and rich in 
— protein, minerals and vitamins. 
Sow 15 to 22 Ibs, per acre, adjusting your 
grain drill as explained at bottom of column 1. 
Price: 5 Ibs. $1.85, postpaid. See Blue 
Figure Price List, 

Grass Mixtures Provide Variety, Palatability and Increased Nutrition. 

All Season Pasture and 
Meadow Mixture 
Harns AAA Payment of 25c per lb. used 
in reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures. 
For all soils except low, wet ground. We 
offer this special pasture and meadow mixture 
designed to supply hay or grazing throughout 
the entire season. This mixture is made up of 
hardy, strong-rooted grasses and cloyers which 
will resist the extremes of our cold northern 
winters and hot, dry summers, also endure close 
pasturing. 
Pasture and hay lands, when used for feeding 
livestock, have shown more profits than most 
other kinds of crops. In the government pro- 
gram to curtail production of grains and corn, 
pasture and hay combinations are recommended 
to be planted on those acres which otherwise 
would be idle. In the past there has always 
been a shortage of high quality hay in many 
sections of the country and it will be many 
years before an oversupply can be produced. 
This All Season Mixture includes Kentucky 
Blue Grass, Timothy, Red Top, Alsike, Red 
Clover, Brome Grass, Meadow Fescue, and Do- 
mestic Rye Grass in proper proportions. Sow at 
the rate of 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Price: 5 Ibs. 
$1.75, postpaid. See Blue Figure Price List for 
larger quantities. 
Permanent Hog Pasture 
Mixture 
Earns AAA Payment of 25c per lb. used i 
reseeding depleted Minnesota pastures. 
Permanent Hog Pasture Mixture contains the 
following mixed in the right proportion to pro- 
duce the greatest feeding value: 
Alfalfa. Meadow Fescue. 
Red Clover. Domestic Rye Grass. 
Alsike Clover. Bromus Inermis. 
Sweet Clover, Timothy. 
This mixture can be sown any time, from 
early spring until midsummer, and does not re- 
quire any particular kind of soil, in fact, any 
soil that produces crops of small grain or corn, 
will answer the purpose. Because of the large 
amount of clover and alfalfa it contains, it 
serves the double purpose of providing the hogs 
with pasture of high feeding value, and building 
up the soil at the same time. Sow 25 lbs. per 
acre, Price: 5 Ibs. $1.75, postpaid. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 
Annual Hog Pasture 
Mixture 
ONE ACRE ENOUGH FOR 40 SPRING PIGS 
OR 20 OLDER HOGS 
__This mixture will develop young pigs rap- 
idly, and produce pork at a minimum cost. It 
contains all the necessary body and bone build- 
ing elements, and will prove much more econom- 
ical than the use of corn, grain and mill feed 
throughout the year. A good pasture of legumes, 
grasses and grains, will keep hogs in healthy 
condition, fatten them quickly, so that but 
little corn is required to finish them off. Con- 
tains Amber Cane, Vetches, Field Peas, Barley, 
Rye, Oats, Dwarf Essex Rape and Sudan Grass. 
Sow at the rate of 60 to 75 Ibs. per acre, 
Price: See Blue Figure Price List. 2 

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