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 coéperation with the Department of Agronomy, New York State College of Agriculture, 
we are offering the following recommended Pasture Mixture for 1943. 
Cornell Special Pasture Mixture 
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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 harrowing 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. 
Under wartime conditions the supply of Yellow Trefoil, 
Canada Blue Grass, and specified varieties of Perennial 
Ryegrass may be insufficient to meet the demand. Under 
such circumstances it is suggested that Kentucky Blue Grass 
should be substituted for Perennial Ryegrass and Canada 
Blue Grass and that two pounds of Yellow Trefoil should be 
replaced by half a pound of Wild White Clover. 
Farmers who wish to use New York Wild Birdsfoot Trefoil 
in this mixture are advised to add two pounds of inoculated 
seed immediately before seeding. 
Cornell General Purpose Pasture Mixture 
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Total for seeding an acre, 22 lbs. 
This mixture should be used where the soil is high m fertility, 
well supplied with Jime, 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. 
LAWN GRASS MIXTURES 
Seed the Iawn in early spring or early fall. 
We list two mixtures for various conditions: 
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. 
Dibble’s Red, White, and Blue Lawn Mixture 
Contains only the highest grades of Kentucky Blue Grass, 
White Clover, and Red-Top, 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. 
Cornell Utility Pasture Mixture 
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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 pas- 
ture, or it may be pastured throughout the season from the 
beginning. 
Cornell Dry-Land Mixture 
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Total for seeding one acre, 16 lbs. 
This mixture is valuable for Jate summer or all-season 
grazing and suited to dry soils, providing the fertility level 
is medium to high. It is unsatisfactory for hay but may be 
used for silage. 
Cornell Poultry Pasture Mixture 
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Ladino White Clover. ....... Rane es OSs 
Total for seeding an acre, 20 lbs. 
This mixture should be used in the establishment of pas- 
tures for poultry. Kentucky Blue Grass may be substituted 
for Perennial Ryegrass in this mixture if supplies of the 
specified varieties are inadequate. 
For areas too wet for other pasture grasses, use 8 pounds of 
Reed Canary Grass per acre. 

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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. 
Should you desire any other special mixture, kindly send us specifications and let us quote 
Copyright 1943, by Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower 
