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If you are needing a grass that will take lots of 
punishment and still produce a valuable crop, grow 
Brome Grass. If you want a grass that is palatable and greatly 
relished by all kinds of livestock, grow Brome Grass. If you want 
a grass that can be used for pasture or hay, Brome Grass fills the 
bill. For drought resistance and early and late growth it is hard to equal. 
We wish you could talk to farmers who are growing Brome Grass and 
hear their enthusiastic stories. Or better yet if you could see the crop 
growing and see the production it can make you would certainly want 
some of it. It isn’t a new grass but its great value is just becoming more 
widely known. There are stands in Illinois that have stood over twenty 
years. It has been popular in the west for many years and has become 
widely grown in the eastern states. From Kansas and the Dakotas on 
east to the coast. From Michigan and Wisconsin on south into Ken- 
tucky. It is being grown as never before and each year the praises for 
it are better and louder. . 
Characteristics 
Brome Grass is also known as Bromus Inermus, Smooth Brome, Awnless 
and Hungarian Brome Grass. It is a long lived perennial grass. Grows 
erect to a height of 3 feet or more depending upon soil fertility. The 
fibrous roots go deep sometimes 5 feet or more. Highly resistant against 
drought and cold. Remains green after Blue Grass has turned brown 
and dry. It is adapted to a wide range of soils. Does well on clay loam 
and sandy loam soils if not too low in fertility. Stands trampling and 
grazing very well. Fine to grow with alfalfa for hay and widely used 
with it and other clovers and grasses for pasture. While permanent 
it is not difficult to eradicate. If it becomes sod bound a thorough cul- 
tivation generally corrects that. 
Getting a Stand 
Brome Grass is sometimes a little slow in starting. Best results are obtained by 
preparing a good fine solid seed bed same as you would for alfalfa. May be sown 
either in spring or fall when moisture conditions are favorable to start it. The 
seeds are large and light and sometimes a little difficulty is had in feeding it 
through drill spouts. Mixing with sand or dirt or a peck or two of oats per acre 
helps. Keep it stirred and mixed in the box. An endgate seeder may be used. 
Some practice hand sowing. The seed should have a light covering but deep cover- 
ing should be avoided. Wherever possible use a cultipacker or roller aftér seeding. 
Sow.about 18 to 20 lbs. per acre alone. In mixture use 8 to 10 lbs. of Brome. 
Eight pounds each of Alfalfa and Brome is a good mixture. Remember it grows 
slowly the first year. What may appear a poor stand the first year is usually sur- 
prisingly good the second. 
Canadian Certified and Canadian No. 1 
The chief difference between these two grades is the inert matter which may be 
broken seeds or small pieces of straw. Both are very free of weed seeds. The Certi- 
fied seed is slightly heavier. Both are recognized as high quality lots and very de- 
sirable seed. If you want the very finest buy Canadian Certified. Hither shipment 
guaranteed to please you. 
Price Canadian No. 1. $19.00 per 100 Ibs.; $9.60 for 50 lbs.; $4.90 for 25 Ibs. 
Forty-five cents per hundred higher at Chicago. 
Canadian Certified. $1.00 per 100 Ibs. higher. Available at Clarinda only. 
Small lots Postpaid: 1 lb. 50c; 5 lbs. $2.00; 10 Ibs. $3.65. 
ALFALFA AND BROME MIXTURE 
A Fifty-Fifty Seeding of Alfalfa and Brome Grass 
This is a great combination. Both crops are out 00 
and cold resistant and very palatable. Brome reduces 
danger of bloat from alfalfa. Tests show Brome grown 50 Ibs. 
with alfalfa contained 21% more nitrogen than when 
grown alone. The combination yields heavily. A 13 15¢ higher 
year experiment in Canada showed the combination to ®* Chicase 
yield 2144 times as much as Brome alone. One of the finest of pas- 
ture combinations. We urge you to try it. On orders of this mixture 
we ship. Alfalfa and Brome Grass seed to give you a 50-50 mixture 
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Farmer Reports on 
Brome Grass 
Elmer Wagner of Ada, Min- 
nesota, says, ‘‘It pastures bet- 
ter than Blue Grass. Has seen 
fields that stood severe pas- 
ture for 10 years. As a hay 
crop I have found it as valu- 
able as alfalfa, Likes it mixed 
ett sweet clover for pas- 
ure,.”’ 
J. T. Dudgeon of Penick, 
Kentucky, reports he has been 
growing Brome Grass for more 
than 30 years. Cattle grazed 
in different grass prefer Brome 
to all others. He uses Alfalfa 
and Brome mixed with highly 
satisfactory results. All kinds 
of livestock eat Brome raven- 
ously. 
_ Achenbach Bros. of Wash- 
ington, Kansas, say it is the 
only grass they have ever 
found to take the place of 
the old time prairie grass. 
Comes on early, stays on late 
in the fall and often elimin- 
ates weeds. When sown with 
Alfalfa reduces danger of 
bloat when pastured.- Yields 
1% to 4 tons of hay per acre. 
Lack of space prevents giv- 
ing many more reports but 
these are indicative of the 
great value farmers place on 
this crop. 
Experiment Station 
Reports | 
Agricultural Experiment 
Stations now recognize its 
value and most states in the 
northern half of the nation 
have circulars or bulletins de- 
scribing the crop and its value. 
_ The Tlinois experiment sta- 
tion considers it the most 
drought resistant grass in that 
state. Also very palatable and 
relished by cattle and horses. 
New York recommends it es- 
pecially for pasture in mix- 
ture, Michigan finds it 
adapted, very drought resist- 
ant, highly palatable and es- 
pecially suited for mixing with 
Alfalfa for pasture. Nebraska 
recognizes it as superior to all 
other cultivated grasses in 
that state. Iowa finds it of 
great value. Kansas finds it 
especially good in the north- 
ern part of the tame grass 
section with hay yields of 1 to 
38 tons per acre. South Da- 
kota says it is one of the out- 
standing grasses in the eastern 
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