Hoffman Rye Grass 
This grass has proved so valuable as a cover crop 
that lots of folks have overlooked its possibilities 
for pasture and hay. 
One use which offers big possibilities this spring 
is its ability to provide quick pasture. It grows 
quickly, withstands close grazing and recovers 
quickly. Some folks claim it is excellent mixed 
with clovers for high altitude pastures. Six or 
eight pounds of Rye Grass can be used, also as a 
nurse crop, instead of oats, and should be ready to 
pasture in two months. In Southeast Pennsylvania 
and South, rye grass can be used in oats to make 
a good pasture after the oats are removed. 
It is also used to sow with other grass seeds in 
the spring. Its habit of quick growth not only 
gets pasture faster, it nurses along the slower 
starting, more permanent grasses. Note in the 
table on page 26 how widely it is used. 
Many farmers have not yet realized its pos- 
sibilities for hay. On good soil, with favorable con- 
ditions, it will grow two to three feet the year after 
sowing. Cut when young and tender, its feeding 
quality is equal to that of Timothy. 
Sow only 20 pounds per acre in corn im- 
mediately after last cultivation, or truck crops— 
about 25 to 35 pounds per acre if you sow later. 
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Important Wartime Livestock Feed 
Rye grass makes acceptable forage for pigs as well as 
other farm animals, provided supplementary protein is 
supplied in the grain ration. 
Satisfactory growth will be obtained if pigs on rye 
grass pasture are full fed at least a 12 per cent protein 
mixture. Slow but inefficient growth will be obtained 
if a shortage of high-protein feeds restricts the con- 
centrate mixture to corn and minerals. 
In feeding trials, pigs on rye grass pasture gained 1.14 
pounds daily when full fed a 12 per cent protein ration 
(corn 87.5 pounds, tankage 6 pounds, soy bean oil meal 
6 pounds, and salt .5 pound). 
Besides the great cover crop it provides, here’s 
another fine use for Rye Grass. This picture (by 
U. S. Soil Conservation) shows how Rye Grass 
actually stopped soil erosion ... see the winter 
wash-damage above, the section where the Rye 
Grass seed was not sown... and no damage at 
all in the foreground. 


For QUICK summer hay, Hoffman Sudan Grass 
seed has often come to the rescue. Makes heavy 
growth in a short time. Read article below. This 
field of fine Sudan is being turned under to be 
followed by Alfalfa. 
Hoffman Sudan 
This quick-growing annual has been especially 
valuable to dairies because of its ability to pro- 
duce green pastures in the pinch. This year, how- 
ever, seed is extremely scarce, and our chief con- 
cern has been to find suggestions that will help 
you make the small amount of Sudan stretch 
further to meet your feeding needs. 
The authorities’ best recommendation is the mix- 
ing of Sudan and Soy Beans for green feed. Sow 
a bushel of Soys with 10 to 12 pounds of Sudan. 
You can mix the Sudan with the fertilizer if you 
wish and save one trip over the field. Use this as 
green feed. If you wait to cut for hay, the Sudan 
gets too tough. Millets are also suggested in 
place of Sudan—in fact, for Northern Pennsylvania 
Millets are better. 
For straight Sudan hay (about equal in value to 
Timothy) authorities suggest a lighter sowing to 
spread the supply further—12 to 15 pounds per 
acre. It grows quickly—is often ready to cut 
fifty to seventy days after planting, ready to recut 
in another fifty days. It is all leaf, no stem, grow- 
ing 5 ft. or taller, stools remarkably and stands 
up well. 
Some farmers sow Winter Rye in the fall, and 
pasture it until April, then sow Sudan on the 
same ground for continuous pasture until fall. It 
is advisable to sow heavier for continuous pasture. 
As an emergency crop, it can be seeded from corn- 
planting time up to August, and we've shipped 
many an emergency order in June to provide late 
summer pasture in dry years. Don't feed Sudan 
after leaves are frosted. 
We'll continue to list Sudan on the price list as 
long as we have seed. 

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