ALFALFA—Inoculate 
Alfalfa in the South will produce 3 to 5 tons 
of hay to the acre each year and in money 
value surpasses any other Clover. Although 
fall sowing is preferable, fine results can be 
obtained when planted in early spring. One 
of the important features in growing Alfalfa 
is first preparing your land and then inoculat- 
ing your seed. Plant 20-25 Ibs. per acre. 
Hairy Peruvian. Heavy yielding variety 
under normal or average fteld conditions. 
Stands temperature down to 10 degrees F. 
Superior in dry weather but falters when cold 
and wet. Planted extensively in Louisiana. 
Southwestern Common. Developed from 
Common Chilean, under dry conditions of the 
Southwest. Similar in behavior to Hairy 
Peruvian but smaller stemmed. A heavy pro- 
ducer and very popular. 
Common or Chilean (Arizona, Oklahoma 
and Kansas.) More hardy than above varie- 
ties and stands more adverse conditions, 
producing slightly less. Its stems are smaller 
and the quality of hay better. It is possibly 
the safest and most popular variety grown. 
CLOVER—Inoculate 
Melilotus Alba or White Sweet Clover. 
A biennial clover growing two to five feet 
high, resembling alfalfa. Grows two years 
from one seeding. Makes a large growth the 
first year, but a much heavier growth the 
second due to its extensive root system. It’s 
a great soil builder and relished by all kinds 
of livestock. Good hay and grazing crop 
for alluvial soils or limed soils. No other 
pasture crop measures up to the summer and 
fall grazing furnished by this plant. Plant 
15-20 Ibs. per acre, fall or spring. 
White Dutch Clover. The best known and 
leading clover for permanent pastures and 
lawns. Accommodates itself quickly to nearly 
all soils. Does well in Bermuda and mixed 
pastures, furnishing grazing in late winter and 
early spring, long before the Bermuda starts. 
Mixes well with all grasses and clovers for a 
permanent pasture or lawn. Sow 5-10 Ibs. 
per acre in fall. 
Melilotus Indica Clover—Annual Yellow 
Blossom Sweet Clover. Also spoken of as 
Sour Clover.”’ A valuable winter legume for 
the lower South. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 
produces 5 to 10 tons of green matter by early 
May. Will reseed itself if cut when seeds 
Start maturing. Sow during the early fall or 
spring at the rate of 20 pounds per acre. 
Persian Clover. A new Clover that should 
be planted on every pasture in the South. 
Furnishes splendid grazing from December 
until June. Will carry several head of cattle 
per acre. Yields 2 to 3 tons of rich, palatable 
Day per acre. Cures very quickly. Reseeds 
itself even when closely grazed and spreads 
rapidly. Grows 1 to 2 feet high, bearing small 
pink flowers and seeds heavily. Will stand 
heavier, wetter lands than most clovers. Sow 
6 to 8 pounds per acre, Sept.-Nov. 
Black Medic Clover. A wonderful Clover 
of the alfalfa family, thriving on all soils 
except water-logged types. It spreads faster 
than any other Clover. Reseeds itself with 
close grazing. Yields a very nutritious pas- 
ture. Sow from early September until De- 
cember, the earlier the better. It is an excel- 
Jent hay plant. 
California Bur Clover. Similar to Southern 
Bur but kills at about 10 degrees F., yet Is 
very popular in Louisiana and Texas. It is 
worth trying. 
Southern Giant Bur. Spotted. Usually 
sown in the bur at rate of 6 to 8 bushels of 
10 Ibs. to acre. Can be grazed until late 
March and then makes a good seed crop. 
Some winter grazing can be had and makes a 
good green manure crop to plow under. Seeds 
are trashy and dusty. Sow in fall. 
Hop Clover. Grows well over the greater 
part of the Southern States. It’s very aggres- 
sive and hardy. Should be a part of all pas- 
ture Clover mixtures. It is one of the earliest 
to give grazing. If used alone, sow 6 pounds 
per acre. Inoculate seed. Plant in the fall. 
LESPEDEZA— Inoculate 
The valuable self-seeding, annual Southern 
clover for rich or poor Iand. It has a creeping 
habit on poor ground and makes a vigorous 
bushy plant, 12-18 in. tall, in better soil. 
Harrow seed in lightly and firm soil, or broad- 
cast on surface and then scratch the surface 
to prevent washing or blowing off. It makes 
good grazing or Is turned under for green 
manure. Many long roots decay to leave 
nitrogen in the soil for crops to follow, so it 
enriches the soil and the growing crop pre- 
vents the washing of hilly land. Broadcast 
15-30 Ibs. per acre, in spring or fall. 
Common Lespedeza. Most widely grown 
variety and a standard hay and pasture plant, 
getting a stand and reseeding itself each year 
except on very dry, sandy land. It increases 
the carrying capacity of pastures and is an 
important Southern legume. 
Tennessee 76. Selected strain of Common, 
originated by the Tennessee Experiment Sta- 
tion. It is later, of upright growth and a 
heavy hay producer in this section and farther 
north. 
Kobe. Similar to Common but with more 
growth and larger seed. It outyields the 
Common in hay and pasture from southern 
Arkansas south. 
Korean. Earlier, coarser and heavier pro- 
ducer for mountain sections and the upper 
South. It grows 18-24 in. tall; for a quick 
curing hay crop or can be grazed closely until 
Sept. 1st., furnishing good summer pasturage. 
WINTER VETCH—PEAS 
Inoculate Vetch and Peas with Nitragin 
Vetch makes a good hay crop In spring and 
leaves added fertility to the soil. Planted 
with small amounts of rye or oats for support, 
at last working of cotton or corn, it will grow 
off and mature seed the next June. The land 
is reseeded by plowing under the mature crop 
and a heavier crop results the following year. 
Briefly, success depends largely on plant- 
ing deep, tnoculating seed, and if soil is too 
poor, apply phosphoric acid. Planted con- 
sistently over a period of years, your cotton 
and corn production can be doubled. Plow 
under seed with turning plow or middle bus- 
ter, keeping in rows for better drainage. On 
average soils four inches seems the best depth 
to plant. 

Common Vetch. The most popular winter 
vetch for Louisiana and East Texas. It has 
never winter killed in this latitude and proba- 
bly produces the heaviest cover crop we can 
plant and is ready to plow under earlier than 
other Vetches. Plant 30 Ibs. per acre. 
Hungarian Vetch. Similar to Common and 
has small seed, planting farther to the pound. 
Some insist it is better than Common, and it 
is especially popular on alluvial soils, al- 
though not so popular on hilly IJand. Plant 
25 Ibs. per acre. 
Hairy Vetch. Universally popular and still 
planted generally all over the South. Having 
very small black seed, it plants farther, hence, 
although the price ts higher, it goes farther 
and is economical to plant. It is the hardiest. 
Plant 20 Ibs. per acre. 
AUSTRIAN WINTER PEA 
Many prefer Winter Pea to Vetch for cover 
crops. It is a winter legume, growing like 
Canada Field Pea but with seed the size of 
Garden Pea. It makes splendid hay, excel- 
lent for turning under and a good cover crop. 
Growth is about waist high and may be 
planted by itself or with a little oats or rye to 
hold vines off the ground. It may be grazed 
and will still put on a second growth with bet- 
ter stooling out. It grows off rapidly m spring 
and may be plowed under early. Sow like 
' Vetch, 40 Ibs. per acre. 
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FIELD GRASS 
Pasture and hay grasess play a very tmpor- 
tant part in Southern farm economy and 
operations. Hay and especially pasturage is 
vital and needed in our livestock program. 
With a much longer grazing season than the 
North, we can grow stock cheaper and we 
need the manure for fertility and tmproved 
soil condition. Plant good Southern grasses 
to pasture more livestock and build up our 
farms. With labor shortages and difficulties 
In attending acreage usually devoted to 
doubtful paying crops, it may be the best 
time to turn some of that land into pasture 
and let the stock build it up until it will pay 
with annual crops. 
Bermuda Grass. A most valuable grass be- 
cause it grows and thrives under conditions 
where most other grasses would perish. It is 
hard to have a perfect lawn in the Gulf States, 
except through the use of Bermuda, and a 
permanent pasture Is not complete without it. 
On rich bottom land the plant grows tall 
enough to cut for hay and the quality aver- 
ages well up with the best. The plant will 
stand drought and bears several cuttings and 
much grazing. Seed germinates tn 20-30 days 
with hot weather and proper soil moisture. 
It spreads by root-stems, quickly forming a 
tight turf on sandy to clay soils in any sunny 
location. Plant after ground is really warm, 
from May to August. It does not sprout in 
cool weather. On lawns, sow 1-3 Ibs. per 
1,000 sq. ft., or 15 Ibs. per acre for pasture or 
hay. See back cover. 
Hulled Bermuda Grass. Hulling, or remov- 
ing the practically water-tight hulls, has 
revolutionized the seeding of Bermuda. 
Hulled seeds sprout in a week or so, giving far 
better stands and satisfaction than the un- 
hulled. With this easily germinated seed, 
Bermuda is more valuable than ever, stand- 
ing drought and scorching summer sun better 
than any other grass. It turns brown in fall, 
returning to full life again with warm spring 
weather. Rye Grass may be scratched in 
Bermuda sod during the fall for winter and 
spring pasture, after which the Rye Grass 
dies down and Bermuda again turns green. 
Broadcast 1-3 Ibs. for 1,000 sq. ft. of lawn or 
10 Ibs. per acre for pasture. 
Italian Rye or Winter Grass. American- 
grown. An annual, tall, broad, flat-leaved 
deep green grass, very valuable for winter 
lawns and pastures. It makes a beautiful 
green carpet within 3 weeks from seeding, 
sprouting in a few days. Splendid grazing Is 
secured from midwinter until June. With- 
stands winters well. Strictly an annual on 
lawns, but reseeds in many cases in pastures. 
Dairymen especially are seeding winter pas- 
tures with Rye Grass and all of us should pro- 
vide our cows, poultry and other livestock 
with this fresh green feed in winter. Requires 
10 pounds per 1,000 square feet for lawn, 40 
to 50 pounds per acre for pastures. See back 
cover page for lawn grass. 
Dallis Grass. Comes nearer growing the 
year round than any other grass. Its roots 
give succeeding crops whether seeds are al- 
lowed to mature or not. Cultivation readily 
kills it. Besides being a superior pasture 
grass, Dallis is a fairly good hay plant. Plant- 
Ings are made principally in early fall and in 
the spring commencing in January. Our 
Louisiana-grown seed is fairly satisfactory 
and widely used. Sow 10 to 20 Ibs. per acre. 
It is hard to get established, usually taking 
two years or more. 
SUDAN GRASS. The greatest summer 
grazing grass that can be planted. Often 
planted in April, cut once for hay, and grazed 
from late July until frost. The hay usually 
will be worth the cost of producing the crop. 
Resembles Johnson Grass in growth but is 
an annual that does not come back from the 
root. A small plot, handy to the barn, can be 
cut and fed green to the cow or horse, supple- 
menting concentrated feed and resulting in 
substantial saving of feed. Dairymen cannot 
afford to be without Sudan pasture in summer 
and Rye Grass or Abruzzi Rye pasture in 
winter and don’t forget the big hay crop. 
Broadcast or close-drill 30-35 Ibs. per acre. 
