GRAINS, GRASSES AND FARM SEEDS 41 

Hay and Pasture Grass Seeds 
Current prices on application. 
Mixture for Hay and Permanent Pasture. Con- 
sists of a number of grasses long recognized as 
the best combination for this latitude; two bushels 
per acre. 
English Rye Grass. A nutritious, permanent 
grass for meadows and pastures, also as nurse 
crop with others for lawns. 
Domestic Rye Grass. A quick-germinating, vig- 
orous grass, similar to the English, except not so 
hardy and therefore preferred as a nurse crop with 
fine, slow-growing, but more permanent grasses. 
It is desired to have the nurse crop cease to exist 
after it has served its purpose. 
Red Top, Fancy Cleaned. Heavy recleaned seed. 
Important both agriculturally and for making turf. 
Excellent in combination with Kentucky Blue or 
others, but too coarse after first year to be sown 
alone on fine lawns. Germinates quickly. 
Astoria Bent. (Agrostis Tenuis). Also known 
as Rhode Island Bent. Now available in a very 
pure state (98% or better). Considered the finest 
and most reliable type of non-creeping Bent for 
fine lawns in the Northeastern States. It keeps 
its roots below the ground surface and is almost 
immune to fungus diseases. 
Netherlands Mixed Bent. (Agrostis App.). In- 
correctly called Creeping Bent. Very fine leaved 
and of creeping habit. Forms close, dense turf. 
Used on fine lawns and golf greens. Contains 
Velvet Bent. Per lb.—Sold out. 
Fancy Kentucky Blue. (Poa Pratensis). Valu- 
able for lawns when mixed with other varieties. 
It germinates slowly two or three weeks and re- 
quires a year or more to establish strong turf. It 
requires a rich soil but not necessarily a limestone 
soil. Extra heavy cleaned seed. 
Canada Blue. (Poa Compressa). A hardy per- 
ennial grass, with creeping rootstalks, forming a 
durable turf, though not so compact as Kentucky 
Blue. It grows on poor and dry soils, standing 
extremes of wet or drought, and keeping green 
until the severe frosts of winter. It is distinguished 
from the Kentucky Blue Grass by its flattened, 
wiry stems and bluer color. (14 lbs. to the bushel). 
Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass. (Fes- 
tuca Pratensis). A highly valuable species for 
permanent grass land. It does not, however, at- 
tain its full productive power until the second or 
third year, when it far exceeds most other sorts 
in the quantity of its produce and nutritive mat- 
tet: 
Chewings Red Fescue. (Festuca Rubra). A deep- 
rooted grass. It thrives on dry sandy soils, and 
remarkably well in shade, forming a good turf 
surface, especially valuable for steep slopes on 
lawns. It is the only fine-leaved fescue forming 
a dense smooth turf. New crop ready in May, 
probably change in price. 
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass. (Poa Trivialis). 
Resembles Kentucky Blue in appearance. Most 
valuable grass for shady lawns where there is 
reasonable amount of moisture. Out 1944. 
Orchard Grass. (Dactylis Glomerata). One of 
the most desirable pasture grasses for stock and 
for shady places. 
Timothy. (Phleum Pratense). More generally 
grown than any other variety for hay. High-grade, 
clean seed is of greatest importance. We carry a 
large stock of this seed, buying in car lots, which 
is graded and sold on basis of purity and ger- 
mination tests. Prices on application. 
