
SEED INOCULATION 


Grasses for Meadow and Pasture 
ALL OF OUR GRASS AND FIELD SEEDS ARE TESTED TO CONFORM WITH 
THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE SEED LAWS 
We assure our customers they will have the full benefit of the lowest market rates for choice 
selected stocks. 
Sow Clover, Timothy, and Red-Top mixed. For an acre, 8 pounds Clover, 
¥% bushel Timothy, 8 pounds Fancy Clear Red-Top. 
Treat your Grass Seed with SEMESAN before sowing. Ask for descriptive pamphlet 
Astoria (R. I.) Colonial Bent. A fine, hardy, 
very compact grass; very permanent, readily 
forming a heavy sward. Sow 2 to 3 pounds per 
1,000 square feet. 
Seaside Coos County Bent. A very useful 
grass for fine lawns and pleasure-grounds, on 
account of its short growth, deep green and 
fine-leaved foliage. Indispensable for golf- 
course, croquet, and cricket fields as well as 
general lawn formulas. Sow 3 to 5 pounds per 
1,000 square feet. ‘ 
Chewing’s Fescue. Perennial; 2 to 244 feet 
high; June and July. On account of its creep- 
ing habit is especially valuable for loose, sandy 
soils and embankments. It easily resists 
drought and often is green when other grasses 
are dried up. Sow 24% bushels an acre (14 
pounds to bushel). 4 
Domestic Rye Grass. Quick-growing and 
often used for a nurse grass or temporary turf. 
Kentucky Blue (Poa pratensis). Known as 
June-Grass. An early grass of great value; 
makes a close, velvety turf, and 1s excellent for 
pasture; generally sown mixed with other 
grasses. Sow about 3 bushels an acre. _ 
Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata). It 1s very 
satisfactory for the meadow when sown with 
other grasses, the hay being very nutritious, 
but it should be cut when in blossom. It is not 
suitable to sow alone, because of its tufted 
habit. Especially adapted for shady places. 
Sow 30 to 40 pounds of seed an acre. 5 
Red-Top (Agrostis vulgaris). A great favorite, 
succeeding in a great variety of locations, giv- 
ing very good results on light soils, and the 
very best on heavy, moist soils or lowlands 
liable to overflow, which are so apt to be sour. 
Rough-Stalked Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis). 
This species of grass makes a very heavy turf 
and is generally used in shady locations when 
sown with other grasses. Prefers light moisture. 
Timothy or Herd Grass (Phleum pratense). A 
well-known nutritious grass, which on most 
soils will produce a better crop than any other 
variety. We offer a particularly choice quality 
of seed. Sow \% bushel an acre, if alone (45 
pounds to the bushel). 
Clovers 
Clovers enrich the soil, for their roots gather 
immense quantities of nitrogen-ftxing bacteria, 
which take nitrogen from the air and leave it in 
the soil in a form readily available for growing 
crops. Nitrogen is the most expensive chemical - 
to buy in fertilizer. Encourage the growth of 
these bacteria by the use of Legume-Ard. 
Grimm Alfalfa. Only a few strains equal, and 
none excel, true Grimm Alfalfa in hardiness. 
It is the safest type to sow wherever there Is 
trouble from winter-killing. We believe it is 
the best strain to sow in this locality, and for 
that reason it is the only one we carry In stock. 
Ladino. A very large White Dutch Clover, more 
dependably perennial than many other Clovers. 
Useful in pasture mixtures. 
Medium Red. Makes a standard Clover for 
hay purposes as it can be cut at least twice in a 
season. Sow the seed early in the spring or Jate 
summer, at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per 
acre. If used with timothy or red-top, 10 
pounds per acre will be sufficient. . 
Alsike. Seed may be sown in the spring, late 
summer, or early autumn, and, as the plants 
are perfectly hardy, the field seldom requires 
reseeding. Thrives better on thin soil than 
Red Clover. Sow in spring or late summer, at 
the rate of 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
White Dutch. Valuable for quick lawns and 
used in all permanent pasture mixtures as It Is 
greatly relished by stock. 
White Blossom Biennial Sweet Clover. Of 
great value as a soil renovator. It will thrive 
on all classes of soil. Sow any time from April 
until the middle of September at the rate of 
15 to 25 pounds to the acre. 
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Grass Seeds, etc. 






Swedish Select Oats 
The straw is valuable for feed and for bed- 
ding. The sprangle-top heads, although long, are 
borne low down on the stalk, which seems to pre- 
vent lodging, and are very large in proportion to 
its stiff, bright, clean straw. Oats yield a greater 
profit per acre than wheat, and they are also a 
more reliable crop. Market price. 
Treat Oats with Ceresan before sowing. See 
page 27. 
Soy Beans 
Considered one of the most valuable plants for 
bringing nitrogen into the soil. It is an excellent 
green or dried fodder and can also be used for 
silage. Seed should be sown during May or June, 
using at least 1 bushel per acre broadcast, or can 
be sown in drills 214 feet apart, at the rate of 34 
bushel per acre. 
Canada Field Peas 
The vines make rich, nutritious hay, and if fed 
green to milch cows, the flow of milk will be al- 
most doubled. They can be sown alone or with 
oats and fed green. It is surprising the amount of 
fodder which is produced in this way. Market 
price. Inoculate this seed with Legume-Aid. 
Dwarf Essex Rape _ 
This is a most important forage plant and is 
sometimes used as a cover crop. It grows like a 
turnip, with a very leafy top but no swollen root. 
Especially valuable for hog- and sheep-feed, and 
it is clatmed to have a feed value greater than 
clover. Can be sown either in the fall or spring, 
at the rate of 6 to 8 pounds per acre broadcast, 
Sand, Hairy, or Winter Vetch 
Hairy or Winter Vetches are increasing in 
popularity wherever grown, and are proving to 
be one of the most valuable crops for fall plant- 
ing. Inoculate seed with Legume-Aid. 
Sow 20 pounds of Vetch and 1 bushel of Rye or Oats 
to the acre 
Sudan Grass 
A new forage plant closely related to the culti- 
vated sorghums; of value in the dry Middle West 
as a drought-resisting hay crop. In the East and 
North should be tried as a substitute for millet, 
as the crop is larger and has better feeding value. 
Care should be exercised in turning cattle onto 
‘second growth. In rows, 4 to 6 pounds to the 
acre; broadcast, 20 pounds to the acre. 
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Maine-Grown Certified 
Seed Potatoes 
All of our Seed Potatoes are grown by the 
most reliable growers. 
Green Mountain. A late Potato which does 
well on any soil; productive; oval; a good 
keeper; of fine quality. 
Irish Cobbler. One of the first varieties of 
Potatoes to be ready for market, and therefore 
will command a good price. The skin is creamy 
white, sometimes netted, which is an indica- 
_tion of good quality; eyes are strong, well 
developed, and but slightly indented. 
Katahdin. A _main-crop variety, 
after Green Mountain. 
Sebago. Heavy-yielding. Resistant to blight. 
Fine quality and a good keeper. 
maturing 
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Buckwheat 
Japanese. Early and most productive of th 
Buckwheats. Use for green-manure crop an 
for bee pasturage. 
Rye . 
Rosen’s Seed Winter. Generally used as a © 
cover crop and for soil-improvement. Can be 
seeded at any time before the middle of No- — 
vember. Use 1 to 114 bushels of seed per acre. — 
Spring. An early-maturing forage grass as It 
makes an excellent green fodder when cut or _ 
can be used as pasturage for several weeks. — 
Sow in early spring at the rate of 114 bushels - 
of seed per acre. mal: 
Wheat 
Spring. Usually sown alone in early spring to | 
cut as a green fodder crop, or can be sown with 
Vetch for hay purposes. 1 ~ 
White Winter. Generally sown with Winter 
Vetch between September 10 and October 15 
in this area. Can be used in early spring as 
green feed or made into a very palatable hay. 
Barley 
Wisconsin 38. A 6-rowed variety that is 
widely used for forage. Seed grown on the irri- 
gated lands of Montana. Very plump, extra 
heavy and nearly white. nist 
Millet or Hungarian Grass Seed 
Prices variable; subject to market fluctuation Re 
Hungarian Grass (Panicum germanicum). One © 
of our best forage plants and yields immensely, 
even when the weather is so dry that other 
crops dry up. Sow from June 15 to July 31. 
One bushel seeds an acre. (48 poundstobushel.) 
Millet, Japanese Barnyard (Panicum Crus- 
galli). This Millet is valuable asa greenordry 
fodder, or for soiling. It is erect In growth, 
very leafy, and the stalks are tender and succu- 
lent, even when matured. Produces from 15 to 
20 tons green fodder per acre. As fodder crop 
sow 20 pounds to acre. Rane a 
Millet, Tennessee Golden. Of stronger and 
taller growth than other Millets and does not | 
mature so early. Sow 1 to 114 bushels an acre. ~ 
(50 pounds to bushel.) Rea © 
SEED INOCULATION 
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INOCULATE THIS 
LEGUME SEED WITH 
LEGUME-AID 
Seeds of all legumes—Clovers, Alfalfa, Sweet ™ 
Clovers, Beans, Peas, Vetches, Soy Beans, Cow- 
peas, etc.—will yield far better results if inocu- 
lated with Legume-Aid and, in addition, leave - 
in the soil a heavy deposit of nitrogen which 
benefits all succeeding ‘crops in the rotation. 
Legume-Aid—always fresh, strong and virile. 
The Best Inoculation 
for All Legume — SUR 
Seeds ng 


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HOW TO ORDER: Specify crop and number 
of bushels you wish to inoculate (one-bushel 
size contains sufficient bacteria to thoroughly i 
inoculate one bushel of designated variety of 
legume seed). 
PRICES—For Small Seeds—Clovers, Sweet 
Ciovers, Alfalfa, etc. \ 









For Large-Size Seeds—Soy Beans, Cowpeas, — 
Peas, Beans, Vetches, etc. 
I-bus. size ee ne ae $0 30 
2-bus. size... =. +24 Ue 53s eibecs aatey teoe oan 50 
Garden Size for Garden Peas, Beans, and 
Sweet Peasi# 3h ).0 oc ave eran 10 




SEMESAN BEL 
Before planting your Potatoes, give your 
seed a Semesan Bel treatment, thereb 
greatly increasing the yield. It will also re- | 
duce scab. We will be pleased to mail you | 
descriptive pamphlet. See page 27. Re 








