
Tremendous acreages are now in use each year 
—the gain has been rapid. Pictured below, Hoff- 
man rye grass from a Frederick, Maryland, gar- 
den—December 1. Note the many long leaves, 
vast fibrous roots, the mass of valuable top- 
growth. 
More and more Hoffman patrons sow rye 
grass seed at the last cultivation of corn for finest 
cover crop (about 24 pounds—l bushel—per 
acre). Valuable as fall and spring pasture. Ex- 
cept for almost complete absence of moisture, 
Hoffman rye grass provides about the surest 
cover crop. Market gardeners sow it after vege- 
table crops. Reduces loss of plant food from soil 
packing. Potato growers are real boosters. Good 
on poultry ranges. A New Jersey orchard man 
uses rye grass and vetch to conserve soil and 
maintain humus. Several folks sow in the or- 
chard, gaining extra pasture in spring while 
saving the soil, and then disc under for fertilizer 
to feed tree roots. A Pennsylvania potato man 
discs his last-year potato fields in the spring, 
sowing six pecks of oats with 10 or 12 pounds 
red clover. The rye grass comes fast in the 
spring. After the oats is combined, the clover 
competes with the rye grass in the warmer 
period. Next spring clover, rye grass and oat 
straw make considerable organic matter to turn 
down for another potato crop. 
Rye grass is being sown with buckwheat. 
Buckwheat stubble is loose and apt to erode 
badly. Rye grass provides a winter cover crop 
after buckwheat crop is harvested—to stop soil 
washing away. Hoffman rye grass is top-quality 
seed thoroughly cleaned and recleaned .. . not 
costly at all this year. Order early. 
Better Seed Beds Save Seed 
and Owner's Money 
More attention paid to better seed 
bed preparation could greatly re- 
duce seed requirements. A great 
many seeds sown never get a de- 
cent chance to start ... when the 
ground is not in shape to help 
them do so. : 
With present good plows, discs 
and cultipackers, many more folks 
should do this preparing job better. 
It would help conserve the very 
short seed supply, and they’d save 
money! : 
Proper seed bed _ preparation 
means including lime and fertilizer 
whenever needed. And really work- 
ing both into the soil! 
Important Wartime 
Livestock Feed 
Rye grass makes good forage for 
pigs and other animals, provided 
supplementary protein is supplied 
in the grain ration. 
Satisfactory growth will be made 
if pigs on rye grass pasture are full 
fed at least a 12 per cent protein 
mixture. 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). 
Save the Soil 
Soil is conserved and built and ero- 
sion is reduced by any means which 
provides a ground cover to absorb 
the impact of raindrops and which 
increases organic matter, and thus 
improves the permeability of the 
soil, causing rain to be absorbed— 
not shed. No better crop for it 
than GRASS. 

