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Permanent 
Pastures 
Are Profitable 
GOOD permanent pasture is one of 
the most important of all farm crops. 
While conserving and improving soil pro- 
ductivity, it furnishes, at lowest cost, succu- 
lent feed rich in proteins, minerals and vita- 
mins. On many farms a good permanent 
pasture often returns a greater net profit 
than any other crop. It therefore deserves to 
be planted on good land and receive careful 
attention. In establishing permanent pas- 
tures, mixtures of grasses and legumes are 
desirable for the following reasons: 
1. Different soil conditions may exist in the 
same field. A mixture assures a more uni- 
form stand and higher production because 
in a mixture there are varieties adapted to 
the various soil conditions. 
2. Grasses and Clovers differ in their periods 
of greatest productivity as well as in their 
rest or dormant periods, and a mixture pro- 
vides for more uniform growth through- 
out the season. 
3. A combination, preferably of grasses and 
legumes, provides better balanced feed be- 
cause the legumes are richer in proteins 
and minerals than are the grasses. 
4. There is a great deal of difference in 
the time necessary to establish different 
legumes and grasses for heavy pastur- 
ing. A mixture containing quick growing 
grasses and legumes provides early graz- 
ing and also protects the more permanent 
grasses and legumes while becoming estab- 
lished. 
Published by the 
Service Department of 
NORTHRUP, KING & CO. 
Seedsmen Since 1884 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
SF-177 C5-8M 

