erick, Md., garden—December 1. Note 
those long leaves and fibrous root sys- 
tem. Keeps soil loose, reduces loss of 
plant food, adds organic matter. 
Potato growers are real boosters. 
One Pennsylvania potato man discs his 
last year's potato fields in the spring, 
sowing six pecks of oats with 10 to 12 
pounds red clover. The rye grass 
comes on fast in the spring. After the 
oats crop is combined, the clover com- 
petes with the rye grass in the warmer 
period. Next spring clover, rye grass 
and oat straw make considerable or- 
ganic matter to turn down for another 
potato crop. 
In orchards the place of Hoffman Rye 
Grass is becoming more and more es- 
tablished. A New Jersey orchard man 
uses rye grass and vetch to conserve 
soil and maintain humus. Many folks 
sow in the orchard to gain extra pasture 
in the spring, saving the soil at the 
same time, and then disc under for 
fertilizer to feed tree roots. 
Used with Ladino to freshen up old 
pastures—10 pounds rye grass and 2 
pounds Ladino per acre. And as a nurse 
grass in many grass seed mixtures. 
Each year finds new uses in mixtures 
for this versatile crop. 
For stock feeding: Many folks en- 
thusiastic about rye grass as a cover 
crop are only beginning to recognize 
its pasture value in stock feeding. After 
a good growth has been attained, 
pasturing will not hurt its cover crop 
value. Makes fine forage for pigs and 
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other animals, provided supplementary 
protein is supplied in the grain ration. 
In feeding trials, pigs pastured on rye 
grass 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 .o 
pound). 
Hoffman Rye Grass is cleaned and 
re-cleaned, 99 per cent or better purity. 
Strongest growth. Finest on the market. 
Weeds don't make desirable cover 
crops—sowing clean, vigorous Hoffman 
Rye Grass helps crowd them out. Cost 
is low—pays its way many times over. 
For quotations, see Price List. 





















