16 STERLING’S ANNUAL CATALOG 
GRASS, CLOVER AND ALFALFA SEED—Continued 
JAPANESE MILLET. Considered the best kind of all....... $.12 
SUDAN GRASS. Good for pasture, green manure or a heavy 
crop of hay. Use 40 lbs. per acre. 50 lbs. or more at 1%7c .. =.18 
STERLING PASTURE MIXTURE. 9 of the best kinds of Grass 
and Clover Seed, suitable for pasture. Contains no Orchard 
Grass. Use 20 to 40 lbs. to the acre. Best grade seed. 25 
Ibs. or more at 54c per Ib., 100 lbs. or more at 58c per Ib. 55 
LEGUME-AID for inoculating ALFALFA | BY, Bice Henn Eate 
SWEET, ALSIKE, and RED CLOVER | su. $1ze, per bottle, .50 
LEGUME-AID for Vetches, Field Peas, etc., 2 Bu. size, per bottle .50 
LEGUME-AID. Garden size pkt. for Beans, Peas, Sweet Peas, ete. .10 
You'll find that it’s really exciting 
tohavea weed-free, velvety-smooth 
lawn... the kind that neighbors 
envy. 
von must start with good seed. 
Our mixtures are made from high 
germinating seed in formulas to 
meet your needs. 
But, it does take more than good 
seed to make a fine lawn. It takes 
complete plant food! We recom- 
mend Vigoro, complete plant food 
made by Swift & Company. It’s 
balanced for grass. 
A PRODUCT OF SWIFT 
yiGoRO 
COMPLETE PLANT FOOD 

LAWN MAKING 
Our Lawn Grass Seed is mixed from the very best grass seed, 
recleaned and free from weeds, and we sell many hundred pounds all 
over Long Island, as there is no better grade seed on the market. 
Loosen the soil in which a new lawn is to be made to a depth of at 
least five inches, and lighten it with humus, compost or manure, if it 
is heavy and inclined to bake. Apply fertilizer liberally, either Sheep 
Manure, Bone Meal or Bovung, especially good for lawns. Use Vigoro 
on established lawns in early Spring and early Fall. 
_. Sow in the early Spring when cool weather and ample rainfall 
will insure complete germination and a good start for the seedlings 
before hot dry weather comes. If seeding must be delayed, special 
precautions must be taken to prevent the ground drying out. Early 
fall is a very desirable time to seed, if moisture is sufficient. 
See that the seed is well covered. Rake it into a new seed bed and 
roll so that the soil is firmed over the seed. Where seed is sown on an 
