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WOOD'S HAY AND PASTURE GRASSES 



SWEET SUDAN GRASS 
A Palatable Feed for Livestock 
SWEET SUDAN is a greatly improved sudan grass 
from a hybridization of Leota Red Sorghum or com- 
mon sudan. It has great palatability, livestock eat- 
ing it to the ground before touching common sudan 
or other forage sorghums. SWEET SUDAN has 
broader leaves, larger stems and makes taller 
growth, stooling heavier than common sudan. It is 
a truly great improvement over common sudan, and 
in our opinion will completely replace common su- 
dan in a few years. Because of its sweetness, which 
livestock relish, they eat it faster and consume more 
of it in a given period than they do common sudan. 
This increases both milk and meat production. Sweet 
Sudan matures later, which makes the pasturing 
last longer than common. Do not pasture until at 
least 24 inches. high, as the sugar does not start 
setting below that height. Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per 
acre when-ground becomes thoroughly warm. 
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Sweet Sudan gives longer pasturage and greater feed value than ordinary sudan. 
TIMOTHY 
The Most Extensively Grown Hay Grass. For hay, timothy is the most 
extensively grown of all grasses. A stand is easily established, it is in- 
expensive to sow, it starts quickly and yields its best crop the year after 
it is sown, but the following year's crop may be equally as heavy if 
liberally top-dressed with stable manure. It stands up well, is easily 
cured and is heavy for its bulk, for which reason it has proved the 
most profitable hay crop when grown for market. The yield on good 
land frequently runs from 1'/2 to 3 tons to the acre. 
Meadow fescue or English blue grass, red top or herds grass and 
sapling clover all mature at the same season as timothy, and are 
good grasses to sow with it for hay and grazing, increasing the yield 
of hay and the yield and value of the pasturage. A good mixture for 
hay and grazing in 6 lbs. timothy, 5 Ibs. red top or herds grass, 7 
lbs. meadow fescue, and 5 lbs. sapling clover. If timothy and sap- 
ling clover are sown together, mix 8 lbs. timothy and 6 lbs. sapling 
clover. Sow 12 to 15 lbs. to the acre. The best time to cut is when 
it is in bloom. 
RED TOP or HERDS GRASS 
Should be included in every permanent pasture, hay or lawn mixture, 
as it grows well with other grasses, thrives on all soils, and grows on 
land too poor for Kentucky blue grass. It comes early and grows vig- 
orously till late fall. It is perennial with creeping habit, stools well, 
and stands close grazing or trampling. It germinates quickly and is 
easy to get a stand. It matures for hay at the same time as timothy. 
Sow 5 lbs. per acre in mixtures or 10 Ibs. alone in spring or fall. 
MEADOW FESCUE 
A hardy, deep rooted, tufted, long-lived grass that should be included 
in every hay or pasture mixture. Stands close grazing, makes thick 
foliage, comes on early in the spring, growing till late fall. Does well 
on wet soil. Sow on any soil except sandy 25 lbs. per acre in spring 
or fall. For permanent pasture, 10 lbs. meadow fescue, 8 lbs. orchard 
grass, 5 lbs. alta fescue, 6 lbs. Kentucky blue, and 5 lbs. red clover. 
PERENNIAL RYE GRASS—Certified 
Similar in growth, adaptation and use to Italian Rye, but persists sev- 
eral years. 
ITALIAN RYE GRASS—Domestic 
The quickest growing and most winter-resistant grass for spring, fall, 
or winter lawn, pasture, hay or clover crop. Sow 35 lbs. acre in early 
spring or fall. 
WHAT A FEW DAIRYMEN SAY: 
"Cattle and sheep both prefer Sweet Sudan in preference to common. You 
just can't keep them away from it where an option is given them." 
"My dairy cattle have invariably eaten Sweet Sudan into the dirt before touch- 
ing alfalfa or any other grasses and clovers in the permanent pasture. There 
is Gn immediate increase in milk flow when cows are moved from alfalfa to 
Sweet Sudan. It recovers very quickly from pasturing." 
anes, 
No. 23 SUDAN GRASS 
A Decided Improvement Over Ordinary Sudan 
Produces about 25% greater growth than regular sudan, finer quality 
hay. Excellent for grass silage. Developed by selecting a large num- 
ber of superior plants from ordinary Sudan grass. These were tested 
many years under extreme conditions of heat and drought on different 
types of soil. Strain No. 23 proved superior to all others and produced: 
/4 more hay or pasture than regular Sudan. It has a stronger, more 
vigorous growth and broader leaves. It is more heat and drought 
resistant than most summer forage crops. It is an annual and cannot 
become a pest. Sow 20 Ibs. broadcast or 8 Ibs. in cultivated rows. 
Our supply was grown from certified seed. 
FOR GRAZING it is equal to Blue Grass as a milk producer. At one 
experiment station one acre per cow furnished abundant pasture for 
125 days. The cows made a daily average of 3.8 lbs. more milk than 
they ever did on native grass. At the Middle Tennessee Experiment 
Station in a very dry summer, when permanent pastures were parched, 
two yearling steers gained 1'/> lbs. per day on Sudan, a total of 276 
lbs. in 92 days. They pronounced it the best of all dry weather grasses 
for the South. 
SUDAN GRASS is primarily a hay grass, its slender leafy stems mak- 
ing it easy to handle with ordinary haying machinery. It makes its 
greatest growth and produces the most feed during July, August and 
September, when native grasses are less productive. It can be grown 
successfully on almost every class of soil from a heavy clay to a light 
sand, besides being particularly drought and heat resistant. Primarily 
an excellent hay crop, Sudan is gaining in popularity as a summer pas- 
ture. Ready to cut in 45 days. 
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