WHAT A MIRACLE ONE POUND OF 
Jiotinan iy LADINO SEED 
WORKS ON A WHOLE ACRE OF GROUND 
Yes, just one pound per acre, in most 
cases, does the job. And what a job! 
Ladino and its companion grasses find 
greatly increased usage each year—sup- 
plementing regular pastures on so many 
farms; completely replacing them on oth- 
ers. Grazing from the same acreage has 
often been doubled; sometimes more than 
doubled, and with the most palatable, 
richest of pasturage. 
Ladino is a tall-growing, leafy form: of 
white clover; spreads by runners (see 

picture on opposite page). A perennial, 
extremely vigorous. Seed is very small, 
about 700,000 per pound, and if a uni- 
form seeding can be made, one pound to 
the acre is usually sufficient. Now here’s 
one word of caution; Ladino seed looks 
exactly like ordinary white clover seed. 
There is no true Ladino sold at bargain 
prices. In Ladino, as in all farm seeds, 
Hoffman patrons know they get the true 
type. This fine quality seed can truly 
work a miracle on your pasture acres... 
get started with Ladino now! 
High-Production Pasture 
Most authorities now feel that some 
Ladino should be included in EVERY 
pasture mixture. Along with one pound 
of Ladino, 2 or 3 pounds of alsike are 
often included to help thicken the stand 
the first year. Where alfalfa does well, 
5 or 6 pounds is often advisable; where 
alfalfa is unreliable, 3 or 4 pounds red 
clover may be added. The grass to sow 
in a Ladino mixture is important. Orchard 
grass has become probably its most popu- 
lar partner. If kept down early by cutting 
or grazing, remains palatable and makes 
a lot of growth during the hot dry months. 
Four or five pounds is the usual seeding 
rate. Tall meadow oat grass, 6 to 8 pounds 
per acre, may be a little more palatable, 
but does not stand grazing as well. Brome 
grass, at 8 to 10 pounds per acre, makes 
a very palatable mixture; however, is 
slower to recover after grazing and the 
Ladino may tend to get ahead of it. 
Meadow fescue has been used success- 
fully on moist, fertile soils. The use of 
8 pounds reed canary is sometimes sug- 
gested on situations too wet for other 
grasses. Four or five pounds of timothy 
is sometimes included in mixtures; how- 
ever, timothy does not stand grazing well 
and makes very little growth in hot, dry 
weather. 
