





Splendid on Potato Ground 
Discing last year’s potato fields in the 
spring and sowing six pecks oats, 10 
pounds rye grass, 10 pounds red clover 
gives good results. The rye grass comes 
on fast. After the oats is combined, the 
clover competes with the rye grass in the 
warmer period. Next spring makes a lot 
of organic matter to turn under 
for potatoes. 
For Pasture Improvement 
Ten pounds rye grass and 2 
pounds Ladino per acre has 
been helpful in “doctoring up” 
old pastures. Used widely as 
a nurse grass in pasture mix- 
tures. 

Helpful in Gardens 
Sow after early vegetable crops. Disc or 
harrow the ground shallow. Broadcast 20 
to 25 pounds Hoffman Rye Grass per acre. 
Some folks seed between rows of late veg- 
etables at last cultivation. 
More Orchards Get Rye Grass 
This use for Rye Grass is growing more 
each year. In New Jersey, a mixture of 
rye grass and vetch is sometimes used. 
Many folks sow in the orchard to gain 
extra pasture in the spring, then disc un- 
der to feed tree roots. 
Makes Good EXTRA Pasture 
After a good growth of rye grass has been 
attained, pasturing by livestock will not 
hurt its cover-crop value. It makes fine 
forage for pigs and other animals, but sup- 
plementary protein must be supplied in 
the grain ration. In one test, pigs pas- 
tured on rye grass gained 1.14 pounds 
daily when full-fed a 12 per cent protein 
ration (corn, 87.5 pounds; tankage, 6 
pounds; soybean oil meal, 6 pounds; and 
salt, .5 pound). 
Al Seed for Al Results 
Hoffman Rye Grass is cleaned and re- 
cleaned to highest degree of purity. Strong 
sound growth. Finest on the market. 
Weeds don’t make desirable cover crops— 
sowing clean, vigorous Hoffman Rye Grass 
helps crowd them out. Here’s seeding 
that repays its low cost many times over. 
Conservation Spreading 
Soil conservation has become world-wide in its 
scope. There are now 49 countries actively 
engaging in soil conservation practices based 
on those being used in the U. S. 
Cover Crops Work in Winter 
They use up nitrogen made or freed from the 
soil during the winter. They keep the soil 
alive; it does not freeze so quickly or deeply 
as bare ground ... earthworms can work nearer 
to the surface. Too, the ground can soak up 
more of the melting snow and rainfall. All this 
in addition to erosion protection and increasing 
soil organic matter. 
