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GRASSES 
Kentucky Blue Grass Always reliable. The standard 
One pound 
should be sown for every 150 square feet, or for every plot 
grass seed in America for lawns and pastures. 
10-15 feet. Sow 30 pounds to the acre for pasture. 
“Magic Carpet” This mixture contains well proportioned 
quantities of Kentucky Blue Grass, White Dutch Clover, Do- 
mestic Rye Grass, and Red Top seed. The Rye Grass and Red 
Top provide a fine green covering in a very short time and 
thereby serve as protectors for the slower growing Kentucky 
Blue Grass. The latter is considered the permanent base for 
the lawn and, being thriftier, will eventually crowd out the 
Rye Grass. One pound to 120 square feet. 
Sunflower Lawn Mixture Made up principally of 
Kentucky Blue Grass and White Clover with some other grass- 
es which will grow rapidly and make a showing quickly. How- 
ever, the other grasses will soon be driven out by the Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass and White Clover and the combination of 
these two insures a perfect lawn. 
Bent Grass Makes a splendid lawn of bright green color. 
Forms a thick, dense turf, and keeps out dandelions and other 
weeds admirably. Also fine to use in thickening up old lawns. 
Is proving itself to be 
especially adapted to Middle Western conditions, but requires 
a lot of water and more care than does Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Plant one pound to 300 square feet. 
Meadow Fescue or English Blue Grass 
(Festuca Pratensis). Meadow Fescue is a tufted, deep 
rooted, long-lived perennial, and is especially adapted 
for permanent pasture. It is adapted practically to the 
same area as Timothy, will thrive on poor soils, except 
where the soil is very sandy. It should be sown on a 
thoroughly firmed seed bed at the rate of 10 to 12 
pounds per acre for seed, and 20 to 25 pounds per acre 
for pasture. The best time to sow is in late summer 
or early fall. 
Red Top Grass (Agrostis Vulgaris.) Sometimes 
known as Herd’s Grass. It is especially valuable for 
sowing on sour or acid soils, swampy or meadow lands, 
which are liable to overflow, and on soils that are not 
rich enough for Timothy and other grasses. When 
mixed with Alsike Clover it makes a fine crop of hay 
or excellent pasture. About ten pounds are sown to 
the acre. Red Top is also an exceedingly good grass 
for lawns if sown with Kentucky Blue Grass and kept 
closely mowed. 
Timothy (Phleum Pratense). The most important hay 
grass. Greatly relished by all kinds of stock, especially 
horses. Sow 10 to 15 pounds per acre. 
Domestic Rye Grass annual grass, splendid for 
quick results in the spring. Can be sown alone or with 
Kentucky Blue Grass. If sown with Blue Grass the 
Blue Grass will eventually take over. Sow one pound 
to about 120 square feet. 
Creeping Red Fescue A perennial which spreads 
by means of underground roots. Does well in the 
Middle West and is proving to be an excellent lawn 
grass. Thrives in sandy soils and in shady locations. 
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Meadow Fescue 
Perennial Rye Grass 4 rather short lived per- 
ennial. Does not grow root-stalks or stolons but will 
made a compact sod if sown thickly. Excellent where 
a quick turf is needed. 
Chewing Fescue 4 native of New Zealand. Won- 
derful for shady places but does well in the sun also. 
A fine bladed grass. of beautiful green color. Makes 
a fine compact turf. 
Tall or Alta Fescue somewhat coarser than Mea- 
dow Fescue and more drought resistant, more pro- 
ductive, more alkali tolerant and fully as palatable. 
Buttalo Grass Used for dry land lawns at the rate 
of one pound per 400 square feet. For pasture, use in 
a mixture with Blue Grama—three pounds of Buffalo 
and six pounds of Blue Grama per acre. 
Crested Wheat Grass © Fairway Strain. Grows 
shorter than the Standard strain, has more and finer 
leaves and produces about the same amount of hay. 
Can be used for lawns in dry sections. 
Superiority of Reseeded Pastures apandoned 
farm land of questionable value for crop production 
can be returned profitably to grass. 
Reseeded pastures can support more cattle and pro- 
duce two to four times as much beef per acre as well- 
managed native range. It is comparatively easy to es- 
tablish grass by drilling a mixture of well-adapted 
species in the protective stubble left by a previous 
crop of close-drilled Sorghum. 
