REASONS WHY YOU WILL 
PROFIT FROM SOWING 
HOLMES’ FIELD SEEDS 
1. Desirable and adapted inheritance is assured by selection, breeding and 
controlled production. 
z. Exceptionally high purity is the result of skillful and thorough cleansing. 
3. High vigor is assured by testing each lot for germination and distributing 
only lots that have it. 
4. Chemical treatment of small grains and seed corn to control disease organ- 
isms on the seed or in the soil results in more uniform stands of healthy 
seedlings. 
5. Bacterial inoculant is included with all legume seed. 
6. Accurate practical grading permits uniform, efficient planting or sowing. 
All Holmes’ Seeds are analyzed to determine the weed seed content and 
impurities, and all lots that do not meet the highest standards are thoroughly 
recleaned to remove obnoxious weed seed and impurities. 
We contract with the ablest of seed growers in many parts of the country 
for the production of many kinds. 
Clovers 
Ladino Mammoth Red 
Alsike Yellow Sweet 
Medium Red White Sweet 
Alfaifas 
Grimm Variegated Common 
Korean Lespedeza @ Hairy Vetch © Grasses 
Write us for latest FIELD SEED PRICE LIST 
Reed Canary Grass 
Good Pasture Makes Healthy Livestock 
Sown in swampy ground into worth-while grazing, sometimes with a good 
hay crop besides. Not for acid soils. Has been good on uplands, too. Per- 
ennial stems spread underground. Makes a tough sod. Lasts years, but easil 
turned under with deep plowing. Best if kept closely grazed. Leaves bigsds 
smooth. With limited pasturing, two cuttings annually may take place. 8 
to 12 pounds per acre. 
5 Ibs., $4.25; 10 lbs., $7.80, prepaid. Not paid, 25 lbs. or more at 69c per lb. 
Holmes’ Pasture Grass Mixture 
There is probably no other means of so greatly increasing the net farm 
income on livestock farms at so low a cost as by the production and grazing 
of farm pastures. Pasture renovation surface tillage of old pasture with disc 
or spring tooth harrow is better than plowing. 
Highland Mixture; Lowland Mixture. 
10 lbs., 75c, postpaid. Not paid, 100 lbs., $63.00 
Ladino-Brome Pasture 
Growers have established pasture by seeding two pounds of Ladino 
and twelve pounds of Brome to the acre in the spring of 1949 with 
excellent results. 
GROWING AIDS 
NITRAGIN—For Clovers and Other Legumes 
For soil enrichment and better crops, use Nitragin 
on all legumes. It supplies the live bacteria that form 
nodules on the roots, take nitrogen from the air and 
convert it into plant food. May be used on seed 
treated with Arasan or Spergon if inoculated just 
before planting. Note: Be sure to order the proper 
kind of Nitragin for each kind of seed. All prepaid. 
“A-B’’—for Alfalfa, Red, White and | 1 bu. size....... 
Sweet Clover 2 bu. size....... .90 
““C’”’__for Garden Peas, Sweet Peas : 
RANT otEh ea } 100 Ib. size..... .50 
““D”’__for Garden Field Beans .... 1 bu. size....... .50 
Small (2 bu.) size .35 
ip erony Bem, cc cab oo ox 5 bu. size....... .55 
25 bu. size...... 2.50 
GARDEN SIZE NITRAGIN 
Sweet Peas, Lupins, etc. Treats 8 lbs. 
Combined inoculant for Peas, Beans, 
5 2 Ere... Se Ae 15c 
Bromegrass— “Lincoln” Type 
Bromegrass is the best grass to mix with Alfalfa or Ladino if 
it is planned to harvest it partly or entirely by pasturing with 
cattle or sheep. 
The best time to sow Bromegrass is early spring or late summer. 
Bromegrass seed may be sown with the grain drill by mixing 
the seed with fertilizer. Sow through the fertilizer attachment 
very shallow. Deep seeding is one of the most common causes 
of failure. 
Bromegrass (1 part by weight) may be mixed with Oats (4 
to 6 parts) and sown shallow through the grain feed. 
Bromegrass in mixture should be sown at 5 to 10 pounds per 
acre, with 8 pounds of Alfalfa as a safe standard. 
5 lbs.. $3.00; 10 lbs., $5.00, prepaid. 
Not paid, 25 lbs. or more at 39c per lb. 
Ladino Clover 
Excellent for Grazing 
Ladino Clover is one of our most valuable pasture plants. It is highly 
productive and nutritious, and comparatively easy to grow. : 
A giant type of White Clover. Is very much larger and much more 
drought resistant. It should be included in every seeding that is to be 
used for pasture alone, or for hay and pasture. That means that when- 
ever an Alfalfa-Grass-Clover mixture is being seeded on crop rotation 
land that is to be used in part for pasture, one-half to one pound of 
Ladino per acre should be in the mixture. 
For poultry pasture, Ladino and Kentucky Blue grass are ideal. Also 
used for cover crops. Sow only 1 or 2 ibs. per acre. 
2 1b., $1.25; 1b., $2.10; 5 lbs. or more at $2.00, postpaid. 
Not paid, 25 lbs. or more at $1.85 per lb. 
Birdsfoot Trefoil 
The Broadleaf Trefoil so highly recommended for long term hay 
and pasture use, especially on land not suited to Alfalfa. It is a vig- 
orous, deep-rooted, hardy forage legume, slow to start but very long: 
lived and has a high feeding value and produces big yields. Sow in the 
spring on a well-prepared, firm seedbed, using 5 lbs. of Trefoil with 
6 lbs. of Timothy or Brome Grass per acre. Special Nitragin Inoculant 
included free. 
7 1b., $1.60; lb., $2.95; 5 Ibs., $14.25, postpaid. 
Not paid, 25 lbs. or more at $2.75 per lb. 
EAE SAU MEP 
Birdsfoot Trefoil inoculant is included free with the se 
be bought separately. 1/8 bu. size (treats up to a igo. i 
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