16 STERLING’S ANNUAL CATALOG 
GRASS SEED—Continued 1 Lb. to 
99 Lbs. 
per Lb. 
ROUGH BLUE GRASS. Very hardy. Good for shade or sun .._ $.75 
RED TOP. Fancy recleaned. Fine for lawns, new ground and 
pasture. Best grade. Purity 98%: ......... -s2+ «> «sie eee 3 
HUNGARIAN GRASS. Good cover crop for summer sowing... 12 
JAPANESE MILLET. Considered the easiest kind to cure ..... 10 
SUDAN GRASS. Good for pasture, green manure or a heavy 
crop of hay. Use 40 lbs. per acre. 25 lbs. or more at 17c ...__.18 
SWEET SUDAN. An improved Sudan Grass ...........--+0:. .20 
STERLING PASTURE MIXTURE. 9 of the best kinds of Grass 
and Clover Seed, suitable for pasture. Contains no Orchard 
Grass. Use 20 to 40 lbs. to the acre. Best grade seed. 25 
Ibs. or more at 64c per lb., 100 lbs. or more at 63c per lb. .65 
LEGUME-AID for inoculating ALFALFA, SWEET CLOVER, 
ALSIKE, and RED CLOVER. 1 Bu. size, per bottle ........ .50 
LEGUME-AID for Vetches, Field Peas. etc.. 2 Bu. size, per bottle .50 
LAWN MAKING 
Our Lawn Grass Seed is mixed from the very best grass seed, 
recleaned and free from weeds, and we sell many hundred pounds all 
over Long Island, as there is no better grade seed on the market. 
Loosen the soil in which a new lawn is to be made to a depth of at 
least five inches, and lighten it with humus, compost or manure if it 
is heavy and inclined to bake. Apply fertilizer liberally, either Sheep 
Manure, Bone Meal or both. Use Vigoro on established lawns in early 
Spring and early Fall. 
Sow in the early Spring when cool weather and ample rainfall 
will insure complete germination and a good start for the seedlings 
before hot dry weather comes. If seeding must be delayed, special 
precautions must be taken to prevent the ground drying out. Early 
Fall is a very desirable time to seed, if moisture is sufficient. 
See that the seed is well covered. Rake it into a new seed bed and 
roll so that the soil is firmed over the seed. Where seed is sown on an 
old lawn, always cover it with a top dressing of sand or soil and fer- 
tilizer and rake in. Seed thrown on the top of hard ground has no 
chance to grow and will merely wash off. 
No Timothy or Rye Grass is ever used in our Lawn Grass Mixture. 
JAPEDIZER 
Kills the grubs and feeds the grass. Use 10 lbs. Japedizer per 1,000 
square feet and water it in well. Afterwards loosen soil of bare and 
thin patches and reseed. Japedizer kills the grubs, spreads the Milky 
Disease in the beetles and fertilizes the grass. 
10-l bee base wets cor eee eaetnd repre tN eee one acre can apakcay erkcee ee $ 2.85 
2b=1bs* DALS unwise. oe act tedace ere eetiele See rig a aie iene ars tea otsaag  e 6.25 
BO=-lbs Dawe akin cecetaciets cas erons tice tetas ote ha otek age ane ce tee 11.75 
Laughing Water, Southold, L. I., Aug. 10th. 
After preparing the ground with your Peat Moss and Cow Manure, I sowed Ster- 
ling Lawn Grass about two weeks ago. I wish you could see it now. The grass is up 
about an inch and it looks like a piece of green velvet—H. C. H. 
April 26, 1950. 
I have been trying to get down to your store for two weeks and want 10 lbs. of 
Sterling Lawn Grass. I bought Sterling Lawn Grass seed last year and sowed it in 
my cemetery lot in Riverhead. I took good care of the grass and this year that is 
the best looking plot in the cemetery. I have already mowed the grass once.—C. P. 
