Manns’ Superior Farm Seeds 
Variety 
Alfalfa 
Barley 
Bent Grass 
Blue Grass 
Kentucky 
Canada 
(English 
Blue-Grass) 
Lbs. 
per Bu. 
(3 lbs. Sept. 
per 1000 
sq. ft.) 
30-40 Late 
summer 
early 
spring 
15 in Late 
mixtures | summer 
early 
spring 
36-60 May 15 to 
uly 15 
14 May 
July 
5-8 Aug.-Sept. 
Feb.-Apr. 
15 August 
2 March 
April 
or August 
10-15 March 
April 
or August 
10-15 March 
April 
5-8 Spring or 
late 
summer 
1% to | May 15th 
2 bu. July 15 
30 March 
(3 Ibs. per April 
1000sq.ft.)} August 
Sept. 
20-30 March 
May 
August 
Sept. 
25-30 February 
May 
Sow—Lbs.| Date of 
per Acre Sowing 
15-20 August or 
April 
72-96 About 
Oct. Ist. 
J. MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. 
Fertilizer Requirements per Acre 
400 lbs. or more 4-12-4 at seeding. For 
sandy soils increase potash. Top dress 
yin 0-14-6 every other year. Heavy user 
of lime. 
Lime moderately helpful. 300 to 400 lbs 
4-12-4 at seeding. Top dress in spring. 
Requires acid forming plant food. Injured 
by lime. 
On pastures—300 Ibs. superphosphate every 
spring for three years. Adding nitrogen for 
quick results. For new seedings, 400 lbs. 
4-12-4. Lime helpful applied 50 lbs. per 
1000 sq. ft. about every 5 years. 
Same as Kentucky Blue but adapted to 
thinner soils. 
150 to 300 lbs. 2-12-6 heavy phosphorus 
and potash feeder. Best on moderately 
acid soil. 
200 to 500 Ibs. 3-12-6 in row at planting. 
Side dress when 40 days old with 200 lbs. 
nitrate of soda. 
200 to 400 Ibs. 4-12-4 except if seeded on well 
fertilized grain, when no additional fertilizer 
is required. Responds readily to lime. 
200 to 300 Ibs. superphosphate. Responds 
to lime but not very sensitive to acid. 
200 to 400 Ibs. 0-14-7. 
Uses 
Hay, soil improvement, 
pasture. 
Stock feed, malt, break- 
fast foods, flour, early 
spring grazing. 
Lawns and putting greens 
or pasture on acid soils. 
Permanent pastures, lawns 
and fairways. 
Pasture with other peren- 
nial varieties. 
Flour, stock and poultry 
feed, bees, summer cover 
and green manure crop. 
Grain, ensilage and hog- 
ging down. 
Hay, pasture, soil im- 
provement. 
Green manure, and to 
some extent for hay and 
pasture winter annual. 
Pasture and hay. 
200 to 400 lbs. 4-12-4 44 to 1 ton hydrated 
lime is beneficial. 
300 Ibs. 0-12-5 or superphosphate. High 
lime requirement, not less than 1600 lbs. 
hydrated 
500 Ibs. superphosphate once in 4 or 5 years 
as a top dressing. Some potash on sandy soil. 
300 Ibs. superphosphate and add potash for 
sandy soils. Lime not necessary but 
beneficial. 
Complete plant food—abundant nitrogen. 
Lime not necessary. 
300 Ibs. 4-12-4. 
200 to 300 Ibs. superphosphate; for sandy 
soils use 0-14-6. Lime not necessary but 
responds readily. 
Primarily a forage crop. 
Largely used in hay mix- 
tures but frequently sown 
by itself for hay. 
Pasture hay, soil im- 
provement, honey plant, 
and in pasture mixtures. 
Pasture, furnishes early 
grazing. 
Black-eye, for human 
food; other varieties for 
hay, soil improvement 
and pasture. 
Lawns principally; also 
as pasture. 
Hay and pasture mix- 
tures, gives early spring 
and late fall grazing. 
improvement. 
Inoculation important, sow broadcast on firm seed bed. 
ee when basal shoots are 2 in. high. Do not cut late 
in fall. 
Does best on well drained loam or clay soils. Seed should 
be treated against smut and the harvested crop protected 
from weevil. 
Does not yield as much hay as Red Top. Needs plenty of 
moisture. Thrives only on acid soils. 
Best results when seeded in mixtures as it requires about 
3 years to establish a sod. Gives good early grazing, 
languishes in late summer but flourishes again in fall. 
Thrives best on well drained heavy soil, rich in organic 
matter and all fertilizing elements. 
Darker blue than Kentucky Blue, produces running root- 
stocks and forms dense sod. Leaves short. Best variety 
for stiff clay soils or poor fertility. 
Likes cool, moist climate, a poor land crop. Harvest 
between time first seed fully formed and the time they 
mature. 
Harvest when kernels well glazed and dented, shuck and 
bottom leaves dry and upper leaves 14 to 1 green. For 
ensilage harvest in early glaze stage, shucks yellow. 
Better on wet, poor or acid soils than any other clover. 
Inoculation helpful. 
stubble. If not making sufficient growth, supply nitrogen 
fertilizer. Graze same if growth is too rank. 
For pasture sow with orchard or alta fescue. Thrives 4 to 
8 years. 
For hay, cut when just past full bloom stage and handle to 
save as many leaves as possible. May be expected to 
yield 1 to 3 tons per acre. 
Grows well on poor soil (except sands) provided lime and 
inoculation are supplied. Sow on grain in March or April 
and harrow in or sow on frozen ground. 
Use about 2 lbs. per acre in pasture mixture. Tolerant to 
acid soils but responds to lime. 
Must be:protected from weevil. Will grow on poor soils 
but does best on sandy loam. Harvest for hay when most 
of the pods are full grown and a few are ripe. Racks area 
help in curing as it cures very slowly. 
Withstands more shade than most grasses, especially 
suited to sandy soils. Leaves bright green, creeps by 
underground stems 
Adapted to practially all but sandy soils. Does as well as 
any grass on wet soils. Harvest (Hay) as it comes into 
bloom. Yields of two tons per acre are not exceptional. 
Hay, pasture and soil | For hay sow on fertile moist land. If second growth is 
allowed to go to seed, Korean will reseed itself. 
° Superior Seeds 
