Sweet Sudan Grass | 
BEST SUMMER PASTURE AND HAY GRASS. Sweet 
Sudan has deep roots, is extremely heat and drought 
resistant, and was a life caver last summer when the 
drought scorched most permanent pasture and hay 
crops. Bred by crossing sorghum on sudan. Livestock 
reli_h its sweetness, eat it faster, consume more, in- 
creasing milk and meat production. They eat it to the 
ground before touching other crops. It stools heavier, 
has broader leaves, larger stems, grows faster and 
taller than common sudan. It has greater yield, 
jpalatability and food value; cures quickly. It’s slender 
leafy stems are easy to handle with ordinary haying 
machinery. Palatability and grazing last longer. Start 
grazing when 18 inches tall and sugar starts forming. 
Hay is grassy. Cut when heads first appear. Mature 
stalks cut and dried still remain palatable. Also good 
for ensilage, cover crop and erosion control. Broadcast 
25 Ibs. per acre (use grain drill set to sow Y/2 bu. of 
wheat), or 7 lbs. in cultivated rows, Y2 to 34 inches 
deep,on any well drained soil after ground becomes 
warm. Fertilizer pays, especially nitrogen. 
Every pasture program needs a supplemental field of Sweet Sudan to give a summer rest to 
permanent pasiures that usually do best in spring and fall. 
CERTIFIED SWEET SUDAN 372 STRAIN, ARASAN TREATED. The finest KENTUCKY BLUE—Good Permanent Lawn or Pasture Grass. For Well 
quality we ever handled. Outstanding, uniform, improved strain of 
sweet sudan, fixing the superior qualities of the original cross. It stools 
more, is grassier, taller, has finer stems, better quality hay, more palata- 
ble grazing, matures faster yet foliage remains green longer, resists 
foliage diseases and drought. The most dependable quick summer 
grazing crop for cattle, hogs, or sheep. Slurry treated so Arasan will not 
dust off. Treating increases stand: 40 to 50% in cold wet springs, 
protects the seed against soil, air and seed borne diseases, controls 
sorghum smut which persists in Sweet Sudan, Johnson Grass and 
sorghums, and gives other advantages described below. Arasan to treat 
100 Ibs. costs $1.00. Our price for Certified Sweet Sudan includes cost 
of treatment. 
Farmers say: “Sweet sudan recovers quickly from grazing. Cows eat it 
into the dirt before touching alfalfa, clovers or other grasses. Milk flow 
increases immediately when cows move from alfalfa to sweet sudan. ‘ 
SUDAN GRASS, ou: regular strain is Extra Fancy, Free of Johnson 
Grass. It is the quickest summer pasture or hay crop, ready to cut in 
45 days. It has deep roots, resists drought and heat, and grows 
vigorously in July, August and September, when most grasses are 
parched. Grows well on any soil, heavy clay to light sand. 
SMOOTH BROME GRASS, Southern Grown. A long-lived vigorous drought 
resistant hay and pasture grass for well drained fertile soils in the 
Temperate zone. Grows 5 ft. tall, roots 5 or 6 feet deep. Requires a lot 
of nitrogen and should be sown with Alfalfa to supply it. In early 
spring or late summer sow 8 lbs. with 10 Ibs. of alfalfa per acre. 
TIMOTHY—The Most Extensively Grown Hay Grass. A stand is easily estab- 
lished, is inexpensive to sow, starts quickly and yields its best crop 
the year after it is sown. The following year’s crop may be equally as 
heavy if liberally top-dressed with stable manure. It stands up well, is 
easily cured, is heavy for its bulk, and a profitable hay crop to arow 
for market, yielding 1/2 to 3 tons per acre. 
Meadow fescue, red top or herds grass and sapling clover all mature 
at the same season as timothy, and are good grasses to sow with it for 
hay and grazing, increasing the yield and food value. A good mixture 
for hay and grazing is 6 lbs. timothy, 5 lbs. red top or herds grass, 7 lbs. 
meadow fescue, and 5 Ibs. sapling clove. If sown together, mix 8 Ibs. 
timothy and 6 lbs. sapling clover. Cut when in bloom. 
MEADOW FESCUE—Perennial—A hardy, deep rooted, tufted, long-lived 
grass that should be included in every hay or pasture mixture. Stands 
close grazing, makes thick foliage, comes on early in the spring, grow- 
ing till late fall. Does well on wet soil. Sow on any soil except sandy 
in spring or fall. For permanent pasture, 10 lbs. meadow fescue, 8 Ibs. 
orchard grass 6 lbs. Kentucky blue, 1 Ib. Ladino, 1 lb. Dixie White 
clover, and 5 lbs. red clover. 
44 PRICES IN FRONT OF CATALOG 
Drained Rich Heavy Soils containing Lime and Phosphate in the Piedmont 
and Mountains. !t makes the richest, nutritious pasture, spreading and 
growing better if closely grazed. It grows vigorously in spring and fall; 
less vigorously in summer and winter. Sow 10 lbs. per acre with 2 lbs. 
of white clover for pasture, or 1 lb. to 200 square feet of lawn in early 
spring or fall to get a good start before summer weeds. 
MERION BLUEGRASS—The “Wonder Lawn Grass’—A selection from Ken- 
tucky Bluegrass that thrives under closer mowing, as low as 1/2 inch, 
is more drought resistant, is highly resistant to leafspot disease, grows 
more vigorously in late spring, tending to crowd out crabgrass. Leafspot 
severely injures Kentucky Blue in late spring, allowing crabgrass to get 
started. Merion can be seeded successfully in spring while Kentucky 
Blue often fails. However, Merion, like Kentucky Blue, needs fertilizer 
and care, is slow to come up and establish a sod, suffers from neglect 
and competition of quick growing grasses until it is established. With its 
present high cost it is best to seed Merion alone, 1 Ib. per 500 square 
feet in early spring or fall. 
RED TOP or HERDS GRASS—Should be included in every permanent pas- 
ture, hay or lawn mixture, as it grows well with other grasses, thrives 
on all soils, on land too poor for Kentucky Blue. It comes early and 
grows vigorously till late fall. It is perennial with creeping habit, stools 
well, and stands close grazing or trampling. It germinates quickly and 
is easy to get a stand. It matures for hay with timothy. Sow 3 to 5 
lbs. per acre in mixtures in spring or fall. 
DOMESTIC and PERENNIAL RYEGRASS. Quickest growing, most winter 
resistant cool season lawn, pasture, hay or cover crop, but makes little 
summer growth. Comes up in 5 days. Excellent nurse crop seeding 
permanent gras; and clovers as it keeps the soil from washing and 
protects the fine seedlings. Sow 35 Ibs. per acre in early spring or fall. 
Add 20 Ibs. Crimson Clover or Reseeding Crimson for winter grazing to 
supplement permanent pastures. If allowed to go to seed in June they 
will come back each fall. Perennial rye persists several years. Domestic 
contains 4 perennial and 34 annual Italian rye grass. 
TREAT GRASS and LEGUME SEEDS with ARASAN—Recommended by 
V.P.I. and other state experiment stations. It keeps seeds from rotting 
in cold damp soils. Allows earlier planting. Protects seeds from damp- 
ing off, seedling blight and other diseases, birds and rodents, produces 
healthier more vigorous plants and increases stands and yields 10 to 
50%. Alfalfa stands increased 89%. Seediings grow off faster, get 
ahead of weeds and establish deep roots before summer droughts. Use 
8 oz. of Arasan on 100 lbs. of alfalfa, sweet, alsike, bur, ladino, white 
and red clover, sudan, red top, Kentucky Blue, and lawn grass. Use 10 
oz. to 100 Ibs. of lespedeza, timothy, fescues, dallis and bent grass. 
Prices on page 66. Directions on package. 
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