Farm and Grass Seed Manual McCullough Seed Company 1950 Ohio Valley Varieties This is a firm but soft cover book titled Farm and Grass Seed Manual. The book was compiled by William E. Ward for The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. First published in 1948, this is one of the first printings of the second edition copyrighted and published in 1950 by The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Co. As stated in the preface, all discussions in the manual deal with crops grown in the North Central States, Specifically the Ohio Valley, from St. Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C. Contents are: Grasses and Related Pest Problems – A. Pasture Grasses – Red Top ; Blue Grass, Canada ; Blue Grass, Kentucky ; Alta Fescue ; Kentucky 31 Fescue ; Meadow Fescue ; Domestic Rye Grass ; Perennial Rye Grass ; Bermuda Grass ; Brome Grass ; Crested Wheat Grass ; Orchard Grass ; Timothy / B. Common Pasture Weeds – Ten True Weed Facts ; 2, 4-D ; Canada Thistle ; Buckhorn ; Common Chess ; Common Chickweed ; curled Dock ; Dodder ; Field Bindweed ; field Peppergrass ; Frenchweed ; Horse Nettle ; Lamb's Quarter ; Leafy Spurge ; Night-flowering Catchfly ; Ox-eye Daisy ; Quack Grass ; Sheep Sorrel ; Sow Thistle ; Wild Carrot ; Wild Onion ; Winter Cress ; Common Pasture Weed Seeds ; Table I – Approximate Number of Seeds Produced Annually by an Average-sized Plant of Some of Our Common Weeds ; Table II – Vitality of Weed Seeds in the Soil ; seed-Cleaning Problems / C. Fundamental Principles in Establishing and Maintaining a Good Turf – clearing and Grading ; Drainage ; Soils ; Preparation and Fertilization of the Seed Bed ; Seeding ; Rolling ; Watering ; Mowing ; Reseeding / D. Turf Grasses – Bent Grass ; Colonial Bent Grass ; Velvet Bent Grass ; Red Top ; Annual Blue Grass ; Canada Blue grass ; Kentucky Blue Grass ; Poa Trivialis ; Alta Fescue ; Chewings Fescue ; Creeping Fescue ; Illahee Fescue ; Kentucky 31 Fescue ; Meadow Fescue ; Domestic Rye Grass ; Perennial Rye Grass ; White Dutch Clover ; New and Improved Turf Grasses / E. Common Turf Pests – Diseases ; Common Diseases of Turf ; Insects and Animals ; Weeds. Legumes – Alfalfa - Recommended Varieties - New and Improved Varieties of Alfalfa ; Alsike Clover ; Birdsfoot Trefoil ; Cowpeas ; Crimson Clover ; New and Improved Varieties of crimson Clover ; Field Pea, Canada ; Recommended Varieties ; Kudzu ; Ladino Clover ; Lespedeza ; Red Clover ; Medium Red Clover ; Mammoth Red Clover ; Recommended New Varieties ; Soybeans ; Recommended Varieties ; Sweet Clover ; Recommended Varieties ; Vetch ; Commercial Varieties ; White Clover ; White Dutch Clover ; Wild White Clover. Forage Crops – Buckwheat ; Fodder Cane ; Millets – The Foxtail Millets - The Barnyard Millets - Broom Corn or Proso Millet ; Rape ; Sudan Grass ; Sweet Sudan Grass ; Tift Sudan Grass. Miscellaneous Information – Grass, Legume, and Forage Crop Planting Chart ; One Acre of Good Pasture ; Characteristics of Important Pasture Plants ; Why Use Pasture Mixtures? ; Regular American Weights and Measures ; Miscellaneous Weights and Measures ; State Agricultural Experiment Stations ; Reference Literature ; Garden and Seed Planting Table. Condition – The book includes a few diagrams, tables and many photographic picture illustrations. The book is clean and complete. Cover and pages are tightly bound. The light green cover with black front cover print is unfaded. The cover has minor edge wear and a small crease at the top outer corner. There are no markings in the book including no previous owners names. There are no torn, missing, loose, creased or marked pages. The book is in very good condition. Buyer pays S&H. Payment must be via paypal. Books will be shipped in hardboard packages. When available, shipping may be via media mail. Wherever possible, multiple auction purchases ending the same day, will be combined in a single package with the total shipping cost reduced and adjusted for the combined weight. Click here to see my other auctions
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