The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-13
GRASS and Glover
sEEDFORF FARMERS /
Hawaii Experiment Station offers
IL Long List Of Varieties
For Trial

+. G. Sahr, in charge Of the sgronomy
division Of the Hawaiian experiment
station, has considerable quantities Of
seed Of forage and pasture crops TO dis.
tribute among farmers and homestead.
ers throughout the Territory. The
seed iis available to all farmers on the
Islands, who will state their require
ments for feeding and pasturing their
livestock and who will make a brief
statement regarding local conditions,
as 10 elevation above sea level, sea.
sons and amount of rainfall, and gen
erala soil conditions.
OF thelseed listed below considerable
are valuable Of the different aifalfas,
velvet beans, iackheans, clovers, sot.
Rhums and, japanese millet and buck
wheat. Only limited quantities Of the
seed OF the grasses are to be had, and
farmers are therefore advised to save
all Of the first seed Of such grasses as
show promise. This seed can then ps
used, to. extend the area planted.
Seed For Distribution 49,. .
Ahalfas as follows: pryland, Grimm
Turkestan, Common, Peruvian,
Clovers as follows: Red, White, Wild
White, Ladino White, Berseem. Alsike
Velvet BesnS as folIowsi Ashy.pod
bean, Yokohama bean, Fleshy pod bean
Lyons bean, Mauritis bean, Florida vel
vet bean 49,. r. ..
! sorghums as follows: African No
800, African No. 800, Sugar Drip.
Mscellf neous legumes as follows
Cowpea, Pigeon pea, Mungo bean, Guar
Muth bean, Kulthi, &c man lupins, Flor
IDA brggar bean. -
Sweet Clovers as followsI Whit
sweet clover, Annual yellow sweet
clover, Biennial yellow sweet clover
Buckwheat as follows: Japanese mil
let. T..
Grasses 49,, ~ .
Lot 1, for low and dry sections: Aus
ttalian water grass, Australian blu
grass, Wilder's grass, Natal red ton
MOlasses, grass, Sudan grass, Judd grass
Chryspopogan Montanus. p, ami "a,
:, Lot e. for high elevations: Wood hal
grass, Jufted hair grass, Giant, Fy'
grass, Wisten rye grass, italian ryI
grass, Tunis grass, Wallaby grass, Vel
low oat grass. Smooth brown, Red
Red fescue, Sheep fescue, Tan fescue
Meadow fescue Fine.leavedr fescue
Hard fescue, Fall meadow Dat grass.
Planting the Seed .-t. ~. i.:c p
While general directions for planting
will be sent with each lot Of seed Sc
lected, the alfalfas, clovers, swee
clovers, beggarweed and the variou
| grasses should be drilled one foot apar
for moist localities and from, fourteen
to twenty inches apart in the dry dis
tricts.
Velvet beans, cowpeas, pigeon pea
and sorghums require at least three fee
space between the rows, while, Gernai
lupine (for green nianuTe) ), maing
beans, guar, muth beans and Skulthie q
! not require more than two feet. Til
! clovers are recommended only for higl
elevations, as are also the grasses listei
in lot 2. The sweet lclovers do wen g
low elevations IN seasons Of good rain
fall, but will grow to better advan
tage at over 800 or 1000 feet elevation
! Grasses listed under lot L are particu
larry valuable on low dry lands, due 3.
+ their drought resistent qualities, an,
yields of sueculeDt feed. -.~ 80. /
BESIDES the seed listed above, cut
tings, and roots of giant Bermuda, Par
grass, Guinea and Buffalo grass are I,
, be had in. quantities up to. fifty pounds