Show seed eed for pasture hay Is available supply believed sufficient for planting more than acres sup piled by the united department of agri Aerl cul culture tu re WU service pasture and hay crop prospects ts for 1935 are brightened by reports received by the united states department of agriculture estimates indicate sufficient lelent seed especially of legumes to plant more than acres to gra grass ss and hay bay crops if the ground Is properly prepared and seed used sparingly oy approximately acres no normally acres are sown this extra planted to emer emergency gency soll soil building ero will make use of slon sion resisting crops part of the land once planted to corn wheat cotton tobacco and other contracted crops this extra acreage should also accumulate liny hay and forage reserves used up in recent months figures from the entire united states indicate enough seed on hand band to increase normal plantings as follows sweet clover acres alfalfa acres lespedeza and redtop each acres and soy beans at least acres it Is believed there is enough seed on hand of kentucky bluegrass and orchard grass to make the normal spring seeding the greatest shortages exist in seed sub supplies plies of timothy forage sorghums sorg hums millet sudan grass and red and alsike alseike clover there is enough timothy to seed about halt half the normal acreage there is enough red clover to seed about 85 per cent of the normal acreage there Is enough seed on hand to take care of only one third of the acreage usually sown current supplies of millet and sudan grass grass seed will sow only about one half the usual acreage it is reported however that importations are rapidly au augmenting supplies of these seeds although shortages in adapted varieties of oats barley wheat and rye for grain purposes exist in many parts of the drouth area there Is probably an ample supply adapted for use as pastures and for grain hays bays |