Steckler's seeds : 1915 . t is grown. Sown in thefall it comes up quickly and makes a densematter turf, which gives most excellentgrazing during the fall, winter and earlyspring. If it is desired to be used as ahay crop it should not be grazed too longin the spring, as it shoots up very early,making a thick growth of grass which,when cut cures up splendidly for a favorable season it will yield threeor four successive cuttings of most excel- Nearly Fifty Years of Reliability in the Seed Business. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 77 lent and nutritious hay. It succeeds verywell on
Steckler's seeds : 1915 . t is grown. Sown in thefall it comes up quickly and makes a densematter turf, which gives most excellentgrazing during the fall, winter and earlyspring. If it is desired to be used as ahay crop it should not be grazed too longin the spring, as it shoots up very early,making a thick growth of grass which,when cut cures up splendidly for a favorable season it will yield threeor four successive cuttings of most excel- Nearly Fifty Years of Reliability in the Seed Business. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 77 lent and nutritious hay. It succeeds verywell on all soils, and is particularly recom-mended for rich or heavy low grounds, andit will stand more overflow than any otherg-rass with which we have had Rye Grass is principally recom-mended for fall seeding, and can be sownduring August, September and October. Itshould be sown at the rate of 80 pounds tothe acre, and as it is an annual, it requiresseeding each year. It should be cut whenin bloom for Southern Bye. B7E (Southern Grown).—It stools heav-ily, can be grazed several times and thenallowed to go to seed. Cut and feed green,has made as much as 10 tons of greenfood per acre in five months. Rye grownin Tennessee, Virginia, and the North andWest is cheaper, but it is Spring sownand often runs along the ground. It isslow growing and is not so good here. Itis an entirely different type to our South-ern Rye. Rye is extremely hardy, and willgrow on the poorest kind of land. Itmakes the finest kind of Winter andSpring pasturage, and if sown early canbe grazed until late Fall. If cut when inbloom, or before fully headed out, it makesa fair quality of hay, and when used forgrain, the straw is excellent for beddingpurposes. It is not truly a soil-improvingcrop, but makes a great deal of humus,and when turned under on the land, willgreatly help impoverished lands. It issown from the middle of August untilNovember, and then again in the earlySpring. The main
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