. Catalogue : seeds for summer and fall sowing. GRASSES AND CLOVKK. 9 [Grasses and Clover Continued.] if there were no grass to be sown with it. Sow the grain firat and plow or harrow it in, then bow the grass seed and harrow or roll the land. To get more uniform distribution it is well to bow one-half the seeds one way, and then oroBB-sow with the other half. In mixed seeding, as Clover, which weighs 60 lbs. per bnshel, with Orchard or Hod Top Qra", both of which weigh 14 lbs., it is well to sow the light and heavy seeds separately. In scattering B^ed with the hand, if some are heavy and
. Catalogue : seeds for summer and fall sowing. GRASSES AND CLOVKK. 9 [Grasses and Clover Continued.] if there were no grass to be sown with it. Sow the grain firat and plow or harrow it in, then bow the grass seed and harrow or roll the land. To get more uniform distribution it is well to bow one-half the seeds one way, and then oroBB-sow with the other half. In mixed seeding, as Clover, which weighs 60 lbs. per bnshel, with Orchard or Hod Top Qra", both of which weigh 14 lbs., it is well to sow the light and heavy seeds separately. In scattering B^ed with the hand, if some are heavy and some light, the heavy seed will be_thrown much wide? than the light. On well prepared fine soil, surface sowing and rolling is the safest method. Without rol'ing, surface sowing is usually quite safe, because an ordinary shower of rain will cover the seed sufficiently. On very light land, it may often be that a heavy rain will cover too deep and the catch be lost. Clover, Lucerne, Johnson and ReHcne and others of the larger grasses will beer light harrowing or brushing in. Blue Grass, Red Top and other of the finer seeds are better surface sown, with or without the roller. Annual and Perennial Grasses—The following are Perennial Grasses-that is, they continun from year to year from one sowing, as long as conditions favor them: Orchard, Red Top, Rescue, Meadow Oat, Kentucky Blue, Texas Blue, Timothj, English Rye, Meadow Fescue, Bermuda, Lucerne and White Clover. Red Clover is triennial, has to be sown again, usually after three years; Johnson Grass is perennial, comes from the roots in Spring, and dies down in Winter. Annual Crimson Clover, as its name implies, is an annual; has to be sown every Fall. Vetch, Italian Rye, Burr Clover and Japan Clover are annuals, but if left to mature and shed seed are reproduced from year to year without furllier sowing. Seeding per Acre—We have followed the usual direction given by Tarious authorities as to the quantity of seed to sow per
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