. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. -\ %,. Purchasing seed and sowing. Seeds of different species should be purchased separately and sam- ples taken for examination for purity and germinating power. [For advice on seed-testing, see page 140.] The true basis for pur- chasing and sowing seeds is not ^ how many pounds per acre, but how many millions of viable seeds should be sown per acre. A pound of timothy seed may contain 1,300,000 seeds; a pound of red-top may contain 6,000,000 seeds; hence, to secure an equal number of plants per acre would require a much less weight of re
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. -\ %,. Purchasing seed and sowing. Seeds of different species should be purchased separately and sam- ples taken for examination for purity and germinating power. [For advice on seed-testing, see page 140.] The true basis for pur- chasing and sowing seeds is not ^ how many pounds per acre, but how many millions of viable seeds should be sown per acre. A pound of timothy seed may contain 1,300,000 seeds; a pound of red-top may contain 6,000,000 seeds; hence, to secure an equal number of plants per acre would require a much less weight of red-top than of timothy. The number of seeds which should be sown per acre depends on the soil, climate, the kind of grass and the object in view. The number of grass plants found on an acre of old meadow in Eng- land was over 78,000,000 when irrigated and about 18,000,000 when not irrigated. A common estimate is to sow 20,000,000 via- ble seeds per acre, which is about 450 per square foot. For tempo- rally grass-land, where one-third of "the seeds are legumes, 8,000,- 000 to 10,000,000 seeds is ample in many places. On the Cornell Uni- versity farm when timothy and clovei are sown to remain one year, it is cus- '' tomary to sow ten pounds of timothy and ten pounds of red clover per acre, or about 13,000,000 timothy seeds and 2,250,000 clover seeds, a total of 15,250,000 per acre. The land should be well fitted. If weedy, two or three cleaning crops, as corn, potatoes and beans, .should be taken and the land well manured for these crops. Fertilizers and lime may be applied and liarrowed in before the seed is sown, if found to be desirable. 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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