. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . may be substituted for the red clover If thesoil is also strong in acid, it is best to omit both clovers,and use the red-top with the timothy. In southern regions, where clover, alfalfa and timothyare not successi^il in meadows, Johnson grass is the leadingmeadow plant, wi^h red-top frequently used as a is important in many regions of the North-west. Care of meadows.—Under our system of rotation ofcrops meadows are usually not left down more than fromtwo to four years, with sometimes a year or two of pastur-ing before the
. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . may be substituted for the red clover If thesoil is also strong in acid, it is best to omit both clovers,and use the red-top with the timothy. In southern regions, where clover, alfalfa and timothyare not successi^il in meadows, Johnson grass is the leadingmeadow plant, wi^h red-top frequently used as a is important in many regions of the North-west. Care of meadows.—Under our system of rotation ofcrops meadows are usually not left down more than fromtwo to four years, with sometimes a year or two of pastur-ing before the sod is broken up for other crops. Most ofour meadows are therefore new, and must be constantlyremade. MEADOWS AND PASTURES 157 One of the chief enemies of meadows is weeds. Theynot only hinder the newly seeded meadow from getting agood start, but injure the value of hay, reducing the mar-ket price. If allowed to grow in the meadow from yearto year, the weeds will also leave the soil foul for the cropsthat follow when the meadow is a^ain Stacking by means of modern machinery saves much labor. It is no uncommon sight to see meadows grown up withragweed, dock, smartweed, foxtail and other weed weeds appear after the crop of hay has been harvested,they should not be allowed to go to seed, but should becut down with the mower while in bloom. Spring seeded meadows should not be pastured the fol-lowing fall even if the plants look thriving. This is sureto reduce the yield of hay the following season, and maycause the plants to winter kill by exposing the roots. The 158 AGRICULTURE aftermath, or second growth, on older meadows may bepastured, though it does not pay to feed them close. Es-pecially should new meadows not be trampled by stockwhile wet. Permanent meadows.—Many meadows are located onwet ground, or on soil that for some reason is not other cases there is neglect to rotate the meadow landwith the remainder of the fields in the crop series. It
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