. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 662. Loading hay by hand. Fig. 663. A recently advertised wagon-loader. The platform is run to the rear to receive the hay; tlien it is pulled to the front by means of the hand wheel, leaving tlie rear of the wagon rack to receive the remainder of ilie load. in the same proportion and yet the feeding value be very different. On the other hand, two pieces may have entirely
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 662. Loading hay by hand. Fig. 663. A recently advertised wagon-loader. The platform is run to the rear to receive the hay; tlien it is pulled to the front by means of the hand wheel, leaving tlie rear of the wagon rack to receive the remainder of ilie load. in the same proportion and yet the feeding value be very different. On the other hand, two pieces may have entirely different kinds of grasses and yet the feeding value be about the same. Individual plants of the same species vary to a remarkable degree in duration, yield and other characters, and it is readily conceivable that the variation in feeding value is as marked as it is in other characters. The selection and propagation of desirable individuals is now attracting the atten- tion of plant-breeders. Although we have over 1,000 species of grasses growing in this country, not more than a score are in general cultivation, and these are sown on vari- ous types of soils and under very dissimilar climatic conditions. The sowing of grass seed at all is mod- ern, not having been in common practice either here or in England two hundred years ago, pre- vious to which time land was allowed to seed itself as best it could. (4) The earliness and persistency of the herbage; its ability to carry stock throughout the season. As already stated, a succession of grasses is generally advised for pas- ture. Taking the period of bloom as indicative of maturity, the order would be as follows, in New York: May (end): Meadow foxtail, orchard- grass, Kentucky blue-grass. June : Meadow foxtail, orchard-grass, Kentucky blue-grass, tall oat-grass, red clover (some plants), white clo- ver, alsike clover (some plants), hard fescue. June (end): Meadow fescue, timothy, aw'nless brome, alsike and red clo- ver, Canada
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