. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 6M. Loading hay by hand. " % vO/ Fig. 663. A recently advertised wagon-loader. The platform is run to the reiir to receive tlie liny; then it is pulled to the front hy means of the hand wlieel, leaving the rear of the wagon rack to receive the remainder of the load. in the same proportion and yet the feeding value be very dift'erent. 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,
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 6M. Loading hay by hand. " % vO/ Fig. 663. A recently advertised wagon-loader. The platform is run to the reiir to receive tlie liny; then it is pulled to the front hy means of the hand wlieel, leaving the rear of the wagon rack to receive the remainder of the load. in the same proportion and yet the feeding value be very dift'erent. 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 NeV York: May (end): Meadow foxtail, orchard- grass, Kentucky blue-grass. June : Meadow , 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, awnless brome, alsike and red clo- ver, Canada blue-grass. July : Red-top, Canada blue-grass. Not all of the above grasses could be maintained on the same land fur a long period of time. The follow
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