. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. 290 BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY as well as some others, having small bulbs at the ground, with fine roots just beneath them, which are injured by heavy pasturing. This grass is generally somewhat coarse, but if it is thickly seeded, more plants grow to the acre, and as a result they are finer and more palatable. Timothy cut and cured immediately after the pollen falls from the blossom makes the best hay. Under usual conditions, this is an excellent hay for horses, but not so well suited to cattle and sheep. Care should be taken to see th
. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. 290 BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY as well as some others, having small bulbs at the ground, with fine roots just beneath them, which are injured by heavy pasturing. This grass is generally somewhat coarse, but if it is thickly seeded, more plants grow to the acre, and as a result they are finer and more palatable. Timothy cut and cured immediately after the pollen falls from the blossom makes the best hay. Under usual conditions, this is an excellent hay for horses, but not so well suited to cattle and sheep. Care should be taken to see that tim- othy hay is bright and free from dust. Red top is a fine grass in appearance, and makes an excellent pasture. It is quite connnon in cer- tain sections North and South, but is not gener- ally abundant in the cooler grass-growing sec- tions, probably doing better on the damper lowlands than elsewhere. It makes a very palatable and nu- tritious hay. Orchard grass is common in some sections in the north- eastern parts of the United States. It grows in tussocks, or bunches, so that the turf from this plant is somewhat uneven; hence is not liked so well as some other grasses for pasture. It starts up early in spring, and has a strong, rather coarse growth, wil h hardly as smooth a stem as timothy. It is not quite as nutritious as timothy, ranking just Ix^low it. It may be gronn to advantage with red clover, and often is, in the Middle West. 11 is best suited for horses and cattle, though should be cut as hay before getting very Fig. 154. A good cover for the stack of hay. Photograph by courtesy Prof. A. G. 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 Plumb, Charles Sumner, 1860-1939. St. Paul, Minn. : Webb Pub. Co.
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