Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . s where redtop will continue to live and flourish. When sown alone it has been recommended that from two to threebushels of seed, that is to say twenty-four to pounds shouldbe used per acre. It may be sown by itself or with some nurse cropadapted to moist soils, such as barley for instance. It may frequentlybe sown with timothy, as they ripen about the same time. And it isoften used in the mixture when permanent pastures are being laid top stands pasturing well, but runs out in a few years if allowedto ripen its s
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . s where redtop will continue to live and flourish. When sown alone it has been recommended that from two to threebushels of seed, that is to say twenty-four to pounds shouldbe used per acre. It may be sown by itself or with some nurse cropadapted to moist soils, such as barley for instance. It may frequentlybe sown with timothy, as they ripen about the same time. And it isoften used in the mixture when permanent pastures are being laid top stands pasturing well, but runs out in a few years if allowedto ripen its seeds from year to year. It may be sown in sloughs andwet places not yet dry enough for the plow. In such places only a fewpounds of seed per acre are needed and the seed should be sown assoon as the work can be easily done. When purchasing seed prefer-ence should be given to what is termed the fancy or solid, that is tosay, the clean seed rather than seed in the chaff as it is impossible todetermine really the amount of pure seed which the latter Fig. 2. Austrian Bbomb Grass. (Bromus Inermus., 22 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage and Fodder Plants. Wild Timothy.—^WdiCwciQi^^y^Miihlenbergiaglo?nerata^ is alsocalled drop seed grass. This grass which bears no little resemblanceto timothy is indigenous to the Northwest. It is one of the limitednumber of the wild varieties of the region named, which gives promiseof profitable returns from cultivation. The heads rather resemble thoseof orchard grass than timothy. This grass has been very successfully grown for the past five yearsat the Experimental Farm at Brandon, Manitoba. During the past fouryears nearly two tons of hay per acre have been harvested each manager of the farm, Mr. S. A. Bedford, speaks of it favorably. Itmakes good hay though its properties for pasture do not seem to havebeen determined as yet. This grass is adapted to average prairie soils,but it will not do so well on those dry and hungry.
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