. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Grasses and Sorghums 169 clover. The chief timothy-producing region Ues north of the Ohio River and east of the Missouri River. The grass is also grown in the northern part of the Pacific Coast States. It is not well adapted to the South, being easily killed in summer, In money value timothy leads all other grasses grown for hay. Timothy is named from Timothy Hanson of Maryland who, it is said, introduced the grass from England about 1720. It is recorded that a man by the name of John Herd was culti- vating the grass in New Ha
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools. Agriculture. Grasses and Sorghums 169 clover. The chief timothy-producing region Ues north of the Ohio River and east of the Missouri River. The grass is also grown in the northern part of the Pacific Coast States. It is not well adapted to the South, being easily killed in summer, In money value timothy leads all other grasses grown for hay. Timothy is named from Timothy Hanson of Maryland who, it is said, introduced the grass from England about 1720. It is recorded that a man by the name of John Herd was culti- vating the grass in New Hampshire about 1747 and in New England and some other sections it was long known as Herd's grass. The com- mon name now in most sec- tions is timothy, although in parts of New England the name Herd's grass still per- sists. This is unfortunate, because this name is used in some sections for redtop. Timothy (Fig. 62) is an erect- growing plant with an average height of two to four feet. The head is a spike from three to four inches long. The leaves are not abundant and usually grow near the base of the plant. New stems are produced by tillering and also by means of short stolons; often a single plant in a few years will produce a clump a foot or so in diameter. Two or three crops of timothy are generally produced before the ground is broken up and under very favorable conditions fields have been kept in timothy for eight to ten years or even longer. Kentucky blue-grass. — The most used pasture and lawn grass is Kentucky blue-grass, or June-grass as it is sometimes. 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 Sampson, Harry Oscar, 1879-. New York, Macmillan
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