. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. or red top. Itstarts in the spring at about the same time as Ken-tucky blue grass. In seeding a fine compact soil isdesirable. Some time is necessary to get the plantestablished—at least two orthree years—before a goodsod is secured. Because ofthis fact, together with thehigh cost of seed, the tallfescue is not adapted for tem-porary pastures. When to begrown, use
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. or red top. Itstarts in the spring at about the same time as Ken-tucky blue grass. In seeding a fine compact soil isdesirable. Some time is necessary to get the plantestablished—at least two orthree years—before a goodsod is secured. Because ofthis fact, together with thehigh cost of seed, the tallfescue is not adapted for tem-porary pastures. When to begrown, use in a mixture withthe common grasses of thesection. TALL OAT GRASS.—Astrong fibrous perennialgrowing from 3 to 5 feet is hardy, a good drouthresister and produces heavilyboth of stems and leaves. Ifgrown alone it makes unsuit-able hay because of itscoarseness and woody with other grass seedlike timothy, red top or thefescues it can be very satis-factorily used, and adds tothe value of the and fairly richsoils are best liked by it, but it will grow on uplands and in all soils that arefavorable to timothy and red top. As soon as theblossoms appear the crop should be cut. The sec-. TALL OAT GRASS This European peren-nial produces an abun-dance of leaves and tallstems, is hardy and re-sists drouth well. It isunsuited for hay exceptin mixtures. It is con-sidered inferior to eithertimothy or orchard grass. 238 FARM CROPS ond season gives a better yield than the first. Usu-ally two cuttings and sometimes three are obtainedannually and from 2 to 5 tons to the acre. In pro-viding a mixture, it is a good rule to use only asmall proportion of this grass in the regular mixture. TEOSINTE.—A forage plant closely related tocorn. It is an annual and in appearance much likecorn with no ear formed. The tassel looks verymuch like corn. It grows very rank, stands from 10 to15 feet in height and bears a great quantity of leavesand tender stems. A si
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