Henderson's farmers manual : 1919 . after mowing. Its beautiful, darkgreen foliage renders it suitable for park mixtures. Sow (if alone) 3bushels per acre, weight, about 14 lbs. per bushel. Price on application. FOXTAIL MEADOW Ahpecurus pratensis Perennial. Time offlowering, May. Height, 2 to 3 feet. It is particularlyvaluable in permanentpastures being rapidand early in growthand capable of endur-ing for many years. Inappearance it muchresembles Timothybut the plant is muchsmoother and comes into flowerseveral weeks earlierand is also ready forgrazing much soonerthan Timothy
Henderson's farmers manual : 1919 . after mowing. Its beautiful, darkgreen foliage renders it suitable for park mixtures. Sow (if alone) 3bushels per acre, weight, about 14 lbs. per bushel. Price on application. FOXTAIL MEADOW Ahpecurus pratensis Perennial. Time offlowering, May. Height, 2 to 3 feet. It is particularlyvaluable in permanentpastures being rapidand early in growthand capable of endur-ing for many years. Inappearance it muchresembles Timothybut the plant is muchsmoother and comes into flowerseveral weeks earlierand is also ready forgrazing much soonerthan Timothy Foxtail en-dures close cropping,hence is just the grassfor sheep pasture,forms a luxuriantaftermath, and revivesquickly after longdroughts. Sow in theNew England andMiddle States asearly in the spring aspossible, so as to takeadvantage of all themoisture of the the Southern Statesit may be sown assoon as the autumnrains begin. Sow (if alone) 3 to4 bushels per acre;weight, about 7 bushel. Price on ? ^iiiiuiiinimimimimiiiiniDiinimuraiiraiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiimii iiiiiiiniiiiiiuiiMniiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiniiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiii«iii:iiniiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiinniininiiHirniiriiiniNni!iiiiti3iiiiiiiiifiinTir- From PETER HEHDERSOH *a CO., HEW YORK 5 ?iiioni!:uiuMiiniiiiiiinii:iiminiiuiiiiiM^ iimnmnanuimiuiiuiinn—i i—iimm— MEADOW GRASS ROUGH STALKED Poa triMis RYEGRASS ENGLISH or PEKENNIAL %}%Z Perennial. Time of flowering, June. Height. 15 to 2t inThis grass is considered invaluable for permanent pastures. Itproduces an abundance of remarkably fine foliage, tillers out closeto the ground and soon forms a compact sward. After being cutit grows up in a very short time and remains bright and green through-out the season; it consequently is well adapted for lawn mixture-. Itis also a good variety for hay if cut when in blossom. a< it is then mostnutritious; if cut much later it becomes woody. It flourishes best insituations not too dry or subjec
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