. 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. Agriculture. 22 FARM CROPS tilizers give good results and their use should be increased. Sowing Grass Seed.—Very light, chaffy seed, such as those of brome grass, especially the im- portant seed and awned seed, such as those of tall meadow oat grass, do not feed through seeding machines satis- factorily, and should therefore, be sown by hand. Hand sowing should al
. 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. Agriculture. 22 FARM CROPS tilizers give good results and their use should be increased. Sowing Grass Seed.—Very light, chaffy seed, such as those of brome grass, especially the im- portant seed and awned seed, such as those of tall meadow oat grass, do not feed through seeding machines satis- factorily, and should therefore, be sown by hand. Hand sowing should always be done when the air is as still as possible. It is well- nigh impossible to dis- tribute the seed evenly when the wind is blow- ing. Unless the sower is decidedly expert, it is best to sow half of the seed at a time, making the second sowing cross- wise to the first. This insures a more even stand. For such seed as will feed through it, like timothy, red- top (recleaned,) clovers, and others that are small, round and clean, the wheelbarrow seeder is the most satisfactory implement yet invented. Re- cleaned blue grass seed can be sown with this implement, but the uncleaned seed should be sown by hand. Grass seeders are frequently at- tached to grain drills. They answer very well for. MEADOW FOXTAIL A hardy perennial grass much like timothy in appear- ance. Its chief value Is In mixtures for permanent pas- tures and meadows. It is sel- dom grown alone. For nutri- tiveness It Is about at a par with timothy. It fancies rich soils and Is best known in the Middle and New England 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 Burkett, Charles William, 1873-. New York, Orange Judd company
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