. 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. ORCHARD GRASS 179 abound. A good time to cut is when the grass is in bloom. If mowing is postponed the hay is in- clined to be woody. Usually two cuttings may be obtained in one year and sometimes three. The grass g;rows in tufts and if grown alone not all the ground is covered. For this reason other grasses should be mixed with it, like timothy, clov
. 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. ORCHARD GRASS 179 abound. A good time to cut is when the grass is in bloom. If mowing is postponed the hay is in- clined to be woody. Usually two cuttings may be obtained in one year and sometimes three. The grass g;rows in tufts and if grown alone not all the ground is covered. For this reason other grasses should be mixed with it, like timothy, clover and blue grass. The seed may be sown in the fall or spring, using 2 to 3 bushels to the acre. Sow broadcast and slightly cover with a harrow. Or- chard grass starts quickly and may be pastured the first year. Its greatest merit lies in its abun- dance of forage, its early growth in the spring, and its defiance to drouth. The tramping by stock does it little injury. No mixture of permanent pastures or meadows is quite complete without some orchard grass seed. PEANUTS.—A valuable feeding stuff, good as food for man and beast, and good for the soil as an improver. For man, it furnishes protein and ash materials in considerable quantities, and for farm animals it is an extremely valuable balancing food to go with corn and other carbonaceous feeds dur- ing the growing season. As a soil improver it ranks. ORCHARD GRASS A splendid mowing crop and a good pasture grass. It likes rather fertile, moist soils, and is not averse to shade. The best results are obtained when other grasses and clovers are mixed with 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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