. The Maule seed book for 1905. r Herd, Orchard. Tall Meadow Oat, Meadow Foxtail, Meadowrescue. Hard Fescue, Tall Fescue, Rough Stalk Meadow. Canadian Blue,V wnless Brome, Creeping Bent, Sweet Vernal, etc. In the clover mixtureI employ Red, Mammoth, Alsike and White. A few of these compon-ents will disappear in two or three years, but the others are absolutelypermanent. I vary the proportions to suit ditferent situations. Maules Permanent Pasture Mixture for Llgbt and Sandy Soils. —Use at the rate of 56 pounds (4 bushels) per acre. Bushel, ; 4 bush-els, enough for an acre, The suit
. The Maule seed book for 1905. r Herd, Orchard. Tall Meadow Oat, Meadow Foxtail, Meadowrescue. Hard Fescue, Tall Fescue, Rough Stalk Meadow. Canadian Blue,V wnless Brome, Creeping Bent, Sweet Vernal, etc. In the clover mixtureI employ Red, Mammoth, Alsike and White. A few of these compon-ents will disappear in two or three years, but the others are absolutelypermanent. I vary the proportions to suit ditferent situations. Maules Permanent Pasture Mixture for Llgbt and Sandy Soils. —Use at the rate of 56 pounds (4 bushels) per acre. Bushel, ; 4 bush-els, enough for an acre, The suitable clovers are Permanent Pasture Mixture for Average Soils.— For general use, everywhere. Sow at the rate of 42 lbs. i3 bus. i per , ; 3 bus. mixed grass seeds and 10 lbs. mixed clover seeds, _^ Maules Permanent Pasture Mixture for Heavy Soils.—Use at the _-^^ rate of 42 pounds (3 bushels) per acre. Bushel, ; 3 bushels mixed— grass seeds and 10 pounds mixed clover seeds. DWARF ESSEX RAPE. Best and Most Fattening Sheep Forage Known. This is the best autumn sheep forage known, and is also used for pigsand dairy cows with success and profit. Under favorable circumstancesIt is ready for pasturage in six weeks from the time of sowing. One acreof good rape will carry a flock of a dozen sheep for two months. Rape Isa plant of the cabbage family, requiring the same cultural treatment asthe turnip. It is grown exclusively for its leaves. Stock should be fedalternately on grass and rape; not on rape exclusively. Rape-fed animalsshould haVe free access to salt. The seed should be sown in May, formidsummer pasturage; or any time before the end of August (at theNorth) for autumn pasturage. In the Southern States the best sowingtime is September or October. Rape is a plant which loves cool weather,and thrives better in autumn than in midsummer. The seed should beused at the rate of 3 pounds per acre in drills, or 5 to 10 pounds per a
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