. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 4.—Oat grain. Kernel; b, hull a, II. TIMOTHY The hay crop is the most valuable single crop produced in New York State. Its annual value is about $70,000,000. Altogether there is about five million acres of hay in the State, and about four million acres of this hay is timothy, or timothy and clover mixed; so we see that timothy is the most valua
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 4.—Oat grain. Kernel; b, hull a, II. TIMOTHY The hay crop is the most valuable single crop produced in New York State. Its annual value is about $70,000,000. Altogether there is about five million acres of hay in the State, and about four million acres of this hay is timothy, or timothy and clover mixed; so we see that timothy is the most valuable of all the crops in New York. The name " timothy " comes from Timothy Hansen, of Maryland, who is said to have in- troduced the seed from England in 1720. Timothy is sometimes called Herd's grass, after John Herd, who is said to have found it growing wild about 1700. Why do we cultivate timothy? There are about 1,380 species of grasses, either wild or cultivated, growing in the United States, yet only a few of these are cultivated to any extent. How many cultivated grasses can you name or collect? How many uncultivated grasses can you find growing wild? A grass, in order to be cultivated, must have two important qualities: first, it must produce seed in abundance; and second, it must yield a large quantity of good forage. Many of our native wild grasses are excellent in every way, but produce such a small quantity of seed that it cannot be procured at a sufficiently low cost to sow meadows. A few other grasses yield plenty of seed, but. Head of timothy. 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 New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?]
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