. 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. lly two cuttings may beobtained in one year andsometimes three. Thegrass grows in tufts andif grown alone not all theground is covered. Forthis reason other grassesshould be mixed with it,like timothy, clover andblue grass. The seed maybe sown in the fall orspring, using 2 to 3bushels to the acre. Sowbroadcast and slightlycover with a harrow. Or-chard grass starts
. 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. lly two cuttings may beobtained in one year andsometimes three. Thegrass grows in tufts andif grown alone not all theground is covered. Forthis reason other grassesshould be mixed with it,like timothy, clover andblue grass. The seed maybe sown in the fall orspring, using 2 to 3bushels to the acre. Sowbroadcast and slightlycover with a harrow. Or-chard grass starts quicklyand may be pastured thefirst year. Its greatestmerit lies in its abun-dance of forage, its earlygrowth in the spring, andits defiance to tramping by stockdoes it little injury. No mixture of permanent pastures or meadows is quitecomplete without some orchard grass seed. PEANUTS.—A valuable feeding stufif, good asfood for man and beast, and good for the soil as animprover. For man, it furnishes protein and ashmaterials In considerable quantities, and for farmanimals it Is an extremely valuable balancing foodto go with corn and other carbonaceous feeds dur-ing the growing season. As a soil improver it ranks. ORCHARD GRASS A splendid mowing cropand a good pasture likes rather fertile, moistsoils, and is not averse toshade. The best results areobtained when other grasses and clovers aremixed with it. l80 FARM CROPS with all leguminous crops. If the grower fertilizeshis peanut land abundantly with phosphorus, potas-sium and lime—for let it be known that peanutsrelish lime in considerable quantities—his landought to be more fertile and productive after eachsucceeding year. Peanut lands sufifer, as a rule,from the depletion of the mineral elements. Ofcourse a considerable quantity of these mineralelements enters into the growth of the kernel. Now, as the peanut uses a considerable quantityof mineral materials, it follows that if good growthand product
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