Pastures and Pasture Grass Mixtures 799 



For good land, that is, land which with fair treatment would 

 gi'ow corn, the following mixture will usually prove satisfactory : 



Pounds 

 per acre 



Timothy 10 



Kentucky blue grass 4 



Meadow fescue 4 



Orchard grass 4 



Red clover 6 



Alsike clover 3 



White clover 1-2 



If the good land be wet, redtop should be added or substituted 

 for all or part of the orchard grass and meadow fescue. 



For poor land, or land that is quite sour and on which sorrel 

 and paint brush grow freely, or on poor wet land, the following 

 mixture will probably give good results : 



Pounds 

 per acre 



Timothy 10 



Redtop 4 • 



Canada blue 4 



Red clover 2-6 



(A small quantity in unfavorable conditions and more in favorable 

 conditions.) 



Alsike clover 2-5 



( Where the small quantity of red clover is used, employ the large 

 quantity of alsike, and vice versa.) 



White clover 1 



The above mixtures are merely suggestions. Many others suited 

 to many conditions could be presented, but those given above 

 illustrate the principles involved. 



On very dry land, awnless brome grass and tall oat grass are of 

 considerable value. In many situations sweet clover can be sowed 

 to advantage with the above combination, but in phmting it one 

 must bear in mind that it needs lin:ie in abundance for its success- 

 ful growth. 



These mixtures may be used, not only where seeding is done 

 with a nurse crop, but also on areas that are merely harrowed 



