37S Bureau of Fahmeks' Institutes. 



flaxseed may generally be dispensed with; but the oat chop I 

 consider an essential. The oat meal diet so often prescribed for 

 a pregnant woman, is just as beneficial for a cow in more ways 

 than one, and this is one of them. Medicinal agents have been 

 recommended b}'" various authors for a century, but I never have 

 found one of them of any benefit whatever as long as the ad- 

 hesions remain. The better way is to feed the cow in a manner 

 that will prevent this abnormal condition, and oat chop and flax- 

 seed properly used will do more to accomplish this than pounds 

 of drugs. 



THE GRASSES. 



What will make the best combination of grasses for an upland pasture? 



Mr. Van Alstyne. — Orchard grass, 4 pounds per acre; the same 

 proportion of white clover, red-top, and the same money value of 

 Italian rye grass and meadow fescue. 



How shall we seed to " blue grass "? "What soil is best, and how much 

 seed per acre? 



A Farmer. — I sowed seven bushels of seed on 20 acres a few 

 years ago. I sowed it for both meadow and pasture. It did well. 

 I suppose I sowed what is known as Kentucky Blue Grass, which 

 I am informed differs from our State blue grass. 



What varieties of grasses would you put on a steep hillside for a per- 

 manent pasture? 



Mr. Cook. — I don't know. It would depend on the soil some- 

 what. Possibly a mixture of blue-grass, timothy, some clover and 

 the fescues would be best. It is a question that is too indefinite 

 to answer fully. 



Will Kentucky blue grass do well on Now York soil? If not, why not? 



Mr. Cook. — What is known as June grass in many localities is 

 nothing more or less than Kentucky blue grass. It is hardy in 

 nearly all parts of the State and makes the best of June pasture. 



How^ can quack grass be killed? 



A Farmer. — I have killed quack grass on a field by growing 

 tobacco one year. 



