DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



CLOVEE AND GEASSES. 



The crop of hay from clover and grasses was less than the previous year, chiefly 

 from June being a very dry month. 



Grasses and Eed Clover. 



Variety. 



Brorp.e grass 



Red Clover 



Red Clover 



Red Top 



English Blue grass. 

 Western Rye grass. 



Total. 



Cauary grass was sown on fallowed land, one-fortieth acre plot, on May 15. The 

 plot was cut on the 5th of August and used for exhibition purposes. The yield of straw 

 was one and one-quarter tons per acre. 



CULTIVATION OF GRASSES. 



The cultivation for grasses that has given the best results, is to plough stubble 

 land in the fall or spring, four or five inches deep, and sow the seed from the 20th to 

 the last of May. When the land is ploughed in the fall, it should be disced or cultivated 

 shallow before sowing, to kill the weeds that have germinated. 



For hay, Western Eye grass, 12 pounds, and Timothy, 3 pounds, mixed and sown 

 per acre, gives good returns. For pasture, Western Eye grass, 10 pounds, and English 

 Blue grass, 6 pounds per acre is better. 



A nurse crop should not be sown with the grass seed. Mow the crop close to the 

 ground, about July 1, to keep weeds from going to seed. The crop can be pastured 

 in the fall. 



