Pastures in Nr:w ^^)RK. 48,^ 



The following amounts may be used for this seeding: 



Timothy, 8 to 12 pounds. 

 Kentucky blue-grass, 4 pounds. 

 Meadow fescue, i to 4 pounds. 

 Orchard-grass, i to 4 pounds. 

 Red clover, 6 pounds. 

 Alsike clover, 3 pounds. 

 White clover, i to 2 pounds. 



For the first two or three years timothy, orchard-grass, red and 

 alsike clovers will furnish the principal forage in such a pasture. If 

 not reseeded, red and alsike clovers will disappear in two or three years 

 and the timothy and orchard-grass will become thinner. Kentucky 

 blue-grass, meadow fescue and white clover, especially the first, will 

 eventually form the chief herbage. 



In case the field to be reseeded is wet land, orchard-grass at least 

 should be omitted from the above list and four pounds of red-top 

 used per acre. In a few years red-top will become the principal forage 

 plant in such a situation. 



For poor lands the following grasses and clovers should be used: 



Timothy, 8 to 12 pounds. 

 Red-top, 4 pounds. 

 Canadian blue-grass, 4 pounds. 

 Red clover, 6 pounds. 

 Alsike clover, 3 pounds. 

 White clover, i pound. 



If red clover has failed to grow on this kind of soil it should be omitted. 

 The chief plants in such a pasture after a few years' standing will be 

 red-top and Canadian blue-grass. Timothy will also persist in small 

 numbers. 



There are certain grasses not included in the above mixtures which 

 are often recommended by seedsmen and others. Among these are 

 perennial rye grass, hard fescue, sweet vernal, sheep's fescue, smooth 

 brome, and tall oat grass. Without doubt all these are of little or no 

 value for most situations in New York state. 



RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PASTURE MANAGEMENT 



Usual methods of treatynent. — For various reasons, more or less 

 excusable, the farm pasture is the last part of the farm to receive any 

 care. Perhaps the chief reason is because these fields continue to yield 

 an income without any special attention. Of the 'arge number of 



