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Growing and Harvesting Seed. 



The yield of seed depends on the season and this influences the decision 

 as to whether a crop shall be cut for hay or seed. This is especially true 

 in districts with considerable rain. A luxuriant growth is not favorable 

 to a heavy yield of seed. Arid districts where irrigation is required are 

 much the best for growing seed, as here the growth can be controlled by 

 scanty watering. 



The practice in Xew South Wales is to grow two crops for hay and 

 let the seed ripen on the third. To grow one seed crop requires about as 





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much time as two hav crops, and in favorable years two seed crops in one 

 season have been secured. In order to still further check the growth of 

 foliage and increase the number of seed bearing heads, some growers in 

 America clip the tops off the growing shoots when about 8 inches high. 



5. TOAD BEING ELEVATED BY STACKER. 



This is done with a mower set high, and cau.ses the stems to branch. When 

 fullv ripened, the practice in New South Wales is to cut with a mow-er 

 and stack the same as hav, care being taken to have it fully cured, as 

 heating would destroy the germinating power of the seed. In America 

 some growers cut with a reaper and hindei. 



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