324 FORAGE CROPS 



of added fertility, or of drainage, or in cleaning 

 the land of foreign growths. Experience has 

 shown that pastures may be very materially im- 

 proved, and at slight expense, if careful plans 

 are made and a definite system of treatment is 

 laid out and practiced. In the preparation of the 

 land, and seeding, the suggestions already made 

 for meadows may follow, except that many 

 grasses wall serve as pasture that are not so well 

 adapted for hay; besides, the objections made to 

 mixtures for hay do not hold good for pastures, 

 as the farmer uses them for his own stock rather 

 than offers them for sale. 



Seed mixture 



The following mixture of grasses and clovers 

 will probabl}^ answer quite as well as any other, 

 in the seeding down of pastures, as the variety 

 of grasses is such as to insure a thick sward, 

 as well as to provide for both early and late 

 grazing: 



Timothy 3 pounds 



Orchard grass 2 pounds 



Red-top 2 pounds 



Kentucky blue- grass 2 pounds 



Italian rye- grass 1 pound 



Meadow fescue 2 pounds 



Red clover 4 pounds 



White clover 2 pounds 



