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for a good crop of grass. I use twelve quarts of Timothy and ten 

 pounds of clover seed per acre with good success, and deem this 

 amount desirable. As my farming is rotation of crops, I seldom 

 sow Timothy and clover together." 



Gen. William G. LeDuc, of Minnesota, gives the following 

 opinion : "As to the amount of seed per acre, an ideal meadow for 

 me, in this soil and climate, would wit? present experience, start 

 three Timothy and two clover plants to every square inch of 

 surface. So six pounds of Timothy and eight pounds of clover, 

 if good, sound seed, distributed evenly over an acre and fortu- 

 nate in time and conditions of planting, according to my experi- 

 ence, give a good stand and lay the foundation for a good 

 meadow." 



Prof. E. M. Shelton, of Kansas, writes : "If for pasturage, use 

 one bushel each to the acre of orchard grass and Kentucky blue, 

 to which six or eight quarts of medium red clover may well be 

 added. Liberal seeding is necessary if land is not first class 

 either in quality or mechanical condition, to allow for lost seed. 

 And if the land is in first rate order, liberal seeding pays well in 

 a close, even sod. 



"A late crop can be obtained from mixing red-top and Kentucky 

 blue grass, a bushel of each, i nd if the land is somewhat light 

 and moist, Alsike clover (say four quarts) may be added." 



Prof. G. E. Morrow, of Illinois says; "' On our prairie soils 

 heavy seeding has not been found necessary. We aim to sow a 

 bushel of Timothy seed to four or five acres, with a bushel of 

 clover seed to eight or ten acres. When clover is sown alone, I 

 should sow about one peck per acre." 



Concerning the amount of seed required, the following is from 

 Waldo F. Brown, of Ohio : " Good hay is not produced by thin 

 seeding ; for the grasses will grow coarse and rank, whereas heavy 

 seeding will give fine, soft hay." 



Prof. Wm. Brown, of Ontario : For rotation, hay and pasture. 



