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tide lands of the Atlantic and the Pacific northward 

 from the fortieth parallel. It also grows with great lux- 

 uriance in the river bottoms of Washington and British 

 Columbia in Canada and adjacent to the sea. In the 

 southern states, much of the soil is too low in humus 

 for the successful growth of timothy until the lack men- 

 tioned is supplied, notwithstanding the humid character 

 of the climate. But in certain areas, especially on the 

 plateaus of the mountains, good crops of timothy are 

 grown. The states which are lowest in adaptation for 

 the growth of timothy are those which lie to the south- 

 west. 



Timothy grows more or less vigorously on suitable 

 soils in all the provinces of Canada, and with much 

 vigor in Ontario and Quebec. The tide lands of the mar- 

 itime provinces are capable of producing good crops of 

 timothy indefinitely. It does not grow well on the 

 western prairies as in other areas of the Dominion of 

 Canada. Especially is this true where the rainfall is 

 light, as for instance toward the Eocky Mountains when 

 approached from the east. 



Soils. — Timothy will grow, but, of course, not equally 

 well, on a wide range of soils. There is probably no 

 soil in the cultivable area of America in which it wiU 

 absolutely fail to grow to some extent, when the cli- 

 matic conditions are suitable. Nevertheless, to gTow^ it 

 at its best, the soil should be rich and moist, and at 

 least fairly well supplied with humus. Consequently, 

 timothv usually grows luxuriantly on reclaimed swamp 

 lands and on the alluvial soils of river bottoms. To these 

 mav be added certain of the volcanic ash soils of the 



