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SEED-TABLES 



Hay and Pasture Seeds 



Permanent meadows : 



Permanent pastures : 

 Timothy 3 Ib. 



Orchard-grass . 

 Red-top .... 

 Kentucky blue-grass 

 Italian rye-grass . 

 Meadow fescue 

 Red clover . . . 

 White clover . . 

 Kentucky blue-grass 

 White clover . . 

 Perennial rye-grass 

 Red fescue 



21b 



21b. 



21b. 



lib. 



21b. 



41b. 



2lb.J 



Slb.l 



41b. | 



91b. \ 



31b. | 



Red-top Slb.J 



Red-top 14 Ib. ] 



Alsike 81b. ! Wet pas- 

 Creeping bent . . . 6 Ib. | ture 

 Perennial rye-grass . 12 Ib. J 

 Red fescue . . . . 20 Ib. \ T hf 



Red-top 101b 'Uandv 



Kentucky blue-grass . 8 Ib. f ^ ay 

 White clover . . . 2 Ib. J SC 



Timothy, red-top, Kentucky blue- 

 grass and red clover, equal parts, 8 to 

 20 Ib. pounds per acre of the mixture. 



For quantity of seed for cover-crops, see Chap. VIII. 



Number and weight of grass seeds, and another estimate of quantity to 

 sow (Eraser). 



The following table has been adapted from " The Best Forage 

 Plants," by Stebler and Schroeter, and from it calculations may be made. 

 The actual number of grains in a pound will frequently vary 20 per cent 

 either way ; for example, in reclearied fancy seed there are fewer grains 

 to the pound, while in an uncleaned sample free from chaff, but con- 

 taining many small seeds, the number will be greater. The recleaned 

 seed weighs heavier per bushel. The uncleaned seed may contain a 

 large proportion of chaff, and in such case the number of seeds per 

 pound of material may be very low. The numbers given are per pound 

 of pure seed. The percentage of germination of average samples of 

 seed is frequently but half, and even less than half, of that given in the 

 table. The germination of the rye grasses given in the table is a little 

 higher than ordinarily found in the United States, even with imported 

 seed. Low germinating power may be due to lack of uniformity in 

 ripening the seed ; to part of the seed on a plant being mature before 



