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localities or on special soils, and among them the farmer 

 can find those best suited to his use, for hay making. 



For the making of permanent pastures no 

 ermanen ^^^ grass is usually best, except in sections 

 like the blue grass region of Kentucky, 

 where that grass takes possession almost to the exclusion 

 of others. But in all parts of the country there is a grow- 

 ing impression among the best farmers that it is not wise 

 to pasture the cultivated lands, and that for the best 

 results in cropping, the farm should have a piece of land 

 set apart to be kept perpetually in grass. For such a pas- 

 ture a mixture of grasses and very liberal seeding should 

 be used, for the establishment of a dense sod at once is an 

 important matter. 



For the South, as we have suggested, there is no better 

 mixture than Bermuda and Texas blue grass. But north 

 of lower Virginia, these grasses have not the value that 

 they have further south. Then the mixture that will be 

 best will depend very largely on the character of the soil. 

 At times the farmer wishes to devote to pasture a piece of 

 low land Hable to be at times overflowed. In such case 

 we would suggest a mixture of ten pounds of tall meadow 

 fescue, five pounds of red top, and five pounds of fowl 

 meadow grass per acre. 



On high and thinner soils and not on limestone land 

 we would suggest a mixture of ten pounds of orchard 

 grass, five pounds of red top, ten pounds of Canada blue 

 grass, and five pounds of white clover per acre. On 

 strong limestone clay loam we would make the mixture 

 ten pounds of orchard grass, five pounds of red top, and 

 ten pounds of Kentucky blue grass per acre. 



