103 PHLEUM PRATENSE, L., TIMOTHY. 



From Howard's Manual we learn that: "At the south it does 

 not thrive on upland." 



Major H. E. Alvord, of New York, in Rural New Yorker, 

 reports as follows : 



" Timothy is not a favorite of mine. Its hold upon the land 

 is too slight, and, as a rule, it falls off in yield too fast after the 

 first crop. My preference is to treat it like a grain crop sow 

 alone on well prepared land, in August, a half bushel of seed to 

 the acre. After cutting the first crop turn over at once, manure 

 and re-seed ; or cut once, top-dres well, cut a rowen crop, then 

 one crop the second year, plow and re-seed. I know of no suit- 

 able mixture for Timothy, if for hay, and do not consider it as 

 desirable as a large part of any mixture for pasture." 



Waldo F. Brown, of Ohio, writes in these words : 



" I think that land seeded to Timothy and with three or four 

 pounds of Mammoth Clover seed sown to the acre, will produce 

 one-half more hay than Timothy alone, and the clover cures 

 beautifully with the Timothy. 



" In sowing Timothy for hay, I use a bushel of seed to three 

 acres, and think the quality of the hay much better than when 

 sown thin. There are many farmers of my acquaintance who 

 sow a bushel to ten acres, and then allow it to stand till dead 

 ripe before cutting." 



With reference to saving the seed of Timothy, the following 

 was written for The Prairie Farmer by Hon. Samuel Dysart : 



"It is very difficult to fix any specified time for harvesting 

 this crop, because a change in the weather may make a great 

 difference in the ripeness in a single day. When the amount to 

 be harvested is not large, a better yield of seed will be had by 

 letting it stand until all the heads are ripe, and a few of the early 

 ones shelled off. But in doing this there is much risk. A windy 

 day may thresh half the crop. A shower of rain, followed by a 

 warm sun, will change the color of a field in a few hours. Of 



