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eastern and moister parts of the country. Prof. Waters 

 points out that* timothy increases by multiplication of 

 bulbs, somewhat as some sorts of onions increase. These 

 bulbs store food for the future growth of the plants. As 

 the timothy ripens nutriment is being stored in the new 

 bulbs as well as in the seeds. If it is then cut too early the 

 bulbs are weakened and the stand lessened. These 

 bulbs also increase and store nourishment in the fall while 

 the aftermath is growing; therefore it is a serious injury 

 to a timothy meadow to pasture it in the fall. Timothy 

 meadows should never be pastured unless the aftermath 

 is unusually heavy due to a moist fall. It is not easy to 

 thicken a timothy stand by sowing fresh seed. Nature's 

 way is to thicken by increase of bulbs. Good feeding 

 will do much to keep the stand dense. Except in the 

 moister and cooler parts of the United States, one can 

 not expect to make a permanency of a timothy meadow; 

 it must occasionally be plowed and cultivated for a year 

 or more and resown. Other grasses creep in to oust the 

 timothy, the chief offenders being Kentucky and Canada 

 bluegrasses and redtop. These grasses being much more 

 firmly rooted than timothy, can not be got out without 

 plowing the meadow. 



Where Timothy is Profitable. Timothy may be grown 

 as far south as central Mississippi if sown on rich alluvial 

 soil ; it does not endure for a long time except in cooler, 

 moister regions. Its natural home is along the northern 

 edge of the cornbelt, northward far into Canada through- 

 out New England, the high parks of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains with irrigation, and the rainy side of the Pacific 



* The Breeder's Gazette. June 30, 1909. 



