SOWING TIMOTHY AND CLOVER 31 



sowing; then in the fall, after the alfalfa has been har- 

 vested, one can harrow in timothy seed with every hope 

 of a stand. In the course of three years the timothy will 

 rather get the upper hand of the alfalfa, unless the land 

 is especially well adapted to alfalfa, yet that fact need 

 not deter one from sowing them together, as when the 

 alfalfa is gone the timothy will be more vigorous than if 

 it had not been sown with it. Another method of sowing 

 timothy and alfalfa together is to sow them very early in 

 April on well-prepared land. In this case a seeding of a 

 bushel to the acre of spring barley may be used, which 

 will be cut for hay when in bloom or soon afterward. If 

 the timothy should seem a little thin in the fall a bit more 

 seed may be sown then. It is useless to sow alfalfa ex- 

 cept on well-drained land that has in it plenty of carbon- 

 ate of lime. It is true, however, that any land that is 

 just right for alfalfa is right to make a maximum crop 

 of timothy as well. The mixture of alfalfa and timothy 

 comes far nearer being a balanced ration than either of 

 the plants used alone. 



Method of Sowing Timothy and Clover. Timothy is 

 usually sown in the fall with wheat or other fall sown 

 grain. Hardly any crop is easier established. Given a 

 good seedbed and a fair degree of fertility and the tim- 

 othy seed sown with wheat in September or October, one 

 will secure a stand in nearly every instance. It is usual 

 to sow with a grain drill having a separate grass-seeding 

 compartment which scatters the seed in front of the drill, 

 though some prefer to have it fall behind. It is largely 

 a matter of how the weather behaves that determines 

 which practice is best. 



