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MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



Following is a method of determining amounts of various sorts 

 of 'seed to include in a mixture : 



Name. 



Seeds per 

 pound. 



Per cent of 

 germination. 



Viable seed. 



Kentucky bluegrass 2,400,000 



Redtop 6,000,000 



Orchard grass 600,000 



Timothy 1,170,000 



Meadow foxtail 900,000 



Perennial ryegrass .*. 340,000 



White or alsike clover 700,000 



Total 



Kentucky bluegrass 2,400,000 



Redtop 6,000,000 



Orchard grass 600,000 



Timothy 1,170,000 



Meadow fescue 400,000 



Alsike clover 700,000 



Total ~ 



Redtop 6,000,000 



Orchard grass 600,000 



Sheeps fescue 700,000 



Timothy 1,170,000 



Italian ryegrass. 300,000 



White clover 700,000 



Total... 



70 



80 



5,750,000 



9,650,000 

 800,000 



3,150,000 

 180,000 

 300,000 



1,120,000 



20,900,000 



7,200,000 



9,600,000 



400,000 



3,100,000 



1,400,000 



22,180,000 



14,500,000 



800,000 



1,900,000 



3,150,000 



1,320,000 



22,750,000 



INDIANA. Prof. A. T. Wiancko, Agriculturist at Purdue Univer- 

 sity Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. : There is no doubt that tim- 

 othy is our best meadow grass in this part of the country. Orchard 

 grass has been considerably tried and advocated but in practice it 

 does not seem to meet with much favor among farmers. I judge that 

 this is on account of its form of growth, and its rather coarse stems. 

 Meadow fescue and redtop have a place but they are comparatively 

 unimportant beside timothy. Such grasses as Bromus inermis, 



