SECTION LVI FORAGE 



Grasses. Under usual conditions no farmer expects to 

 grow live stock successfully and economically without 

 setting apart a large part of his land for the growth of 

 mowing and pasture crops. Therefore to the grower of 

 stock the management of grass crops is all important. 



In' planting either for a meadow or for a pasture, the 

 farmer should mix different varieties of grass seeds. 

 Nature mixes them when she plants, and Nature is 

 always a trustworthy teacher. 



In planting for a pasture, the aim should be to sow 

 such seeds as will give green grass from early spring to 

 latest fall. In seeding for a meadow, such varieties should 

 be sowed together as ripen about the same time. 



Even in those sections of the country where it grows 

 sparingly, and where it is easily crowded out, red clover 

 should be mixed with all grasses sowed, for it leaves in 

 the soil a wealth of plant food for the grasses coming 

 after it to feed on. Nearly every part of our country has 

 some clover that experience shows to be exactly suited to 

 its soil and climate. Study these clovers carefully and mix 

 them with your grass seed. 



The reason for mixing clover and grass is at once seen. 

 The true grasses, so far as science now shows, get all 

 their nitrogen from the soil ; hence they more or less 

 exhaust the soil. But, as several times explained in this 



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