FIELD CROPS. 



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SEED 3IIXTURES FOR HAY AND PERMANENT 

 PASTURES 



In Pounds per acre. 



For the Northwest the following mixture will, according 

 to Shaw, be found suitable: 



Timothy 4 lbs., blue grass 3 lbs., redtop 2 lbs., orchard 

 grass 2 lbs., meadow fescue i lb., tall oat grass i lb., 

 meadow foxtail i lb., alsike clover 3 lbs., white clover 2 lbs., 

 lucern (alfalfa) 2 lbs., yellow clover i lb., total 22 lbs. 



And for the States east of Michigan and for the provinces 

 of Canada eastward of Lake Huron: 



Lucern (alfalfa) 5 lbs., orchard-grass 4 lbs., meadow 

 fescue and alsike clover 3 lbs. each, tall oat grass, timothy, 

 meadow foxtail, and white clover 2 lbs. each, yellow clover 

 I lb.; total 24 lbs. 



