FIELD CROPS. 



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The following mixtures of seeds are suggested for 

 meadows and for pastures by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture : 



A. Hay Mixtures. 



No. I. 



Pounds. 



Tall oat grass 7° 



Red clover 30 



(Sow 35 to 40 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 2. 



Red top 30 



Orchard grass 40 



Meadow fescue 20 



Red clover 10 



(Sow 40 to 45 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 3. 



Pounds. 



Italian rye grass 20 



Orchard grass 25 



Red clover 10 



Tall oat grass 20 



Red top 25 



(Sow 35 to 40 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 4. 



Timothy 



Red top 



Tall oat grass. . . 



40 

 40 

 20 



(Sow 40 lbs. per acre.) 



B. Pasture Mixtures. 



No. I. 



Kentucky blue grass 25 



White clover 10 



Perennial rye 30 



Red fescue 10 



Red top 25 



(Sow 35 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 2. 



Canada blue grass 5 



Red clover 5 



Orchard grass 5 



Tall oat grass 5 



Perennial rye grass 20 



Red top 35 



(Sow 40 to 45 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 3. For wet pastures. 



Red top 35 



Alsike 20 



Creeping bent 15 



Perennial rye 30 



(Sow 40 lbs. per acre.) 



No. 4. 



For light sandy 

 soils. 



Red fescue 50 



Red top 25 



Kentucky blue grass 20 



White clover 5 



(Sow 35 to 40 lbs. per acre.) 



