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of wheat after two crops of timothy yielded on an a-verage 

 nearly six bushels of wheat more per acre than wheat grown 

 continuously on adjacent land, giving better results than were 

 obtained by rotating with cultivated crops. 1 



56. Amount of Seed. When sown alone it is customary to 

 sow 15 pounds or one-third of a bushel per acre; when sown 

 with red clover, 9 pounds or one-fifth of a bushel per acre. The 

 Cornell Station has sown amounts varying from 5 to 35 pounds 

 per acre. The results of two seasons' trial indicate that 15 

 pounds per acre is a desirable quantity when sown alone. The 

 Utah Station sowed timothy seed at the rate of 8, 16, 24, and 

 32 quarts per acre. The two extremes gave the smallest yields. 

 The Rhode Island Station recommends for meadows 15 pounds 

 of timothy seed, 7.5 pounds of cleaned fancy redtop, and 7.5 

 pounds of red clover seed per acre; if clover is omitted, 20 

 pounds of timothy and 10 pounds of redtop. The Minnesota 

 Station recommends timothy 7, red clover 6, and brome grass 

 4 pounds for grass to lie two to three years in the rotation in 

 southwestern Minnesota; to lie three to five years, timothy 7, 

 red clover 6, brome grass 10 pounds. For meadows that are 

 to be broken up at the end of the second year, the following 

 mixture has been used to advantage at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College : red clover 6, alsike 3, timothy 4, perennial rye grass 

 2 pounds. For economic reasons, perennial rye grass may some- 

 times be omitted from this mixture and, in case the land is to 

 be pastured part of the time, be replaced by orchard grass. 2 

 When sown with clover, the South Dakota Station recom- 

 mends timothy n and clover 2 pounds, with variations to 

 suit conditions. 



57. Seeding. Timothy may be sown either in the fall or in 

 the spring with any small grain that is sown at the time. A good 



i North Dakota Sta. Bui. No. 43 (1900), p. 541. 



8 Ontario Agr. Col. & Expt. Farm Rpt. (1895), p. 185. 



