ARID AGRICULTURE. 



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GRASS 

 MIXTURES 



SELLING 

 HAT BY 

 MEASURE 



timothy, redtop, Kentucky bluegrass, and or- 

 chard grass all find a place. In many parts of 

 the West, Alsike clover and sainfoin or French 

 clover do well, and they are said not to be dan- 

 gerous to stock from causing bloat. Brome grass 

 is proving of great value. 



As a rule, if land is to be seeded down to pas- 

 lure, a mixture of suitable grasses will give bet- 

 ter results than planting a single variety. Where 

 a moderate amount of irrigation can be given the 

 land, we suggest a mixture of Slender WTieat- 

 Grass, six pounds ; Tall Meadow Fescue, six 

 pounds; Brome-Grass, the Awnless Brome- 

 Grass, or the Western Brome-Grass, six pounds ; 

 Kentucky bluegrass, four pounds ; and to this 

 may be added of Sand or Hairy Vetch, eight 

 pounds. This makes a total of thirty pounds of 

 seed per acre, and we suggest trying the Vetch 

 on a part of the land until its merit may be 

 tested. An irrigated meadow planted to these 

 grasses may become sod-bound after a few years, 

 but this can be avoided by properly discing or 

 harrowing the sod. 



There are few western ranches where the fa- 

 cilities for weighing hay are present or conven- 

 ient. On our larger ranches where wagon scales 

 have been purchased, the owners seldom go to 

 the trouble of weighing the hay which they sell 

 from the stack. It is probable that the usual 



