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A liberal quantity of manure should be plowed in and 

 will be well mixed with the soil by this working, without 

 being torn from its place in the furrows, where it is most 

 wanted and not on the surface. The seed is then sown. 

 Orchard grass is the best single permanent grass for mow- 

 ing meadows, makes an excellent pasture, and is useful for 

 soiling purposes. 2? or 3 bushels per acre is required to 

 cover the surface well; but the habit of this grass is to grow 

 in bunches and the thickest sowing will not make a sod. 

 A long experience with this grass has convinced us that it 

 is the best single grass that can be sown, as it will last for 

 30 years at least in good condition for hay and pasture. It 

 is early in maturity and comes into bloom with red clover, 

 hence a mixture of clover with it is advisable when the 

 object sought is hay and a few years pasture; but for per- 

 manent meadow the grass alone is preferable when but one 

 kind is sown. 



Mixed grasses produce a thicker herbage than any one 

 kind, and a selection of several kinds of those suited to the 

 soil is desirable. The following are some of the mixtures 

 which have been found useful on the kinds of soils men- 

 tioned. 



MIXTURE OF GRASSES. 



FOR LIGHT DRY SOIL. 



Orchard grass 10 pounds. 



Tall oat grass 6 " 



Meadow fescue 3 " 



Creeping fescue 3 " 



Creeping bent 3 " 



Perennial rye grass 8 " 



Timothy 3 " 



Kentucky blue grass 4 " 



Total per acre, 40 " 



FOR HEAVY SOILS. 



Orchard grass 10 pounds. 



Timothy 6 



Yellow oat grass 5 



Perennial rye grass 10 



Tall fescue 4 



Rough stalked meadow grass.... 5 

 Meadow fescue 5 



Total per acre, 45 



