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combination than could be appropriated by any sinjj^le plant. 

 Because of the difference in the analysis of plants thus ^n-own 

 together, they have a wider adaptation than if grown alone. 

 Timothy, for instance, has high adaptation for horses, but low 

 adaptation for sheep. Clover has high adaptation for sheep 

 and unless when entirely free from dust, low adaptation for 

 horses; whereas, a mixture of clover and timothy answers well 

 for almost every kind of feeding to the domestic animals of the 

 farm. 



The prejudice against a limited amount of bright, well cured 

 clover in timothy fed to horses, is not well founded. When 

 clover is grown alone it is sometimes difficult to cure. When 

 grown along with such grasses as timothy or orchard grass, it 

 cures more quickly and easily, since the curing, or rather the 

 keeping qualities of the clover are favorably influenced by 

 admixture with grasses which cure thus quickly. 



A typical "Western hay field 



The most common mixture of grasses is medium red clover 

 and timothy. These are peculiarly adapted to produce hay most 

 desired on the farm. They grow well together on the same 

 land. The timothy helps to sustain the clover and the clover 

 improves the character of the hay for feeding, and when it dies 

 the dead roots nourish the timothy. In such a mixture clover 

 will predominate the first season of harvesting the crop for hay, 

 and timothy the next year. 



This mixture has high adaption for all the northern states 

 and several of the provinces of Canada, also for certain areas 

 west of the Rocky Mountains and in the irrigated valleys of the 

 Rockies. In these areas the yields may be improved upon by 

 sowing timothy, medium, mammoth, and alsike clover in com- 

 bination. 



In the central states, with Kansas as a center, orchard grass, 



