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FARM CROPS 



tilizers give good results and their use should be 



increased. 



Sowing Grass Seed. Very light, chaffy seed, 



such as those of brome grass, especially the im- 



portant seed and awned 

 seed, such as those of 

 tall meadow oat grass, 

 do not feed through 

 seeding machines satis- 

 factorily, and should 

 therefore, be sown by 

 hand. Hand sowing 

 should always be done 

 when the air is as still 

 as possible. It is well- 

 nigh impossible to dis- 

 tribute the seed evenly 

 when the wind is blow- 

 ing. Unless the sower 

 is decidedly expert, it is 

 MEADOW FOXTAIL best to sow half of the 



ance. Its chief value is in the SCCOnd Sowing croSS- 

 mixtures for permanent pas- . . . 



tures and meadows. It is sel- W1SC to the first. IhlS 

 dom grown alone. For nutri- 

 tiveness it is about at a par 



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with timothy. It fancies rich - i 



soils and is best known in the Stand. 



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a more even 

 For such seed 

 will feed through 

 it, like timothy, red- 

 top (recleaned,) clovers, and others that are 

 small, round and clean, the wheelbarrow seeder is 

 the most satisfactory implement yet invented. Re- 

 cleaned blue grass seed can be sown with this 

 implement, but the uncleaned seed should be 

 sown by hand. Grass seeders are frequently at- 

 tached to grain drills. They answer very well for 



