KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 



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it makes most excellent hay. When grown on dry, 



gravelly soil the hay is likely to be wiry and poor. 



It is more tenacious than the other meadow grasses 



and in time tends to run out the timothy. If once 



introduced, it is probable that it will go all over the 



farm, even into the fence corners. It will produce 



very nice pasture 



early in the spring, 



and if the land is 



fertile, late in the 



fall. It should be 



fully understood, 



however, that blue 



grass furnishes but 



little midsummer 



pasture on gravelly 



soil. 



Blue grass starts 

 early in the spring 

 and is considered 

 to be rather better 

 for producing milk 

 than young clover. 

 In laying down a 

 permanent pasture 

 it is customary to 

 fit the ground un- 

 usually well and 

 sow about I bushel 

 of blue grass to an 



acre, allowing 14 pounds to the bushel, with timothy, 

 clover and orchard grass. It starts slowly and 

 does not make a good pasture grass until about a 

 year from sending; therefore, some other plants 

 must be depended upon for the first year. Finally, 



KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 



An excellent grass indispensable 

 for permanent pastures. Once firmly 

 established it returns of itself even 

 though the land be plowed and 

 given over for a short time to corn 

 and wheat. It is not grown for 

 hay. It is best appreciated in the 

 Middle Western states. 



