496 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 







In respect to grasses, there is an advantage in thick sow- 

 ing ; this is not found in a materially increased burden of 

 grass in favorable circumstances, but in the promptitude with 

 which the young plants preoccupy the whole ground and pre- 

 vent the growth of weeds, which, in thin sowing, would be apt 

 to dispute possession. In this view of the matter, the fact 

 that half the young grass-plants are afterward smothered by 

 those which take the lead in growth is entirely unimportant. 



From what has been said above, the following table will be 

 understood as embodying suggestions rather than rules in ref- 

 erence to this subject. For manner of sowing, see page 82. 



For seeding down grass-plot or lawn, a mixture of grass 

 seeds should be used, say equal parts by weight of Red-top and 

 Blue Grass, adding White Clover in the proportion of one sixth 

 of the whole, and half as much Sweet Vernal Grass as Clover. 

 If the land be wet, Timothy may be substituted for the Blue 

 Grass in part or wholly. The grass upon a plot or lawn 

 should never be suffered to go to seed, but should be regularly 

 and closely mowed when from four to six inches high, or even 

 while still shorter. 



TABLE OF QUANTITIES OF SEEDS, ETC., REQUIRED TO SOW OR 



PLANT AN ACRE. 



Corn planted in hills 1 to Hpks. peracre. 



" drilled for fodder 4 to 6 



" sown broadcast 8 to 12 



Wheat sown broadcast 4 to 8 



Bye " " 4 to 8 



Barley " " 6 to 10 



Oats " " 8 to 1^ 



Buckwheat sown broadcast 3 to 6 



Peas drilled 4 to 6 



" broadcast 12 to 16 



Bush Beans drilled 4 to 6 



" broadcast, if so sown at all 10 to 12 



Rice drilled 8 to 10 



Millet broadcast 3 to 5 



Bed Clover alone 16 to 20 Ibs. 



" " with Timothy 8 to 12 " 



Timothy alone 12 to 20 qrts. 



" with Bed Clover 8 to 10 " 



Bed-top alone 12 to 20 " 



