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IRRIGATION FARMING. 



No fewer than four or five varieties should constitute 

 the mixture to be sown, especially for pasture, and, as 

 a rule, the greater the number the better the stand. 

 Since each grass has a different time of maturity a 

 number of kinds will be more likely to furnish a suc- 

 cession of green, succulent pasture throughout the 

 season than a few. Some grasses start earlier than 

 others in the spring and some hold out longer in the 

 fall. The best pastures in the west contain a dozen 

 kinds of grasses and clovers, and supply continuous 

 grazing during the season, though frequent irrigation 

 is required. For pastures under irrigation the follow- 

 ing mixtures are recommended : 



For upland : lbs. 



Kentucky blue-grass 30 



Perennial rye grass 35 



Red top . 30 



Orchard grass 15 



Tall fescue 15 



Red clover 10 



Alfalfa, or alsike 10 



White clover 15 



Total 



For marshy lands: 



Red top 70 



Perennial rye 50 



Creeping bent 25 



Alsike clover 30 



Total 175 



For lo7v, moist lands: lbs. 



Red top ,50 



Perennial rye grass 40 



Creeping bent 20 



Meadow fescue 20 



Timothy 10 



Alsike clover 25 



White clover 10 



Total 175 



For light., sandy soil: 



Kentucky blue-grass 40 



Red fescue 80 



Tall oat grass 25 



Smooth brome 25 



White clover 10 



Total 180 



Each of the mixtures given contains enough to vSow 

 five acres. The new Bronnis inermis, or Hungarian 

 brome grass, which has been creating considerable in- 

 terest throughout the we.st during the past few years, 

 is more valuable for pasture than for hay, and does not 

 require nearly vso much irrigation as the other intro- 



