1892.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 185 



Plat 20, mixture of herds grass and red top, sown broad- 

 cast Sept. 29, 1890. The herds grass was in bloom June 

 30 ; red top showed no flower at that time. The crop was 

 cut July 1, and yielded 430 pounds of hay (3,225 pounds 

 per acre) . 



Plat 21, meadow fescue {Festuca pratensis) and red top 

 (Agrosiis vulgaris), sown broadcast Sept. 29, 1890. The 

 growth did not correspond to the seeds named. The first 

 cut yielded, June 25, 650 pounds of hay (4,875 pounds per 

 acre) . The plat was ploughed, and the soil after thorough 

 mechanical preparation was re-seeded September 18 with a 

 mixture of four pounds of meadow fescue and four pounds 

 of red top. 



From the previous statements it will be seen that our 

 present observation upon this field is confined to the follow- 

 ing grasses and grass mixtures : — 



Kentucky blue-grass. 



English rye-grass. 



Italian rye-grass. 



Red top. 



Herds grass. 



Meadow fescue. 



Kentucky blue-grass and red top. 



English rye-gi-ass and red top. 



Italian rye-grass and red top. 



Red top and herds grass. 



Herds grass and meadow fescue. 



