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1. On marshy lands; Red top 6 Ibs., Tall fescue 8, Fowl 

 meadow 10, Rough stalked meadow 7, Reed Canary 4, White 

 clover 8, and probably our native Canary. 



2. For rich dry creek bottom or cotton land ; Orchard 8, 

 Meadow fescue 3, Hard fescue 4, Perennial rye grass 7, Italian 

 rye grass 5, Tall oat grass 4, Yellow oat grass 3, Sweet scented 

 vernal 3, Rough stalked meado^ 3, Red clover 3, White clover 



3, Blue grass 4. 



3. On hill side, and specially if sandy or gravelly ; Orchard 

 8, Sweet scented vernal 12, Tall oat grass 7, Downy oat grass 5, 

 Yellow oat grass 5, Hard fescue 5, Red top 10. 



4. For loamy hill top or table land ; Orchard 8, Kentucky 

 blue grass 5, Meadow fescue 3, Perennial rye grass 5, Italian 

 rye grass 5, Red top 2, Tall oat grass 3, Sweet scented vernal 3, 

 Red clover 4, White clover 5. 



5. For open woods with good soil ; Kentucky blue grass 5, 

 Orchard 8, Hard fescue 5, Nodding fescue 5, Rough stalked 

 meadow 5, Wood meadow 5, Sweet scented vernal 3, Red clover 



4, White clover 4. 



6. Another mixture for woodlands may consist of several 

 species of fescue, each 4, Tall oat grass 4, Yellow oat grass 5, 

 Terrell grass 8, Blue grass 5, Orchard grass 7 pounds. 



To no. 1, barn yard grass, (Panicum Crus-Galli), may be ad- 

 ded also Panicum agrostoides and proliferum. To nos. 2, 3 and 

 4, native Paspalums found all over the southern States, very 

 hardy, very nutritious, very toothsome to stock throughout 

 summer may well be added. 



One of the very best of naturalized grasses, both for pasture 

 and meadow is the Bermuda. It would do well on any good 

 land, not marshy. I have seen Red and White clovers do well 

 among it; and possibly some of the grasses named above might 

 do equally as well, such as the oat grasses, red top, or wild brome. 

 The quantities given in above mixtures are for a single acre, and 

 may seem large, but to obtain good pastures, heavy seeding is 

 absolutely necessary, though expensive. These mixtures, too, 

 are arranged with a view to a variety and succession of grasses 

 throughout the entire year for grazing. 



We have many very valuable natural pastures or commons 

 well set with Eleusine, Dactyloctenium, Panicum sanguinale, 

 anceps and others, Paspalum prsecox, Iseve, undulatum and oth- 

 ers, Sporobolus, Cynodon, Muhlenbergias, Andropogons and 

 other grasses, Corices, etc., aifording good natural grazing most 

 of the year. 



DEFECTIVE SEEDS 



render heavy seeding necessary sometimes from ten to ninety 

 per cent, of the seeds purchased failing to germinate. It is w T ell 

 to test every lot of seed before sowing, to ascertain what per 



