CONTENTS 



PAGB 



CHAPTER IV. SEEDS AND SEEDING ...... 67 



Quality. Genuineness. Purity. Viability. Actual 

 Value of Seed. Superiority of Local Seed. Standards of 

 Purity and Germination. Adulteration and Misbranding. 

 Color and Plumpness of Seeds. Age of Seeds. Source of 

 Seeds. Seed Inspection. Sampling. Guaranteed Seeds. 



Fungous Diseases. Hard Seeds. Most Dangerous 

 Weed Seeds. Weight of Seeds. Number of Seeds in One 

 Pound. Seed Production of Forage Crops, United States, 

 1909. Seeding in Practice. Rate of Seeding. Time of 

 Seeding. Depth of Planting. Experimental Results. 

 Nurse Crops. 



CHAPTER V. MEADOWS AND PASTURES . . . . .92 



Meadow Mixtures. Composition of Meadow Mixtures. 



Treatment of Hay Meadows. Scarifying Old Meadows. 



Reseeding Old Meadows. Fertilizers for Hay Crops. 

 Top-dressing for Aftermath or Rowen. Acreage of Im- 

 proved Pasture in the United States. Area of Wild Pasture 

 in the United States. Most Important Tame Pasture 

 Plants. Palatability of Pasture Grasses. Pasture Yield 

 as Determined by Number of Cuttings. Pasture Mixtures. 



Treatment of Permanent Pastures. Pasturing Meadows. 



Carrying Capacity. Temporary Pastures. Temporary 

 Pasture Crop Systems for Hogs. Bloating or Hoven. 



CHAPTER VI. THE STATISTICS OF FORAGE CROPS . . . 118 



Classification of Crops in Statistical Returns. Forage 

 Crops in General, United States, 1909. Hay and Forage by 

 Classes, United States, 1909. Forage Statistics for Canada. 



CHAPTER VII. TIMOTHY 122 



Botany. Agricultural History. Agricultural Impor- 

 tance. Climatic Adaptations. Soil Adaptation. Ad- 

 vantages of Timothy. Rotations. Seed. Preparation 

 of Seed Bed. Heavy Seeds or Light Seeds. Rate of 

 Seeding. Depth of Seeding. Methods of Seeding. 

 Seed Bed. Fertilizers for Timothy. Lime. Irrigation. 

 Time to Cut for Hay. Yields. Pasture. Pollination. 



