130 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



At the Utah Experiment Station seed was sown on poor 

 soil at four different rates ; namely, 8, 16, 24 and 32 quarts 

 an acre. The largest hay yield was from the 24-quart 

 seeding the first season and from the 16-quart seeding the 

 second season. The total yield for the two seasons was 

 in favor of the 24-quart seeding, but this was but slightly 

 greater than the 16-quart seeding. In both seasons the 

 32-quart plot yielded least. 



Stebler and Volkart in Switzerland, and Werner in 

 Germany, advise 19 kg. a hectare, which equals 17 pounds 

 an acre. 



116. Depth of seeding. Timothy seed, when sown 

 with a hand seeder or with a grass seeder attachment 

 behind a grain drill, is left on or very near the surface. If 

 the seeder attachment permits the seed to drop in front 

 of the grain drill, the timothy seeds will lie at various 

 depths from the surface to that of the grain. There is 

 reason to believe that timothy seed is ordinarily not 

 covered deeply enough. 



Two tests at the Utah Experiment Station in broadcast- 

 ing as compared with drilling gave contradictory results. 

 In one experiment the drilled plots outyielded the broad- 

 casted by 50 per cent the first year and 32 per cent the 

 second year; in the other, the broadcasted plots gave 

 greater yields by 35 per cent the first year and 53 per cent 

 the second season. 



117. Methods of seeding. Four methods of seeding 

 timothy are in use in America: (1) Seeding in fall with 

 wheat or other grain; (2) Seeding in fall alone on pre- 

 pared land ; (3) Seeding in spring with grain ; (4) Seeding 

 in the spring without a nurse crop. 



The first method of seeding timothy namely, with 

 wheat or other grain in the fall is the most common, 



