TIMOTHY 139 



Pennsylvania, 3344; Kansas, 5528; Illinois, 4400; 

 Michigan, 3466; Minnesota, 4340; Utah, 2045; North 

 Carolina, 2136; North Dakota, 2470; Cornell, without 

 fertilizers, 2000 to 3600, with fertilizers, up to a maximum 

 of 8940. 



Good yields of timothy average about 2 tons to the 

 acre; maximum yields may reach 4J tons an acre, but 

 such are secured only by heavy fertilizing or on rich 

 irrigated lands in the Northwest. 



European yields for the acre are recorded as follows : 

 Vianne in France, 5280 to 13,200 pounds; Sinclair in 

 England, 17,356 to 19,398 pounds ; Werner in Germany, 

 5280 to 6160 pounds ; Pinckert in Germany, 4050 pounds ; 

 Sprengel in Germany, 3520 to 4400 pounds. The yields 

 of Sinclair are based on very small plots and cannot be 

 realized on a field scale. 



124. Pasture. Timothy alone is not well adapted 

 to permanent pastures, but is a useful element in most 

 mixtures. Most of it will disappear in about three years. 

 For temporary pastures, however, it forms an important 

 element. 



The pasturing of timothy meadows in fall and even in 

 spring is a very general practice, both in the East and on 

 irrigated lands in the West. It is very doubtful, however, 

 if the practice is a wise one. The bulbs of timothy are 

 easily injured by the close pasturing of sheep and by the 

 trampling of larger animals. 



At the Utah Experiment Station some data were se- 

 cured to show this effect. On three plots of f acre each 

 the yields in 1892 were respectively 6633, 6960 and 7333 

 pounds per acre. The first plot was grazed by 18 head 

 of cattle May 16, 1893 ; the second was left ungrazed ; 

 while the third was grazed by two heifers for two weeks, 



