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A writer in the New England Farmer recommends the following for- 

 mula for a permanent pasture : 



Early varieties 



Kod clover pounds.. 10 



Alsike clover ^ ( i () 



Orchard grass bushel.. 1 



June grass do.... 1 



Perennial rye grass do... 1 



Late varieties- 

 Herd's grass do.... | 



R. I. bent grass do 



Redtop d ! 



This forms an unusually heavy seeding, and probably the quantities 

 may be advantageously reduced, but the combination presents a vari- 

 ety that will give a succession from early till late in tiie season. 



The more common mixture for meadows is as follows per acre : 



Redtop bushel.. 1 



Timothy do 



Red clover pounds .. 4 



On highlands orchard grass might be substituted for the redtop. 



Time and Manner of Seeding Grass Seed. There has been much diver- 

 sity of opinion as to the proper time of seeding land to grass. A very 

 common practice has been to sow the seed in the spring with a grain 

 crop, generally of oats. If the season is favorable this method suc- 

 ceeds very well, having the advantage of no loss in the regular crops 

 of the land. The growing grain furnishes to the young grass shelter 

 and shade from the heat of the sun, and after the removal of the crop 

 the grass spreads, and sometimes the same season furnishes a light crop 

 for the scythe or some grazing for the cattle. But the success of this 

 plan of seeding is not by any means certain. In a very dry season the 

 young plants may perish from drought, or in a wet season the grain 

 may lodge and smother the young grass. Hence others recommend 

 late summer or early fall seeding. A writer in the Massachusetts 

 Ploughman makes the following statement : 



The last half of August is generally considered the best time for seeding ; earlier 

 than this the weather is apt to be too hot for the ready germination of the seed, and 

 weeds will get a start before the grass. The first half of September is a good time, 

 and we have sometimes had very good success with seeding as late as October 1, but 

 would prefer to sow earlier if possible. If rye is sown with the grass seed it is brst 

 done about the middle of September ; too much rye will choke the grass, but a light 

 seeding of about oue-half to five-eighths of a bushel per acre will not injure the 

 grass much, and will give a much better return the next season than the grass alone. 



Too little care is usually bestowed upon the preparation of the laud for seeding; 

 it should be worked only when just moist enough to make the lumps crush easily, and 

 should be harrowed repeatedly and rolled before sowing the seed, then brushed and 

 rolled again, which will leave the land in fine, smooth order for the mowing-machine 

 or scythe. 



It is customary to mix Herd's grass, redtop, and clover seed in seeding, but we 

 prefer to seed high land with Herd's grass (Phleum pratenae) only low, moist land 

 with redtop (Acjroslis rulgaris) and fescue, and clover by itself in the spring, for the 

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