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because of its power to endure. The prominence given 

 to it in these should depend upon its relative adaptation 

 as compared with other grasses. It can usually be 

 given a place in these north of the fortieth parallel of 

 north latitude and in instances not a few considerably 

 south of that line. In the upper Mississippi Basin and 

 indeed in all the northern states and provinces of Cana- 

 da, it should be an important factor in permanent pas- 

 tures mixed in character. 



The amounts of timothy seed to sow will of course be 

 much influenced by varying conditions. When sown 

 alone for hay or pasture it is seldom necessary to sow 

 more than 12 pounds of seed per acre, and on some soils 

 8 pounds will be found ample. In some instances as 

 in the semi-arid belt east of the Rocky mountains, bet- 

 ter results may frequently be looked for from sowing 

 6 pounds because of the scarcity of moisture. Eight to 

 ten pounds may be set down as average amounts. 



When sown with medium red, mammoth or alsike 

 clover 6 pounds may be considered an average amount 

 to sow, but this may be increased to, say 8 pounds, or 

 reduced to 4 pounds according to the object sought. 

 Similarly the amount of clover seed in the combination 

 for a hay crop will vary, but the amounts respectively 

 of common red and mammoth may be set down ^s 6 to 

 8 pounds per acre and of alsike at 4 to 5 pounds. 

 When sown with red top only 6 pounds of timothy and 

 probably the same amount of red top will suffice. And 

 when sown with alsike clover and red top in combina- 

 tion 4 pounds of timothy would seem to be enough, 

 adding 3 or 4 pounds of red top and 3 pounds of alsike 



