202 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



since both have considerable permanency. The meadow 

 fescue readily fills the space between the tussocks of the 

 orchard grass. 



When sown alone 2 bushels of seed or 28 pounds is 

 about the right quantity to sow per acre on average soils. 

 Some recommend a larger amount. When sown with 

 timothy for hay 14 pounds of the former and 6 pounds 

 of the latter would suffice ; when sown with alsike clover 

 and timothy 7, 2 and 4 pounds respectively should make 

 a suitable mixture; when sown for permanent pasture 

 the amount of seed will of course vary. If meadow 

 fescue and orchard grass are sown together to provide 

 such pasture about a bushel of the seed of each should 

 be used. If tall oat grass is added, 8 or 9 pounds of each 

 of the three should be enough. If sown in mixtures 

 with a larger number of grasses it would not seem nec- 

 essary to sow more than 5 or 6 pounds of this grass 

 per acre, because of its abiding character in permanent 

 pastures. 



Pasturing. Meadow fescue stands grazing well when 

 it is once set. It does not furnish grazing so early as 

 some of the other good grasses, but it grows better than 

 blue grass in the summer and as previously intimated, 

 it has much power to grow in cold weather and also to 

 retain its genuineness. It grows more or less in Mary- 

 land, Virginia, Tennessee and some other states through 

 much of the winter; hence, it furnishes good winter 

 grazing for horses, cattle and sheep, but more especially 

 for horses and sheep, since these can graze upon it though 

 covered with snow, both pawing down to it through 

 the snow. It is claimed that it will grow thus on moun- 



