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fits so well with medium red, mammoth and alsike 

 clovers for growing hay that it is almost invariably 

 sown with one of these and mowed for one or two 

 years ; then pastured for about the same length of time 

 before the sod is broken. 



For the relative amounts of seed to sow when tim- 

 othy is sown with medium red clover, with mammoth 

 clover, or with alsike clover, see p. 69. If sown with 

 two of these, the quantity is reduced. As previously 

 intimated, timothy and medium red clover are more 

 commonly sown on uplands; timothy and alsike are 

 sown on lowlands. Orchard grass is more commonly 

 sown in conjunction with medium red clover. For the 

 proper amounts of seed to sow, see p. 140; for the 

 amount to sow alone, see p. 140. Redtop, as previous- 

 ly intimated, has highest adaptation for low lying lands 

 not only because it grows better in these, but because 

 these are usually grazed for a longer period than up- 

 lands before being broken, which better suits the con- 

 siderable time required by this grass to become estab- 

 lished. But upland soils also may be so congenial to 

 the growth of this grass, that it may prove profitable 

 also to sow it in these, when the pastures are not of 

 short duration. When medium red or mammoth clov- 

 ers are sown on upland soils along with timothy, or- 

 chard grass and redtop to provide hay and pasture 

 about C pounds of either of the clovers per acre and 3 

 pounds of each of the other grasses should be sufficient. 

 Redtop is usually sown on lowlands with timothy and 

 alsike clover. For the amounts of seed to sow, see 

 p. 158. 



