370 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



Kentucky blue grass, timothy, orchard grass, redtop. 

 meadow fescue, and tall oat grass, useful probably in 

 the order named. Whether Russian brome grass would 

 serve a good purpose in such pastures has not yet been 

 determined in practice. There are some grounds to 

 fear that it might be aggressive overmuch. The clovers 

 would include small white and, in some instances, the 

 medium red and alfalfa. In that designated secondly, 

 the principal grasses would include orchard grass, tall 

 oat grass, redtop and, in some instances, timothy or 

 blue grass. The clovers would include the small white. 

 Japan, buffalo and alfalfa, according to the locality. 

 In tha* named thirdly, orchard grass, tall oat grass and 

 meadow fescue, with white clover and alfalfa would 

 probably make the most suitable mixture. In that 

 named fourthly, would be Russian brome, western rye 

 and timothy and, in some instances, redtop. In that 

 named fifthly, would be Russian brome, tall oat and 

 meadow fescue. And in that named lastly, may be 

 included almost every valuable grass and clover grown 

 in the United States. 



For Slough Lands. The best single grass for mak- 

 .ing a permanent pasture in low lying lands in the 

 North, is probably Russian brome, with redtop as a 

 close second. In the Soutfi, redtop is deserving of first 

 place. The grasses that will figure most prominently 

 in mixtures in these places, include Russian brome, 

 redtop, fowl meadow, timothy, Kentucky blue and prob- 

 ably perennial rye and meadow foxtail. These are 

 named in the order of all round relative value, but the 

 comparative scarcity of the seed of fowl meadow grass 



