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following proportions will be found advantageous. Meadow 

 foxtail, three pounds and three quarters; meadow cat's-tail, 

 half a pound; rough cock's-foot, five pounds; meadow fescue, 

 two pounds; rough stalked meadow grass, three quarters of a 

 pound; rye grass, twelve pounds; red clover, two pounds; 

 white clover, six pounds. In this mixture the quantity of rye 

 grass is equal to about half a bushel and with regard to the 

 other grasses, the proportions are such that each will, in ordi- 

 nary circumstances, produce an equal number of plants. These 

 proportions are obtained by computing the number of seeds in 

 a given weight, and the number of each which, on an average, 

 is found to vegetate. If desired that the rye grass should be 

 merely in proportion with the other grasses, and that each kind 

 should produce an equal number of plants, the following would 

 be nearly the proportions: Meadow foxtail, five pounds and 

 three quarters; meadow cat's-tail, one pound; rough cock's- 

 foot, seven pounds and three-quarters; meadow fescue, three 

 pounds; rough-stalked meadow grass, one pound and a quarter; 

 rye grass, five pounds and a quarter. Total, twenty-four 

 pounds.* The above are the most approved and esteemed 

 mixtures known to English practice. 



* Low's Elements, p. 435. 



