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ing permanent pasture quick-growing grasses are mixed with the 

 slow-growing (Fig. 125). 



The mixtures here suggested are principally for the blue-grass 

 and timothy region : 



1. For soils that will grow 

 blue-grass and timothy: 

 Pounds 



Timothy 10 



Red clover 5 



Redtop 5 



Orchard-grass 5 



Kentucky blue-grass ... 10 

 White clover 3 



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2. On poorer soils, too wet 

 or dry hills low in lime: 



Pounds 



Alsike clover 5 



Redtop 5 



Orchard-grass 5 



Canada blue-grass .... 10-20 

 White clover . 3 



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1. In the first mixture timothy and red clover will furnish 

 pasture the first two years, but will give way eventually to the other 



FIG. 125. Plants used in mixture for pasture on poor land. 



grasses. The redtop and orchard-grass will probably persist in the 

 wetter spots and on areas too low in lime for blue-grass. Eventu- 

 ally the blue-grass should dominate, with more or less white clover 

 persistent, depending on the weather. 



2. In the second mixture the timothy is left out. Red clover 

 is replaced with alsike, and Kentucky blue-grass with Canadian 

 blue-grass. All these plants, with the exception of alsike, are likely 

 to persist, though the Canada blue-grass and redtop are apt to be 

 dominant in time. 



Other Grasses. -Rye-grasses, meadow fescue, meadow fox-tail, 

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