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prevalent still to a great extent, is to sow timothy and clover 

 seed together in stocking down, after wheat or oats. This 

 practice, however, is less common, as it is evident from the 

 period at which the two plants ripen, that one is too imma- 

 ture, and if allowed to stand, the other has passed its prime. 

 Clover is too early for timothy, and if the cutting is delayed 

 till the timothy is ready, the clover has gone to seed, and 

 much of its foliage has dried too much to be of any value 

 its stalk alone remaining green and fresh. 



Wherever this grass is wished to succeed, it is highly ne- 

 cessary that it should not be fed too close in the fall, winter, 

 or spring months. Hogs, if allowed to run in meadows 

 where it is growing, will root-up and consume its bulbous, 

 farinaceous toot, and thereby entirely destroy the crop. If 

 cut very close to the ground, even in tke northern States, it 

 may suffer from a drought which frequently occurs about this 

 time of the year ; and a week or two of dry, hot weather suc- 

 ceeding immediately its removal from the field, is very liable 

 to injure it. Although in a moist climate which prevails in 

 mountainous regions generally, it is very easy to cultivate, 

 yet these liabilities to fail from drouth are a drawback upon 

 its value though it is probably the best stock-grass which 

 grows. 



