Grass Growing for Profit. 



on 



Timothy and related grasses feed heavily 

 Nitrogen; they are able to transform it completely 

 into wholesome and digestible animal food. When 

 full rations of plant food are present a good crop 

 of grass will remove upwards of the equivalent of 

 the active fertilizer ingredients of 200 pounds of Ni- 

 trate of Soda, 200 pounds muriate of potash and 200 pounds 

 of phosphate. These amounts are recommended to be 



Food for 

 Plants 



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Clearing Land for Seeding. 



applied per acre as top-dressing for grass lands; and if wood 

 ashes are available 400 pounds per acre will be very beneficial 

 in addition to the above. Grass lands get sour easily, es 

 pecially when old, and when they do, one ton of lime per acre 

 should be harrowed in before seeding down anew. The seed- 

 ing must be done before September, and the above-mentioned 

 ration should be used as a top-dressing the following spring, 

 soon after the grass begins to show growth. 



If all the conditions are favorable from three to five tons 

 of clean barn-cured hay, free from weeds, may reasonably 

 be expected. When grass crops are heavy and run as high 



