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again until I succeed. I have never given up, and have never en- 

 tirely failed after repeated efforts. I got a good stand of timothy 

 many years ago with a gallon of seed to the acre, now I would rec- 

 ommend not less than one and a half gallons, or even a peck of 

 seed to the acre. Again, the better the stand you get, and the 

 thicker your grass comes up, the more will it keep out the weeds. 

 The white blossom, like the blue-grass, has also increased largely, 

 and seems to be yet increasing. That is a troublesome weed for 

 our meadows, still it is not as pernicious as it seems to the inex- 

 perienced. True, you cannot sell white blossom in the market, but 

 if you expect to consume the hay at home, and make your timothy 

 with a large amount of white blossom in it, you will find you will 

 have good hay. Stock will eat it, and readily; mules and cattle 

 seeming to do almost as well upon it as upon the timothy alone. 



" I know that some differ from me in considering the white blos- 

 som as troublesome as any other plant, and throw it away. I have 

 some hands to run along the windrow and pick out the white blos- 

 soms, and make hay of the white blossoms alone. It pays very well 

 for the labor of separating it. I will not throw the white blossom 

 away, for it is valuable. I stack it in my pastures and let the cat- 

 tle go to it at will during the winter. I also stack my straw, and 

 that helps the cattle. 



" Now, what is the proper time to cut timothy ? Some would 

 say as soon as it blooms ; others would say after it has bloomed and 

 the bloom has fallen. If I could cut it all on the day I thought it 

 would make the best hay, I would cut it just about the time it has 

 lost the largest portion of its bloom. If you cut it too green like 

 green fodder the stalk will shrivel and, after being cured, the 

 stalk will break short; but if allowed to get a little riper the stalk 

 will bend. 



"How much sun should it have? This is a question that can 

 only be determined by experience. The proper time to put it up is 

 when it has had as little sun as possible, so you are assured it will 

 not mould. If there is too much moisture in it, it will mould, and 

 thereby injure the hay. If the weather is settled, it will cure bet- 

 ter in cocks, but all these things must be governed by circum- 

 stances." 



