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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



against the Kentucky blue-grass. With a view to testing 

 these species as regards this point, e(|ual areas of tlie reseeded 

 portions of plots 1 and 2 have been sown with each of the 

 two mixtures shown below : — 



Fescue Mixture (^Pounds per Acre). 

 Timothy, 

 Red -top, 

 Red clover, . 

 Alsike clover, 

 Kentucky blue-grass, 

 Meadow fescue, 

 Tall fescue, . 



6 

 8 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 



Timothy Mixture (Pou7ids per Acre). 

 Timothy, ....... 



Red-top, ....... 



Red clover, ....... 



Alsike clover, ...... 



18 

 8 



4 



These mixtures may be for convenience called respectively 

 fescue mixture and timothy mixture. The relative yields in 

 the tirst year on the two different seed mixtures is shown 

 below : — 



It will be* seen that the timoth}^ mixture has given the 

 larger crops this year on both i)lots, both at the first and 

 second (cuttings. During the past dozen years many mix- 

 tures of gra.ss seeds have been tried on different parts of the 

 college estate, but none has been found which, everything 

 considered, exceeds in value u mixture substantiallv that 



