112 How THE FABM PAYS. 



necticut, will understand the vast importance of this means of checking 

 the white daisy, when it is seen that tens of thousands of acres have 

 been given up to the possession of that worthless weed. It is in full 

 seed at the time Timothy hay is cut, and its seed retains vitality for 

 years. When this weed is mixed with the hay the mischief done is 

 not only for the succeeding year, but it may be for half a dozen years 

 after, as the seed, if plowed down into the ground, will remain for 

 years, and will germinate when brought to the surface again by a 

 subsequent plowing. So, then, we see, that if we are able to use 

 Orchard Grass, which is not only equally as good, but better in many 

 respects than Timothy, having in addition the valuable quality of 

 being in fit condition to cut at a season before the devastating white 

 daisy is in seed, we have accomplished something at which the farming 

 community may well rejoice. There is an unfortunate matter con- 

 nected with the name of this grass, however, which we shall endeavor 

 as far as possible to set right. It is universally known with us as 

 Orchard Grass, giving the impression to those unacquainted with it 

 that it is only fitted for growing in the orchard or under partial 

 shade. Although no other grass will do better under such circum- 

 stances, yet, like all other strong growing grasses, it will always pro- 

 duce a heavier crop if exposed to the bright and open sunshine. 



Q. Have you ever in your practice, Mr. Crozier, used Orchard Grass 

 without the admixture of clover or other grasses ? 



A. Very seldom. Believing in the great importance of having a 

 variety of grasses, either for hay or for pasture, I make it a rule to 

 include never less than five and sometimes as many as ten varieties 

 of grass together, with a due proportion of Clover. The mixture 

 which I sow after wheat in the fall or spring, for each acre of land, is 

 composed of the following 



VARIETIES OF GRASSES. 



Orchard Grass, Sweet Scented Yernal, 



Meadow Foxtail, Meadow Fescue, 



Sheep Fescue, English Eye Grass, 



Khode Island, or Creeping Bent, Italian Eye Grass, 

 Hard Fescue, Eed Top. 



(Engravings of these grasses will be found on the previous and 

 succeeding pages.) 



One-half of the bulk being in Orchard Grass, while the other half 

 is made up of the other grasses mentioned. I vary the quantities in 

 these mixtures according to the requirements of the soil, the quantity 

 needed for average lands being, per acre, about five and one-half 

 bushels, or seventy-five pounds. For rich, heavy lands from one- 

 quarter to one-third less. 



