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SEED-TABLES 



Hay and Pasture Seeds 



Permanent meadoirn 



Timothy 



Red nlover . . . . 



Alsike 



Timothy 



Red-top 



Red clover . , . . 



Red-top 



Orchard-Rrass . . . 

 Meadow fescue , . 

 Red clover . . . . 

 Tall oat-grass . 

 Red clover .... 



Timothy 



Red clover .... 



Alsike 



Kentucky blue-grass . 



Red-top 



Orchard-grass , . . 

 Red-top (recleaned) . 

 Red-top (in chaff) 

 Tall meadow oat-grass 

 Red clover .... 

 Alsike clover 



20-24 lb. 

 per acre 



Permanent pastures: 



Timothy 31b. 



(^rchani-gra.ss . . .21b. 



Red-top 2 1b. 



2 lb. 

 lib. 

 2 1b. 

 4 1b. 

 2 lb. 

 Slb.l 

 41b. I 

 9 1b. \ 

 31b. I 



K(>ntucky blue-grass 

 Italian rye-grass . 

 Meadow fescue 

 Red clover ... 

 White clover . . 

 Kentucky blue-gra.ss . 

 White clover . . , 

 Perennial rye-grass 

 Red fescue .... 



Red-top 81b. J 



Red-top 14 lb. ] 



Alsike 8 lb. ! Wet pas- 

 Creeping bent . . . 6 lb. I" ture 

 Perennial rye-grass . 12 lb. J 

 Red fescue .... 20 lb. ] j • , . 



Red-top 101b. t'^lil 



Kentucky blue-grass . 8 lb. ( ^^^r^ 

 White clover . . . 2 lb. j ^°" 



Timothy, red-top, Kentucky blue- 

 grass and red clover, equal parts, 8 to 

 20 lb. pounds per acre of the mixture. 



For quantity of seed for cover-crops, see Chap. VIII. 



Number and weight of grass seeds, and another estimate of quantity to 

 sow (Fraser). 



The following table has been adapted from "The Best Forage 

 Plants," by Stebler and Schroeter, and from it calculations may be made. 

 The actual number of grains in a pound will frequently vary 20 per cent 

 either way ; for example, in recleaned fancy seed there are fewer grains 

 to the pound, while in an uncleaned sample free from chaff, but con- 

 taining many small seeds, the number will l)e greater. The recleaned 

 seed weighs heavier ])er bushel. The uncleaned seed may contain a 

 large proportion of chafT, and in such case the luimber of seeds per 

 pound of material may be very low. The numbers given are per pound 

 of pure seed. The percentage of germination of average snmj)les of 

 seed is frequently but half, and even less than half, of that given in the 

 table. The germination of the rye grasses given in the table is a little 

 higher than ordinarily found in the United States, even witli imported 

 seed. Low germinating power may be due to lack of uniformity in 

 ripening the seed ; to part of the seed on a plant being mature before 



