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The second mixture, spoken of as the fescue mixture, was as fol- 

 lows : — 



Per acre : — 



Pounds. 



Timothy, ^ 



Redtop ° 



Kentuckj^ blue-grass, * 



Meadow fescue, .... '4. 



Tall fescue, * 



Red clover, ^ 



Alsike clover, 



These mixtures are under comparison upon a strong, retentive loam, 

 under liberal use of manure and fertilizers, The seeds were sown m 

 Auffu^t 1902. The crops in 1904 were respectively as stated m the tirst 

 paper : 'for the timothy mixture, a yield in two cuts at the rate of about 

 5 tons to the acre; for the fescue mixture, also in two cuts, a yield at 

 the rate of about U tons per acre. Commenting on these results inthe 

 first article, I said : " The timothy mixture is in the tirst year plamly 

 superior to the other, but it is expected that the fescue mixture will 

 maintain its quality better." The yields during the last season seem 

 so far to have justified this expectation. The average yield on the 

 area sown to the timothy mixture in two cuts amounted during 190i to 

 4 tons per acre. The average yield on the area sown to the fescue 

 mixture is a very little greater than that amount. The first of the two 

 mixtures of seed under comparison seems certain to prove most satis- 

 factory where mowings are frequently broken up, but lor more perma- 

 nent mowings the second seems certain to prove superior on all the 

 stronger and more retentive soils. A mixture adapted for permanent 

 mowings on light soils was given in the first paper. • j- , ^ 



Other mixtu?-es which may be valuable under the conditions indicated 

 are the following : — 



For two or three years' mowings on medium soils, per acre : — 



Pounds. 



Orchard grass, ^^ 



Tall oat grass, ^ 



Italian rye grass ' fi 



Meadow fescue, ^ 



Red clover, ^ 



Alsike clover, 



For permanent mowings on medium soils, per acre : — ^^^^^^^ 



Orchard grass, ° 



Italian rye grass, ^ 



Yellow oat grass, . . • • . • • • • _ 



Meadow fescue, 

 Tall fescye, . 

 Red clover, . 

 Alsike clover. 



Both of these seed mixtures will produce crops which should be 

 harvested relatively early; and, unless the farmer is Prepared to give 

 them attention when the crop is in the best condition he will do bettei 

 to select a mixture made up chiefly of timothy and redtop 



The various methods of sowing grass seeds, the time of sowing anrt 

 the use of manures and fertilizers in preparation for the ^'^ ^^f/Yf;^ 

 quite fully discussed in the first paper, which will be found in the May 

 Crop Report for last year. 



