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delicate in the sprouts. No stock should be allowed for the 

 first year, nor until the grass seeds in June for the first time 

 the second year. The best plan is to turn on the stock 

 when the seeds ripen in June. Graze off the grass, then 

 allow the fall growth, and graze all winter, taking care 

 never to feed the grass closely at any time." 



Another authority says: "Follow nature and obey her 

 dictates. The seeds ripen in June, and are scattered by the 

 winds and rains as soon as ripe, therefore, sow the seeds as 

 soon as they can be gathered." 



This plan might be a proper one in a colder or moister 

 climate than ours, but here it would result in the grass 

 being often dried up by the droughts that are almost in- 

 variable in the latter part of summer. 



Many sow, as stated in the above quotation, on winter 

 snows, and that is a very good plan, but care should be ob- 

 served to have the ground free from leaves before the snow 

 falls. 



There are others who sow in the latter part of February 

 or first of March, and this sometimes does as well as any, 

 provided time is given for the grass to get sufficient hold to 

 resist the withering effects of the summer's drought. The 

 main care to be taken is to get the grass large enough to 

 live through freezing or dry weather. It will resist the 

 effects of frost better than heat, however, and taking this 

 into consideration, the most approved time of sowing is in 

 the latter part of August or first of September. If sown 

 at this time the autumnal rains will germinate the seed, and 

 besides, at this season there is comparatively little trash on 

 the ground, the leaves having not yet fallen. The ground 

 being prepared, the seeds are sown broadcast, at the rate of 

 one bushel per acre, and the sower should be followed with 

 a harrow, or, if the ground is very loose, with a stiff brush. 

 This will give them a sufficient covering. It is a fact, 

 demonstrated by actual experiment, as shown in one of the 

 tables herein contained, that grass seeds will vegetate best at 



