TIMOTHY HAY 



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hay should be cut just as it is coming into blossom, others 

 say to wait until the blossoms have all fallen. We shall 

 cut our hay when the blossoms are beginning to fall. 



General requirements for meadow. Timothy does 

 well on rather heavy soils like clay and humus loams. 

 It also does well on muck soils, but it is likely to become 

 too coarse stemmed. The seed of timothy is usually sown 



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TIMOTHY HAY AT WEST VIRGINIA EXPERIMENT STATION 

 FIVE TONS PER ACRE 



in autumn with wheat or rye. After the grain is cut the 

 timothy occupies the field, and the next year is cut for 

 hay. It may be used several years for hay, especially 

 if top dressed in the spring with stable manure. Timothy 

 may be sown alone in the fall on well prepared land. A 

 bushel of seed is used for about six acres of land. In 

 practice timothy is often grown with red clover. A re- 

 cent practice of many farmers is to sow both timothy and 



