382 



LESSONS IN A<5RI< PI/TUBE 



of food for the stock from early spring to late fall. Mr 

 McClennan gives the following grasses for permanent 

 pasture : "A mixture of seed containing 4 pounds of or- 

 chard grass, 4 pounds of meadow fescue, 3 pounds of 

 tall oat grass, 2 pounds of timothy, 2 pounds of alsike 



FIG. 100. THE FASTI- UK 



clover, and 2 pounds of white clover. Total, 24 pounds. ' ' 

 The purpose of combining all these grasses in one field 

 is to have plants ripening at various periods throughout 

 the season, and adapting themselves to varying soil con- 

 ditions. The above mixture would not be suitable for 

 meadow purposes, because none of the plants would de- 

 velop and ripen together. In limestone regions the Ken- 

 tucky blue grass furnishes a permanent and ideal pas- 

 ture throughout the entire season. Mr. W. D. Zinn, of 



