GRASS SODS 



only matters of interest that the fields, depleted by 

 cultivation and seeded down to grass, have for 

 the owner until the poor hay yield and the need 

 of a sod for corn draw attention again to them. 



Seeding with Small Grain. The usual custom 

 is to sow grasses with small grain, and there is 

 much to commend it. The cost of preparing the 

 seed-bed rests upon the grain crop, and the con- 

 ditions are favorable to fall growth and winter 

 protection, if the seeding is made in the fall. 

 Wheat and rye are good crops with which to seed. 

 In the case of fertile land there is the danger that 

 the timothy will establish itself too well in a warm, 

 moist autumn to permit clover to get a foothold 

 the following spring, and clover should always be 

 seeded for the sake of fertility. In northern 

 latitudes clover cannot be seeded successfully as 

 late in the season as wheat should be sown, as it 

 fails to become well rooted for winter. The over- 

 crowding of clover by timothy is met in part by 

 reduction in amount of timothy seed sown with 

 the wheat. 



The oat crop is less satisfactory for seedings to 

 grass and clover. The leaves near the ground are 

 too thick, shading the young plants unduly, and 

 the late harvest exposes the grass and clover when 



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