CROPS AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT 



should be used. It may be seeded in the 

 spring or fall, and preferably in August or Sep- 

 tember. 



Timothy. In a mixture of pasture grasses 

 timothy has a place wherever it thrives. It is 

 not naturally a pasture grass, standing grazing 

 rather poorly, but it makes a large amount of 

 feed quickly. The grass is one of the poorest in 

 protein, and the pasturage gains much in quality 

 when the timothy gives way to blue-grass, as it 

 will in two or three years if the latter has favoring 

 soil conditions. In most mixtures it is given a 

 leading place. It may be sown in the spring, 

 but preferably in the fall, and 15 pounds of 

 seed will be found satisfactory, when seeded 

 alone. 



Red-top. If red-top were as palatable to 

 livestock as blue-grass, it would have one of the 

 most prominent places among our pasture grasses. 

 It is valuable anyway, thriving where land is too 

 acid for blue-grass or timothy, or too thin. It is 

 adapted to wet land, and yet is one of our surest 

 grasses for dry and poor land. It makes a sod 

 that lasts well, and yields better than most other 

 grasses. Notwithstanding its lack in palatability, 

 it should be in all pasture mixtures for soils not 



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