CROPS AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT 



Kentucky blue-grass 7 pounds 



Red clover 2 pounds 



Alsike clover 2 pounds 



White clover 1 pound 



Renewal of Permanent Pastures. There is 

 much pasture land that could not be broken with 

 profit for reseeding. There is neither time, nor 

 money, nor opportunity at the owner's hand for 

 this purpose, and often the loss of soil resulting 

 from washing would be a bar if the labor would 

 cost nothing. The renewal of such grass lands 

 can be made with profit if pernicious weeds 

 are not in the way. Plant-food, lime, and grass 

 seed are wanted. A disk or sharp spike-tooth 

 harrow, used in early spring or after an August 

 rain, will give some fresh earth for covering the 

 seeds. A complete fertilizer always is needed. 

 The clovers should go into the seed-mixture used. 



Destroying Bushes. The absence of sheep 

 is evident in the appearance of the greater area 

 of permanent pasture in the mountainous regions 

 of the eastern states. Bushes, briers, and other 

 weeds must be destroyed if pasture land would be 

 kept in a profitable state, and only the sheep or the 

 goat is the fully efficient aid of man in caring for 

 such land. The presence of dogs makes the tariff 



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