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also help to cure them properly. Put up neatly in bundles or 

 sheaves about three or four inches in diameter at the base. Tie 

 these bundles with a strong cord. Do not use wide ribbons or 

 binder twine. For the timothy and blue grass samples choose 

 large heads and long stems and strip off the leaves of each stalk 

 before making the sheaf. With alfalfa and clover the dry 

 leaves may drop off in handling. This may be prevented by 

 covering your samples with a damp cloth for a short time before 

 making up the sheaf, but do not get your samples too damp. 

 Collect the clover when in blossom, the alfalfa when just be- 

 ginning to bloom, and timothy and other grasses when the heads 

 have passed the blossoming stage. Prepare two or more 

 sheaves for your county fair or other grain shows. 



2. Grow a plot of timothy seeded at the rate of 6 quarts 

 per acre. For comparison, also a plot of clover and timothy 

 mixture, sown at the rate of 4 quarts of timothy and 2 quarts 

 of clover. 



3. Prepare samples of clover seed and timothy seed for ex- 

 hibition purposes. 



