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vary from a wet, springy bog to dry, gravelly hill land. Part may 

 be well supplied with lime and part acid. Another part may be 

 under woods and some in the open. No one grass can be expected to 

 succeed in all conditions, while a well-chosen mixture may furnish 

 some good plant for all parts. 



Temporary and Permanent Pastures. A sharp distinction 

 must be made between temporary pastures of one to three years, 

 and permanent pastures. Almost any quick-growing, vigorous 

 grass may produce good temporary pasture. Timothy meadows are 

 sometimes cut for a year or two and then turned into pasture for a 

 year or two. It is not very common practice to sow temporary 

 pastures. Permanent pastures are most commonly on land not well 

 suited to growing cultivated crops. The land is often uneven in 

 quality, and judgment is needed to secure a good covering of pasture 

 plants. 



Supplementary Pastures. Where a supplementary pasture is 

 needed for only one summer or perhaps two or three months, 

 usually one of the cereals, millets or sorghums is used. Winter rye 

 sown early in August will make a late fall and early spring pasture. 

 Winter rye sown in the spring makes a good midsummer and fall 

 pasture. Millets and sorghum may be sown from early spring to 

 midsummer for supplementary pasture. Grasses or clovers are 

 seldom sown for so short a period. 



Temporary Pastures. Frequently a quick pasture is needed 

 for only two or three years. Quick-growing grasses and clovers are 

 used. Eye-grass, timothy, redtop, red clover, and alsike clover are 

 best. These plants, sown early in August, will furnish a good 

 pasturage the following season, and for a period of two or three 

 years. Sown in spring with a nurse crop they will furnish fall 

 pasture the same season. 



The following mixture is suggested for temporary pasture 

 (Seed for one acre.) 



English rye-grass 20 pounds 



Timothy 5 pounds 



Redtop 3 pounds 



Red clover . . 5 pounds 



Alsike clover 3 pounds 



36 pounds 



