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Hard Seeds Weed Seeds Germination Tests Actual Value of Seed 

 Adulteration of Seeds Buying Grass Seed Where Seeds are 

 Grown Sowing Grass Crops Nurse Crops Sowing Grass Crops 

 Alone Sowing in Cultivated Crops Time of Sowing Amount of 

 Seed to Sow. 



CHAPTER XXXVI 



CARE OF GRASS 338 



Fertilizers for Grass Kinds and Amounts of Fertilizers Methods 

 of Application Manure for Grass Land Reasons for Fertilization 

 Kind of Meadows to Fertilize Weeds in Meadows. 



CHAPTER XXXVII 



THE PRINCIPAL CULTIVATED GRASSES 343 



Timothy Origin and History Climatic Adaptations Its Advan- 

 tages Seed and Seeding Lime and Fertilizers Cutting for Hay 

 Composition and Feeding Value Yield and Life History Diseases 

 and Insects Redtop Origin and History Climatic Adaptations 

 Life History For Pasture and Meadow Seed and Seeding Bent 

 Grasses Orchard-grass Origin and History Climatic and Soil 

 Adaptations Advantages and Disadvantages Seed and Seeding 

 Mixtures of Orchard-grass The Blue-grasses Kentucky Blue- 

 grass Origin and History Soil and Climatic Adaptations 

 Its Characteristics^-Seeds and Seeding Time of Seeding Seed 

 Production Canadian Blue-grass Origin and History Seed and 

 Seeding. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII 



THE SECONDARY GRASSES 358 



Brome-grass Characteristics Seed and Seeding Tall Meadow 

 Oat-grass Origin and History Climatic Adaptations Character- 

 istics Seed and Seeding Meadow Fescue Origin and History 

 Adaptations Seed and Seeding Characteristics Rye-grasses Per- 

 ennial Rye-grass Origin and History Adaptations and Character- 

 istics Seed and Seeding Italian Rye-grass Origin and History 

 Adaptation and Characteristics Seed and Seeding Bermuda 

 Grass Description Climate and Soils Culture and Yield Mix- 

 tures for Bermuda Grass Johnson Grass Culture Soudan Grass. 



CHAPTER XXXIX 



MILLETS 369 



Distribution Kinds^Culture Rate of Sowing Feeding Value 

 Japanese Barnyard Millet Broom-corn Millet Pearl Millet. 



CHAPTER XL 



LEGUMES 375 



Principal Cultivated Legumes Comparison with Grasses-yCompo- 

 sition of Legumes and Grasses Effect on Fertility of the Soil Time 

 of Harvesting How Legumes Take Nitrogen from the Air Forms 

 for Different Legumes How to Inoculate Need of Inoculation 

 Soils for Legumes Lime Requirements of Legumes. 



CHAPTER XLI 



ALFALFA 384 



Origin and History Climatic Requirements Classification Blue- 

 flowered Alfalfa Variegated Alfalfas Yellow-flowered Alfalfa 

 Alfalfa Roots Development of Shoots Life Period of Alfalfa 

 Pollination Soils for Alfalfa Lime Manure and Fertilizers 



