PASTURES, MEADOWS, AND FORAGE 19? 



exacting one, and in which the clover root-borer is kept in 



check, is 



Clover, one year ; 



Maize, with or without manure ; 



Oats ; 



Wheat, with phosphates and manures. 



A good rotation for "fairly fertile, lightish lands," is 



Clover, one year ; 

 Potatoes ; 

 Wheat. 



A rotation for weed -infested land is 



Sod; 



Maize : 



Potatoes or some other inter-tilled crop ; 



Oats or barley. 



307a. A permanent pasture is one which is to remain many 

 years without plowing. Some pastures, particularly on rocky or 

 rolling land, remain undisturbed for a generation and more. 

 Bermuda grass and Japan clover make 

 permanent pastures in many parts of the 

 South, but most grasses do not make good 

 sod there. In distinction to permanent 

 pastures are the temporary pastures which 

 are a part of a rotation, or the meadow 

 which is pastured after the hay is cut. 



311o. The familiar Timothy is shown 

 in Figs. 76 and 80. June-grass, with 

 a flower in detail, is seen in Fig. 77. 

 June-grass is a common grass along road- 

 sides, ripening very early, and is the best 

 grass for lawns. Orchard-grass is illus- 

 trated by Fig. 78. 



312o. The word host is here used: 

 in a different sense than by the botanist 

 and entomologist (292&). Here it means 

 a helper or companion, not a plant upon Fig ^ Shallow root-system 

 which another plant or an insect preys. ( timothy. 



