316 THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE 



What is a "meadow?" How does it differ from a pasture? 

 What is an average yield for a meadow? What is the importance 

 of a meadow in the rotation? In what kinds of meadows are the 

 largest yields usually secured? What is the advantage of mixing 

 clover with the grasses? What are the advantages of mixed and 

 unmixed meadows for hay? What is the lowest average yield at 

 which a meadow can be considered to be profitable? 



What is a "permanent meadow?" When may such meadows 

 be advisable? What is the problem with lowland meadows? How 

 should the number of plants per square foot differ between 

 meadows and pastures? How may meadows be tilled or prevented 

 from becoming "hidebound?" 



Name some of the grasses that are best adapted to mer.dows. 

 How much seed may be sown of grasses and clover? Name some 

 of the grasses of secondary special importance. Suggest how 

 much seed may be required to an acre. 



What is meant by the term "forage plants? " By "roughage" 

 (see glossary)? What are "soiling" plants? What general re- 

 marks can you make about the growing or tilling of forage plants? 

 What are the two leading forage plants of the United States? 

 Describe them and tell where their greatest areas of production 

 are. Name some of the annual forage plants of secondary value. 



PART III. THE ANIMAL AND STOCK 



Note that there are two general subjects con- 

 sidered in this part of the book. These subjects 

 are: the animal as an individual, and an aggre- 

 gation of animals known as live-stock. Before 

 one can handle animals in groups or become a 

 stock farmer, he must know the characteristics 

 of the individual animals and how to feed and 

 treat them. This part of the book is divided 

 into four general parts: (xin) the general offices 



