290 TIME OF BLOSSOMING. 



Alsike clover .... 5 Ibs. 



Perennial clover .... 5 Ibs. 



This mixture is designed for mowing-lots and for hay. 

 The grasses in this mixture are all early. Most of 

 them, under ordinary circumstances, will blossom by 

 the middle of June. They are all rich and nutritive, 

 and will make the best of hay, if cut in season and 

 properly cured. 



Late G-rass Mixture. (For One Acre.") 



Timothy grass . . . . . .11 Ibs. =1 peck. 



Red-top grass .6 Ibs. = i bushel. 



Tall fescue grass . . . 5 Ibs. = J bushel. 



Rough-stalked meadow grass . . .5 Ibs. = J bushel. 



Rhode Island bent grass . . . .4 Ibs. = bushel. 



Perennial clover . . . .6 Ibs. 



Red clover .5 Ibs. 



Alsike clover . . . . . 5 Ibs. 



The grasses in this mixture are all late. Timothy and 

 red-top rarely come to blossom before July. They will 

 not suffer if the scythe does not go into them till after 

 the 4th. These seeds can be procured of any first-class 

 importing seedsman, and they should be sown about 

 the middle of August, if the ground is in suitable con- 

 dition ; if not, as soon thereafter as may be. If a 

 farmer has, say, ten acres to lay down, let him sow one 

 half of it with the early mixture and the other half with 

 the late. If he will keep an eye on the result of the 

 experiment for two or three years, considering the 

 quality and quantity of the hay and the value of 

 the aftermath, he will find that, though the mixtures 

 may cost a trifle more than he would pay for the ordi- 

 nary mixtures of timothy and red-top, his outlay for 

 these mixtures will be worth to him more than ten 

 times the cost. 



