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a bushel of seed to the iioro. Sprin<,' wheat and hurley are inter- 

 mediate for tlie })urpose between rye and oats. 



"It is usually more certain to relv on a slicrht artiiicial cover- 

 in*,' with soil, than the natural coverinj,^ which may or nui}' not 

 take place by a shower of rain after the action of early spring 

 frost, which, however, nuiy sometimes succeed perfectly. The 

 pressure of a common farm roller on clover or grass seed, sown 

 on the freshly harrowed soil, covers most of it sliirhtlv, and is 

 one of the best means for insuring germination. Another good 

 way to coyer the fine seed is to pass an evenly made brush har- 

 row over it. This luirrow is easily and cheaply constructed by 

 placing several branches cut from a thickly set tree side l)y side, 

 and stringing them together by running a stout stake tlirough 

 the forks at the cut ciuls, taking care that no large i)r()jcctions 

 root into the ground in passing. Such a]nlrro^v, skillfully nuide, 

 Avill leave the ground nearly as smooth as a floor. After the 

 grain has been removed, it is well to look over the field and sow 

 a few more seeds where the grass seems too thin."' 



The following upon this topic is by Prof. J. W. Sanborn, of 

 Missouri: 



"I have had but little of the bitter experience complained of 

 by many in sowing grasses with other crops. Grass is, in its 

 early stages, a slow grower, and I can get gcxl results in grain, 

 and under the best conditions, a crop of grass the first year. On 

 a fine tilth and a fertile soil, I think few will fail to secure good 

 grass with a light seeding of grain. Grass alone, sown in the 

 spring, is out-grown by the rapid growing annual weeds, which 

 have to be cut or the misery of their seeding is experienced. 



" For several years on a large farm I grow little or nothing 

 except grass. AVhen I had corn aiul raised no other grain, I 

 sowed the grass occasionally in the corn after the last hoeing. I 

 have done much seeding in August, and some on the early frosts 

 of spring, or late spring snows (the latter method is a bad one), 

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