130 Cost of Germinating Seeds per Acre. 



The. quantity of Grass and Clover Seeds (of the highest standard of 

 germination and purity) sufficient to soio an acre oj each species, the 

 number of germinating seeds per acre, the average price per lb., 

 and the average cost of the seeds per acre :— 



NAME OF SPECIES. 



Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow foxtail) 



Anthoxantliuin odoratum (Sweet vernal) 



Avena elatior (Tall oat-like grass) 



Avena flavcscens (Golden oat grass) 



Cynosurus cristatus (Crested dogstail) 



Dactylis g-lomerata (Cocksfoot) 



Festuca duriuscula ( Hard fescue) 



Festuca ejatior (Tall, fescue) 



Festuca ovina tenuifblia (Fine-leaved fesctie) 



Festuca plratensis (Aieado2o fescue) 



Lolium italicum (Italian ryegrass) 



Lolium perenne (Perennial rj/egrass) 



Phleum pratense (Catstail or Timothy) 



Poa nem oralis ( Wood meadow grass) 



Poa pratensis (Smooth-stalked meadow grass) 



Poa trivialis (Rough-stalked meadow grass) 



Achillea MillcfoliurQ' (Yai-row or Milfoil) 



Anthyllis vulueraria (Kidney vetch) 



Cichorium iutybus (Chicory) 



Lotus corniculatus (Birdsfoot trefoil) 



Medicago iupulina (Trefoil or Yellow clover) 



Medicago sativa (Lucerne) 



Petroselimim sativum (Parsley) 



Poterium teanguisox'ba (Burnet) - . . 



rrifolium hybridum (Alnke clover) 



Trifolium incarnatum (Italian or Crim. clover). . . . 



Trifolium pratense (ked or Broad clover) 



Trifolium pratense pereune (Perennial Red Clover) 

 Trifolium pi-atensu pereune var. (Late-Jioioering red) 

 IMfolium repeus ( White or Dutch clover) 



The quantity of any species of grass required to sow an acre depends 

 (1) on the size arid weight of the seeds (these vary considerably in the 

 different species — e.g., Avena eZato'o?- has 138,000 seeds in alb., while 

 Poa, trivialis has over two millions) ; (2) the size of the plant, and its 

 surface-covering capacity. Grasses of large growth, such as cocksfoot, 

 or those of spreading habit like Poa trivialis, require fewer plants to 

 cover an acre than those of small or upright habit of growth, such as 

 Festuca ovina tenui/olia or Poa nenioralis. It is necessary, therefore, 

 to take these matters, as well as the price of the seed, into considera- 

 tion, if economy in seeding is to be practised, as the seed that is the 

 lowest in price per lb. is not the cheapest per acre, nor is the seed that 

 is highest in price per lb. the dearest. 



