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MEADOWS AND PASTURES (Continued) 
TIME TO SOW 
Goon seed-bed is more important than the par- 
ticular date of sowing. It is unwise to sow 
grass-seed on soil that is too dry to give the 
grass a quick start. Ground that is at all 
weedy should never be sown in late spring, or weeds 
will choke out the grass. Over most parts of the 
Eastern United States grass-seed may be sown either 
in early fall or in very early spring. Fall sowing 
should be early enough to give the grass a good start 
before winter. In sections subject to late summer 
drouth it should be so timed as to escape the dry, hot 
weather. Spring sowing should be early enough to 
give the grass a start ahead of weeds. In middle 
latitudes most grasses and clovers may be safely sown 
on a light snow in late winter. When the snow melts 
the seed will be sufficiently covered by the shifting of 
soil due to the water formed from the melting snow. 
Perhaps the safest general rule, to be used with judg- 
ment, is to sow in early fall if the season is favor- 
able. If not, then sow in early spring. Some kinds 
of seeds produce plants that are especially tender when 
young. This is more generally true of alfalfa and 
clover than of the grasses. North of the Ohio River 
it is safer to sow these in spring, while farther south 
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