62 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
are taken from the current catalogue of a well-known 
seed house, and are there quoted for seed in hundred- 
pound lots. The quantity of seed to sow per acre, 
shown in the first column of figures, is in some cases 
less than half that recommended in the catalogue: 
COST OF SEED PER ACRE 
Price Cost 
Lbs. Cents per Acre 
TiMoth yesh a ek ye He ea x 15 6% $.97% 
Italian rye-grass . a 25 8 2.00 
piel rye-grass . . 25 8 2.00 
Redtop.... . 16 15 2.40 
Meadow-fescue . 20 14 2.80 
Brome-grass .. . ae 3 20 16 3-20 
Canada blue-grass . a 30 12 3.60 
Orchard-grass .. . ‘ z 24 19 4.56 
Kentucky blue-grass . ‘i 40 16 6.40 
Tall oat grass . 2 30 25 7.50 
Tall fescue, 4 + «+ e 25 45 11.25 
The low price of timothy is due largely to its good 
seed habits, because of which so much of this crop is 
grown as to render the seed a standard article of com- 
merce. On account of the low price, together with the 
small size of the seed, it costs less than half as much 
per acre to seed with timothy than with any other cul- 
tivated grass. 
The low cost of rye-grass seed is due to the great 
abundance of these seeds produced in England and on 
the Continent of Europe, where they are the leading 
grasses. The high price of tall fescue seed is due 
largely to the small amount produced. ‘There is no in- 
trinsic reason why it should command a higher price 
