PASTURES AND PASTURE PLANTS 



CHAP. 



largely depends upon the character of the soil and amount of moisture 

 available ; but, as a general rule, the aftermath is comparatively small. 

 Sinclair records 40,837 lbs. of green, or 17,355 lbs. of dried, produce at the 



time of flowering, with 9,528 

 lbs. of lattermath, from an acre 

 of clayey loam ; and the fol- 

 lowing yields of hay per acre 

 have been obtained : — Vianne, 

 5,280 to 13,200 lbs. ; Werner, 

 5,280 to 6,160 lbs.; and 

 Pinkert, 4,050 lbs. The seed, 

 the purest of which comes 

 from North America, is pro- 

 duced abundantly and is easily 

 harvested when the spikes 

 become tinted with orange. 

 As it is sometimes sifted out 

 from clovers, samples must 

 always be examined for the 

 seeds of Dodder. Good com- 

 mercial qualities should have 

 97 per cent, of germination 

 and 98 per cent, of purity, 

 147 lbs. being required to 

 sow an acre. Stebler says 

 that from 5 to 20 per cent, of 

 Timothy may be used in mix- 

 tures for temporary grass lands 

 according to the character of 

 the soil, but that 10 per cent, 

 must not be exceeded for per- 

 manent pastures. Excepting 

 for seed crops, it should always 

 be sown in mixtures of clovers 

 and other grasses, Alsike and 

 Red Clover being specially 

 suitable to produce leys of 2 

 or 3 years duration in con- 

 junction with it, about 5 lbs. 

 of Timothy being sown with 

 application of liquid manures and fertilizers is 



Timothy. 

 {Phletcm pratenseS) 



The 



10 lbs. of clovers, 

 always profitable. 



Bulbous Catstail-Grass {Phleum nodosum), a form in which the lowest 

 joints of the stems become swollen in the form of tubers, is merely an adapta- 

 tion of the ordinary variety to dry soils. 



PoA — Meadow- Grass 



Smooth-stalked Meadow-Grass {Foa pratensis). — Perennial, with very 

 long underground stolons, forming tufts, and so completely covering the 

 surface of the ground ; flowering early in June ; and ripening seed during the 



