66 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



conditions as relate to soil and moisture. Except on 

 certain prairie soils, scattering the seed before the seed- 

 er would usually bury it too deeply. 



The depth to which timothy seed should be buried 

 will depend on such conditions as relate to climate, sea- 

 son and soil. The more moist the climate, the less the ne- 

 cessity for putting the seed down deeply into the soil 

 and vice versa. The dryer the summer climate, the 

 greater the necessity for putting the seeds down if sown 

 in the spring, and the colder the climate, the greater the 

 necessity for putting them down in the autumn. The 

 later in the spring that the seed is sown, the deeper 

 should it be buried, and the same is true of autumn 

 seeding on soils that lift. The heavier and firmer the 

 soil as a rule, the less deeply does the soil require to be 

 covered, and vice versa. Under some conditions the 

 seed does not need to be covered in any other way save 

 as nature covers it. Under other conditions it may be 

 advantageous to cover it as deeply as two inches if not 

 indeed, even more deeply. In a majority of instances 

 an ideal depth would be about half an inch. 



When sown on the snow or on land in the honey- 

 combed condition, of course the seed cannot be covered 

 by any artificial process. When sown with a grain drill 

 or broadcast seeder and along with the grain, it must 

 also be buried as deeply as the grain. When sown on 

 winter crops in the spring after the soil has become 

 firm, the seed ought to be covered with the harrow or 

 weeder. The stiffer the soil, the heavier the harrow that 

 ought to be used, and the more erect should the teeth 

 be when in use, and vice versa. Stirring the surface 



