304 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



The seed weighs 14 pounds to the bushel. When 

 sown alone one bushel ought to suffice ; when sown with 

 other grass, the amount of seed required will be ia- 

 fiuenced by the number of the grasses sown, and by 

 the use that is to be made of them, also by adaptation 

 in soils. In mixtures it will seldom be necessary to 

 sow more than 7 pounds per acre and frequently much 

 less than this amount will suffice. 



Pasturing. — While this grass stands pasturing rea- 

 sonably well for a season, close grazing will injure it 

 in time, especially in warm situations. The after- 

 math is said to be more nutritious than the hay. 



Harvesting for Hay. — The hay is cut and harvest- 

 ed in about the same way as timothy. (See p. 72.) The 

 yields are heavy on good soils, and it has been said are 

 always greatest in mixtures. It has been claimed that 

 in England it will yield more than rye grass, but this 

 statement will probably apply only to certain locali- 

 ties. Testimony is agreed as to the high quality of 

 the hay. 



Securing Seed. — As the seed of rough talked mead- 

 ow grass is very largely if not entirely imported, 

 American methods of saving it cannot be given. It 

 would seem reasonable,, however, to suppose that it 

 could be saved by much the same plan as Kentucky 

 blue grass. (See p. 101.) 



Renewing. — When this grass fails, it will probably be 

 found better to re-sow than to try renewal by adding 

 seed from time to time, but to this there may be some 

 exceptions. 



