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FARM CROPS 



tilizers give good results and their use should be 

 increased. 



Sowing Grass Seed.— Very light, chaffy seed, 

 such as those of brome grass, especially the im- 

 portant seed and awned 

 seed, such as those of 

 tall meadow oat grass, 

 do not feed through 

 seeding machines satis- 

 factorily, and should 

 therefore, be sown by 

 hand. Hand sowing 

 should always be done 

 when the air is as still 

 as possible. It is well- 

 nigh impossible to dis- 

 tribute the seed evenly 

 when the wind is blow- 

 ing. Unless the sower 

 is decidedly expert, it is 

 best to sow half of the 

 seed at a time, making 

 the second sowing cross- 

 wise to the first. This 

 insures a more even 

 stand. For such seed 

 as will feed through 

 it, like timothy, red- 

 top (recleaned,) clovers, and others that are 

 small, round and clean, the wheelbarrow seeder is 

 the most satisfactory implement yet invented. Re- 

 cleaned blue grass seed can be sown with this 

 implement, but the uncleaned seed should be 

 sown by hand. Grass seeders are frequently at- 

 tached to grain drills. They answer very well for 



MEADOW FOXTAIL 

 A hardy perennial grass 

 much like timothy in appear- 

 ance. Its chief value Is In 

 mixtures for permanent pas- 

 tures and meadows. It is sel- 

 dom grown alone. For nutri- 

 tiveness It Is about at a par 

 with timothy. It fancies rich 

 soils and Is best known in the 

 Middle and New England 

 states. 



