TIMOTHY 89 



YIELD OF SEED 



The yield of all grass seeds is very variable. Three 

 bushels of timothy-seed (a bushel weighs about 45 

 lbs.) is considered a low yield, five is fair, and eight 

 is good. Yields of ten or twelve bushels are sometimes 

 obtained. When sown for purposes of seed-growing 

 four to six quarts of seed (six to nine pounds) only 

 is used. The price of the seed varies considerably, 

 but it is always so low that it costs less to seed an acre 

 of timothy than of any other grass. This is probably 

 one reason why American farmers grow timothy almost 

 to the exclusion of other hay grasses. 



