296 PRACTICAL EXPEEIENCE. 



The plant from seed sown in August or September, if 

 the season is moist, will take de^^root, and be pre- 

 pared to withstand the changes of winter. Grass-seed 

 sown with grain in the spring is liable to be killed in 

 the hot days of July and August, about the time of 

 cutting the grain, particularly on light, sandy, or grav- 

 elly lands. Clover should be sown in the spring as 

 soon as convenient after the frost is out of the ground, 

 on land seeded down the preceding autumn, probably, 

 rather than sooner in the autumn, as the winter is often 

 too severe for the tender roots." 



An experienced farmer writes as follows : " Dn moist 

 land I prefer to turn over the green sward, after haying, 

 with a Michigan plough, and seed in August, after 

 spreading on a coat of manure, to give the grass an 

 early start ; " and another, " I consider the month of 

 August as the best time to seed down land for mowing, 

 with the exception of clover, and that I sow early in 

 spring." " I think August or the early part of Septem- 

 ber is the best time to seed down grass land," says 

 another, " as in the fall of the year it will get root, and 

 not be burned up by the sun, as it would be in spring." 

 Another says, " I sow from the middle of August to the 

 middle of September. If sown in spring with oats or 

 other grain, the young grass is liable to be summer- 

 killed, either choked by the ranker growth of the grain, 

 or scorched by the hot sun when the grain is taken 

 off. If sown in spring without grain, there is one sea- 

 son lost." 



A farmer on the Connecticut River states that " if 

 the season is not too dry, August is a good month to 

 seed for mowing. I have had very good success in 

 seeding with turnips, or grass-seed alone, in August or 

 September, to mow the next year ; but the usual prac- 

 tice here is to seed with wheat or rye, in September or 



