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would be required than if sown to provide hay or to fur- 

 nish seed. From half a bushel to a bushel of clean seed 

 is the amount sown by many growers, but some sow con- 

 siderably more, even as much as two bushels. The nor- 

 mal standard bushel weighs 14 pounds, but as the seed 

 comes into the market, the measured bushel varies from 

 an amount considerably below the standard to as high 

 as 44 pounds. It is very evident, therefore, that the 

 amount of seed to be sown will vary greatly with the 

 character of the seed used, a fact that should not be over- 

 looked when purchasing seed or when sowing the same. 

 When sown in mixtures for hay or for pasture, the 

 amounts of seed to use will lessen with the number of 

 the varieties sown and with the amoxmts of seed used 

 in these. When clean seed is used, 6 pounds of red top 

 and 6 pounds of timothy would suffice per acre. If red 

 clover is added, 4 pounds of red top, 4 of timothy and 6 

 pounds of common red or mammoth clover would suf- 

 fice. When sown with alsike clover and timothy, 3 

 pounds of the alsike, 4 pounds of timothy and 4 pounds 

 of red top should be enough. 



When sown in mixtures for pasture, orchard grass 

 and red top go well together on southern uplands. Four- 

 teen pounds of the former and 7 of the latter should 

 make a sufficient seeding. In the north on land somewhat 

 low, 4 to 5 pounds of clean blue grass seed per acre may 

 be profitably added to the mixture of alsike clover, tim- 

 othy and red top given above for hay, even though the 

 pasturing should not begin until two or three crops of 

 hay have been harvested. But red top may usually be 

 added with profit to any combination of grasses used 



