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derstood, add one pound each, in lieu thereof, to the 

 timothy and red top and two pounds to the orchard 

 grass. The red clovers are sown in these as in all the 

 mixtures in which they are included to aid in furnishing 

 pasture the year following that in which the grasses are 

 sown, with the expectation that they will soon entirely 

 disappear. On certain soils, where alfalfa grows read- 

 ily it may be sown in lieu of mammoth clover, using 

 the same amount of seed per acre. Where the lands 

 are naturally dry, it may be well to substitute meadow 

 fescue "for redtop, using the amount of seed named 

 as suitable for redtop. Kentucky blue grass and white 

 clover would be likely to come into the mixed pastures, 

 at all permanent in character, in two or three years, 

 in all or nearly all the states and provinces in the group 

 now being considered. Before many years, they would 

 probably be the leading factors in the same, hence it 

 is not usually necessary to sow them. The same is also 

 true of them in some of the other groups of states. 

 Where it is not, however, it may be advisable in some 

 instances to add a few pounds of blue grass seed and 

 a little white clover seed to the formulas given. 



For low lying lands, naturally moist, but on which 

 water does not lie to any appreciable extent, the follow- 

 ing grasses would answer for mixed pastures of con- 

 siderable duration, but not laid down for an indefinite 



period : 



Lbs. per Acre. 



Timothy 6 



Redtop 6 



Russian brome 5 



Alsike clover 3 



Total .... 20 



