376 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



When mixed pastures are to be laid down for a long 

 term of years, in these states and provinces, good, well- 

 prepared and naturally moist land should be chosen. 

 The following varieties may be used in the mixture and 

 all of them, it is thought, with some profit : 



Lbs. per Acre. 



Timothy 3 



Orchard 3 



Redtop 3 



Meadow fescue 3 



Tall oat 2 



Meadow foxtail Z 



Fowl meadow 2 



Medium red clover 2 



Mammoth clover 2 



Alsike clover 2 



Total 24 



Those who do not care to hazard meadow foxtail and 

 fowl meadow, because of the difficulty of getting good 

 seed, could probably with certainty of success, sow 4 

 pounds per acre of Eussian brome instead. This grass 

 was not included in the formula for the reason, only 

 that experience in growing it in such mixtures in Amer- 

 ica, is as yet practically wanting. 



On sandy lands in these states and provinces nothing 

 better probably can be sown for permanent pastures 

 than Eussian brome, using 15 pounds of seed per acre, 

 and for stiff hard clays nothing would seem to serve the 

 purpose belter than Canadian blue grass (Poa com- 

 prcssa), sowing 12 pounds of seed per acre along with 

 3 or 4 pounds of medium red clover. 



For the Southeastern States. — For the states inelud- 



