4-10 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



Stage. When Eussian brome and timothy are sown, use 

 10 and 6 pounds of seed respectively; when Russian 

 brome and rye grass are sown, use !) and 10 pounds 

 respectively. For methods of sowing, bCe p. 179. 



The best grain crops for hay alone (ir oats and Cana- 

 da field peas, and probably oats and vetches, especial- 

 ly northward as indicated by the abundance of wild 

 peas growing in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. 

 Oats and peas may be sown with the drill in the mixed 

 form, using about i bushel of oats to about 2 bushels 

 of peas and about i bushel of oats to 1| bushels of 

 vetches per acre. The proportion nui}- need to be va- 

 ried somewhat in different areas to meet requirements. 

 They should be sown on fall ploughed land and early 

 in the spring; millet also does well in much of this 

 area. 



For the Upper Mississippi Basin. — Fm- the area in- 

 cluded in this group, see p. 347, and for temporary 

 hay meadows, grown in them, see p. oil. The best 

 single plants for permanent hay meadi;iws in Wiscon- 

 sin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota are Russian brome, 

 on dry soils, and timothy and redtop, for moist lands. 

 In laying these down, sow of Russian brome 15 pounds 

 per acre; of timothy, 12 jiounds and of redtop 12 

 ])i.)unds; alfalfa Avill also grow in many parts of thes(; 

 states, and when it does will make excellent permanent 

 meadow. But by far the best combination for perma- 

 nent meadows is timothy, redtop and alsike clover, sown 

 on moist soils, at the rate of 4, 4 and 3 pounds re- 

 spectively per acre. In Missouri, the Ijest permanent 

 meadow "rassos are mucli tbe same as in these states. 



