62 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



are taken from the current catalogue of a well-known 

 seed house, and are there quoted for seed in hundred- 

 pound lots. The quantity of seed to sow per acre, 

 shown in the first column of figures, is in some cases 

 less than half that recommended in the catalogue: 



COST OF SEED PER ACRE 



Cost 

 per Acre 



Timothy 



Italian rye-grass . . 

 English rye-grass . 



Redtop 



Meadow-fescue . . . 

 Brome-grass , . . 

 Canada blue-grass . 

 Orchard-grass . . . 

 Kentucky blue-grass 

 Tall oat-grass . 

 Tall fescue 



2.00 

 2.00 

 2.40 

 2.80 



3- 20 

 3.60 

 456 

 6.40 

 750 

 11.25 



The low price of timothy is due largely to its good 

 seed habits, because of which so much of this crop is 

 grown as to render the seed a standard article of com- 

 merce. On account of the low price, together with the 

 small size of the seed, it costs less than half as much 

 per acre to seed with timothy than with any other cul- 

 tivated grass. 



The low cost of rye-grass seed is due to the great 

 abundance of these seeds produced in England and on 

 the Continent of Europe, where they are the leading 

 grasses. The high price of tall fescue seed is due 

 largely to the small amount produced. There is no in- 

 trinsic reason why it should command a higher price 



