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5. Careless and imperfect methods of seeding. 
In regions where grain farming is practiced, and 
the grain sold, little attention is given to the hay 
crop; it is not a money crop in the same sense as 
corn, oats or wheat. If enough hay is procured to 
meet the needs of the working stock, no special 
efforts are made to secure thick and uniform 
stands, and thus the possibilities of the land are 
not realized, and the value of the crop, as a soil 
renovator, is not obtained. The small quantity of 
manure that is made is used on corn or wheat, and 
the grass or clover is seeded with the wheat, rye 
or oats. By these methods the added fertility in 
the manure has been largely used by the preceding 
crop of corn, or by the wheat or other grain crops, 
and only in exceptional cases, especially in the 
East and South, is a good catch secured, and, con- 
sequently, the yield is not large and it is often of 
poor quality. When dairying or stock-growing is 
combined with grain-farming, more attention is 
naturally given to hay, although even then the 
corn crop, which is regarded as the forage crop 
par excellence, is usually given first consideration. 
Hay standards 
The grass most generally grown for hay is 
timothy, which is a most excellent plant for the 
purpose, particularly from the standpoint of sala- 
