TIMOTHY SEED PEODUCTIOX 5 



large proportion of the timothy seed may be blown out with the 

 straw and chaff, and the yield much reduced thereb} T . 



If the seed is to be elevated and collected in bags from the spouts 

 as with grain, then fine sieves must be substituted for, or placed be- 

 low, those used for wheat or other cereals. If the quantity of timothy 

 to be threshed is small, a canvas on which the seed falls may be placed 

 under the machine. Timothy seed which may have grown as a volun- 

 teer crop in mixture with winter wheat or rye may be collected in this 

 way. 



Threshed and Headed Timothy 



Threshed timothy is timothy that has been harvested for the seed 

 crop, ordinarily with a grain binder, and from which the seed has 



Figure 1. — The seeds of mature timothy which has been exposed to the weather are 

 gradually shattered off the heads. 



been threshed. The term " headed " timothy refers to timothy that 

 has been mowed after the seed heads, together with the upper parts 

 of the stems, have been removed either with a header or a combine. 

 Threshed and headed timothy, both of which have a much lower 

 feeding value than timothy harvested early for hay, are usually fed 

 as a roughage to livestock "on the farm. 



Recleaning the Seed 



By using some of the modern types of seed cleaners it is possible to 

 remove most if not all of certain weed seeds which could not be sep- 

 arated from the timothy by means of a fanning mill. Usually the 

 seed grower does not have expensive seed-cleaning machinery on his 

 farm, but can avail himself of the use of a fairly efficient machine by 

 hiring the owner of one to do the work. 



