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From "Cottxtry Gentleman"," published iu Albany, X. Y. 

 GRASS CULTURE. 



By invitation of Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co. of New York, a represent- 

 ative of this paper visited their experimental grass plats. 



To reproduce English turf in the face of American drouths and heat may not 

 be possible; to better the common clover and timothy practice, with 

 its frequent thin results and speedy running out, is surely feasible. 

 Instead of three or four varieties, ten to fifteen or twenty are used : tall and 

 short grasses, coarse and fine, late and early sorts, are deftly combined in vary- 

 ing proportions according to the end in view. 



Below the taller grasses was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the 

 close, rich turf hid every particle of soil. There did not seem to 

 be room for another spear of grass. Going over to an ordinary 

 timothy meadow near by, the contrast was striking. The individual 

 spears in a foot square could easily be counted; "standing-room" 

 lor more was abundant. The soil had not been ''worked for all it 

 was worth," and the thoughtful farmer might do some suggestive 

 figuring. 



From "American Agrictltfrist," published in Xeir York City. 

 BEST GRASSES FOR HAY AND FOR PASTURE. 



By a judicious choice of seeds, mixtures have been effected which will give con- 

 stant pasturage in this climate from early spring until late in the autumn. 



Timothy, and in many parts "timothy and clover," is the standard grass in 

 the country. While timothy is a valuable grass, there are some other kiDds so 

 much better, which last longer, yield a heavier crop, will stand various climatic 

 and soil conditions better, it is astonishing that the majority of farmers should 

 still stick to the timothy without even giving one or more of the otherkindsand 

 mixtures a fair trial. 



It should be remembered that a discriminate mixture of grasses 



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and clover gives a better result than does any kind grown by itself, 

 for the simple reason that mixtures are bound to grow closer to- 

 gether on the ground, and thereby their component species protect 

 one another from undue heat and drought. 



Such mixtures are far superior to timothy or "timothy and 

 clover," or any one grass, costing but a little more, lasting much 

 longer, and giving frequently more than double the yield. 



From "Farm and Home," published in Springfield, Mass. 

 MORE HAY A>iD BETTER PASTURE. 



Bare pastures are a source of loss to the farmer. The broad acres that must 

 be devoted to grass are paying taxes and interest, and if not covered with 

 luxuriant hay and pasture are breeding weeds. If seeded with well-proportioned 

 mixtures of proper grasses, even the steep hillside will yield pasture and hay, 

 which every farmer knows is rich with money. 



The tendency to run out and the many thin stands obtained with timothy and 

 clover, or with any separate grasses, led to the trial of mixtures of imported 

 and other grasses which have become naturalized in America. The natural sod 

 is formed of a mixture of many grasses, each variety having a certain use in 

 meeting the varying conditions of growth. 



The enormous yield of nearly 4% tons of good hay per acre should 

 convince any one that more hay and better pasture can be grown 

 with mixtures than with timothy and clover alone, as, under the 

 very same conditions, the latter yielded less than a ton and a half 

 (2,760 lbs.) per acre. 



From "ErRAL New Yorker," published in Xen- York City. 

 THE VALUE OE GRASS SEED MIXTURES. 



This firm (P. H. & Co.) has been engaged in a long series of experiments in 

 making up mixtures of grass seeds for hay and permanent pasture, and also for 



lawns. The underlying idea seems to be that 



these different grasses, having different root 

 systems, will occupy the ground more fully if a 

 number of different kinds are sown together. 



The first piece we visited was one that was 

 seeded with about three bushels per acre of 

 Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Hay 

 and Permanent Pasture for Light Soil. Mow- 

 ing had begun in this plot, and it was so 

 thick on the bottom that much diffictilty 

 was experienced in getting the mower 

 through it. 



The earliness of the grasses as com- 

 pared with Timothy is a desirable 

 feature, as the haying season comes on at a 

 time when there is little pressing work going 

 on, and the hay is all in the barn before grain 

 harvest. 



Few of the old-time methods of seed- 

 ing will give an amount of hay equal to 

 this first cutting , and after the hay is off, 

 the grasses will startup again so quick- 

 ly that fine pasturage will be afforded, 

 or at least l 1 i ton per acre more hay may 

 be cut in August or September. 









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