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English Rye Grass. 



Orchard Grass. 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass. 



also Fine Top Burden's Grass. It grows 

 two to three feet high, and can be mown 

 when four feet high. It grows well on 

 hill tops and sides, in ditches, gullies and 

 marshes, but delights in moist bottom 

 land. It furnishes considerable grazing 

 during warm "spells" in winter, and in 

 spring and summer an abundant supply 

 of nutrition. It has a tendency, being' 

 very hardy, to increase in density of 

 growth and extent of surface, and will 

 continue indefinitely, though easily sub- 

 dued by the plow. Cut before maturing 

 seeds it makes a good hay and large 

 quantity. Red Top and Timothy being 

 adapted to the same soil and maturing 

 at the same time, do well together and 

 produce an excellent hay. Sow two 

 bushels per acre, if alone, in September, 

 October, February or March; if with 

 Timothy for hay from 6 to 10 pounds, if 

 with other grasses for pasture, 3 to 5 

 pounds. It is an excellent pasturage 

 grass, and will grow on almost any kind 

 of soil. 



Orchard Grass (Dactylis Glomerata). 

 This is one of the best grasses for 

 pasture. It grows quickly. Can be sown 

 either in fall or spring. Sow two bushels 

 per acre. It may be mowed from two to 

 four times a year, according to season 

 and treatment; yielding from one to three 

 tons of excellent hay per acre on poor 

 to medium land. In grazing and as hay, 

 most animals select it in preference 

 among mixtures in other grasses. After 

 grazing, or mowing, few grasses grow so 

 rapidly (three to six inches per week), 



and are soon ready again fcr tooth or 

 blade. It is easily cured, and handled. It 

 is readily seeded and catches with 

 certainty. Its long, deeply penetrating 

 fibrous roots enable it to sustain itself 

 and grow vigorously during droughts that 

 dry up other grasses, except tall oat 

 grass, which has similar roots and char- 

 acteristics. It grows well in open lands 

 and forests of large trees, the underbrush 

 being all cleared off. 



Tail Meadow Oat Grass. (Arrhena- 

 therum Avenaceiim). Everygreen grass 

 in Virginia and other Southern States, 

 and it is the Tall Oat (Avena Elatior) of 

 Linaeus. It is closely related to the com- 

 mon oat, and has a beautiful open panicle 

 leaning slightly to one tide. It is widely 

 naturalized and well adapted to a great 

 variety of soils. On ssndy or gravelly 

 soils it succeeds admirably, growing two 

 to three feet high. On rich, dry upland 

 it grows from five to seven feet high. It 

 may be sown in March or April, and 

 mowed the same season; but for heavier 

 yield it is better to sow in September or 

 ■October. Along the more Southern belt, 

 it may be sown in November and onward 

 till the middle of December. Whenever 

 sown it is one of the most certain grasses 

 to have a good catch. Not less than two 

 bushels per acre should be sown. 



Enclish, or Perennial Rye Grass. 

 (Lolium Perenne). This is the first 

 grass cultivated in England over two 

 centuries ago, and at a still more remote 

 period in France. It was long more 

 widely known and cultivated than any 



Plant Sunflower for Chicken Feed, and Steckler's Grass Seed Mixture. 



