798 How to Estimate Seed Mixtures for Pastures and Hay. 
the number of germinating seeds in a pound of the best quality of 
the same grasses. 
Table II. — Number of Seeds in one 'pound of the same 
Grasses and Clovers. 
One pound of — 
Number of seeds 
Price 
Foxtail 
416,000 
s. d. 
1 4 
Cocksfoot 
405,000 
10| 
Tall fescue 
221,000 
1 6 
Meadow fescue .... 
231,000 
1 0 
Italian rye -grass .... 
256,000 
5* 
Perennial rye-grass 
218,000 
4 
Rough-stalked meadow-grass 
Timothy ...... 
2,145,000 
1 8 
1,294,000 
6 
Red clover 
227,000 
1 3 
Alsike ...... 
704,000 
1 1 
White clover 
717,000 
1 0 
A glance at this table shows that a mixture of a pound each of 
meadow grass and timothy produces more living plants (3,439,000) 
for 2s. 2 d. than a mixture consisting of a pound of each of the re- 
maining six grasses and three clovers (3,395,000) in the table at a 
cost of 8s. lOd. 
The only reliable guide to the quantity of a mixture which should 
be used for laying down a field is to discover how many germinating 
seeds a definite amount, say a pound or a peck of each element, con- 
tains. Taking again 10,000,000 seeds per acre as the minimum 
amount to be sown, we have the following facts in regard to the 
same grasses and clovers. 
Table III. — Price, Bulk, and Weight of Ten Million Seeds 
of the same Grasses and Clovers. 
Ten million seeds of— 
Price 
Weight 
Bulk 
£ 
S. 
d. 
lb. 
oz. 
Bush. 
Pecks 
Timothy ..... 
3 
4 
7 
11 
3 
S 
Rough-stalked meadow-grass 
7 
6 
7 
10i 
1 
Perennial rye-grass . 
13 
4 
45 
12 
1 
Italian rye-grass 
15 
10 
39 
0 
1 
2- 
Cocksfoot 
1 
0 
0 
24 
15 
1 
Of 
Foxtail 
1 
11 
8 
24 
0 
1 
3 
Meadow fescue .... 
2 
3 
4 
43 
3^ 
1 
2* 
Tall fescue 
3 
4 
2 
45 
2* 
1 
H 
Alsike 
15 
0 
14 
31 
4 
5 
White clover .... 
17 
6 
13 
15 
4 
2| 
Red clover 
2 
3 
4 
43 
15* 
The value of this table for determining what quantity of each 
seed should be used must be apparent at a glance. Some seedsmen, 
seeing the importance of ascertaining the growing plants in a mixture, 
