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jOSEPII BRECK & SONS 
(CORPORATION.) 
Crimson Clover Lucerne Clover 
foul at the end of the period for which it was laid down — the spaces vacated by the annual and biennial 
grasses being in all likelihood occupied by objectionable weeds, when, if a proper selection of those species 
capable of lasting the whole of the desired period were sown, the lay would remain full of plants, free 
from weeds, and, consequently, much more profitable during the whole time the land is in grass. 
The practice of mowing grass for hay when the plants are in blossom is acknowledged to be a good 
one, in that it is not so exhausting to the soil, and a more succulent hay, freer from dust, is obtained. ; it 
has, however, from the fact that all natural reseeding is prevented, a tendency to weaken the plants and 
reduce their number ; hence when we see an old field of grass that was originally sown with Timothy, Redtop, 
and Clover, and which lias been mowed, perhaps, twice annually, we can readily account for either the 
enormous number of weeds or vacant places that are sure to be noticeable. Our system of mixture practi¬ 
cally overcomes this difficulty by the continued growth and stooling out of some of the varieties included 
that do not attain full maturity under four to six years. Such mixtures, although in the first place more 
expensive than the ordinary orthodox seeding, are in the end more profitable ; we have seen aftermaths 
from permanent mowing mixtures that more than equaled first crops of Timothy. 
In making up the following tables the utmost care has been exercised, and we have no hesitation in 
recommending them to our patrons. 
BRECK’S SPECIAL MIXTURES FOR MOWING AND GRAZING LANDS. 
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4 Years’ Mowing 
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Medium 
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Soils. 
Soils. 
Soils. 
Soils. 
Soils. 
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Italian Rye Grass. 
6 
6 
6 
4 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
Perennial Rye Grass. 
4 
4 
5 
5 
5 
6 
5 
6 
7 
6 
6 
7 
Orchard Grass. 
A 
3 
3 
6 
5 
8 
6 
6 
9 
- 
7 
Meadow Foxtail. 
— 
1 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
Hard Fescue. 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
Blue Grass. 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
Red Top . 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
Wood Meadow. 
1 
1 
x 
x 
Rough-stalked Meadow.. .. 
— 
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— 
_ 
— 
— 
1 
2 
3 
2 
2 
Meadow Fescue . 
2 
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2 
2 
2 
3 
4 
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4 
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Timothy. 
7 
9 
9 
9 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
7 
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Red Clover. 
7 
8 
8 
4 
5 
5 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Perennial Red Clover. 
A 
5 
1 
5 
1 
2 
2 
7 . 
Alsike Clover. 
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2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
White Clover. 
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2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
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35 
38 
35 
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41 
44 
40 
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