The right seed mixtures, plus enough lime and proper fertilizer, 
are vital to successful stands. Space allows only these few 
suggestions. Your local Extension man or your own State De- 
partment may suggest others—to better suit your special needs. 
PASTURE AND HAY FORMULAS 
PENNSYLVANIA—Circular 338 suggests these tables of pasture 
mixtures as suitable combinations and amounts when spring sown 
on winter grain. All grass seed, except Orchard Grass, is best sown 
in the fall. If sown with spring grain on a loose seed bed, the amount 
of both grass and clover seed may be increased 25 per cent. 
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(3) For poor, dry conditions...... 4 4 2 4 4 1 
For Pasture, Silage or Hay, ‘‘sup- 
plementary pasture’’: 
Basic Mixture (use for all condi- 
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(a) To the basic mixture add one of the following grasses de- 
pending on the conditions indicated: 
(1) For maximum production of July and August pasture ex- 
cept on poorly drained areas—4 pounds Orchard Grass. 
(2) Only under fertile conditions—8 pounds Brome Grass. 
(3) On poorly drained areas—6 pounds Meadow Fescue. 
(b) For fertile, well-drained conditions, also add to the basic 
mixture—6 pounds Alfalfa. 
NEW JERSEY—Leaflet 25 suggests the following pasture formulas: 
(1) For productive, well-drained soils—Ladino Clover 1 pound, 
and Alfalfa 5 or Red Clover 3, together with Orchard Grass 6 
or Brome Grass 10 pounds. 
(2) For poorly drained soils—Ladino Clover 1 pound, Alsike 
Clover 3, Reed Canary 8, and Timothy 2 pounds for summer 
or fall sowing and 4 for spring. 
(3) For sandy or shaly soils—Ladino Clover 1 pound, Red Clover 5, 
Orchard Grass 6, and Timothy 4 pounds for spring sowing or 
2 for summer or fall. 
CORNELL'S latest recommendation on Birdsfoot Trefoil is as fol- 
lows: For hay, silage, or pasture, a seeding of 5 pounds Birdsfoot 
Trefoil with 5 pounds Timothy or 8 pounds Brome Grass per acre. 
(Birdsfoot seed should be inoculated.) Useful on fair to poorly 
drained soils for long-lived stands, and on well-drained to droughty 
soils difficult to plow or highly erosive. 
OHIO—Bulletin 261 suggests that on the very richest soils, an excel- 
lent hay-rotation pasture combination is 10 pounds Alfalfa with 
5 to 10 pounds Brome Grass. On soils not so well adapted to Alfalfa— 
3 pounds Red Clover, 7 pounds Alfalfa, and 5 to 10 pounds Brome 
Grass can be used. On seedings intended primarily for permanent 
pasture—3 to 5 pounds of Kentucky Blue Grass plus 42 to 1 pound 
each of Ladino and White Dutch Clovers may be added. ; 
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