The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-09-23
CHOICE OF
Tho Best Seeds to Sow for PermaneI
Meadow and Pasture.

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Meadow and Pasture.
Grasses admirably adapted to some
soils and situations may be of little
value in other conditions. A dry, grav-
ely hillside would be a very poor place
on which to SOW timothy, red-top and
alsike, and yet that anne dry hillside, if
reasonably fortified, would grow abun-
dainty hard fescue, sleeps fescue.
crested dogstail, Kentucky blue and
white clover. The superficial terms,
slight SOIL" '.medium light soil,"
'.heavy dry SOIL" ''heavy moist Soil"
moist peaty SOIL" "gravelly loam."
''sandy loam," .'dry hillside" stiff or
gravelly as the case may be-these are
the most common designations, and as
such, whether applied to arabic or to
grass lands, will do for the purpose of
stating what kinds or varieties of grasses
are best adapted to such soils and situa-
tons. First, then, as to average light
soils or sandy loan; on such. if in
tended for meadow, should be sown
timothy, meadow fescue, Italian rye
grass, yellow oat grass and medium
red clover. If intended for pasture,
then the best varieties would be Ken
lucky blue, Pacey's rye grass, orchard
a modicum of white clover; these would
produce early, medium and late pas
turage.
On medium light soils" if not peaty,
the grasses just named would do well
for meadow and for pasture, emitting
the red and substituting for it the white
clovers.
On '.heavy dry Soils" for meadows,
SOW timothy, perennial rye grass, tall
fescue and medium red clover; and for
pasture substitute Kentucky blue and
orchard grass for the timothy, and white
for red clover.
On 'moist heavy soils," for meadow,
SOW timothy, red-top and Italian rye
grass, rough stalk and medium red
clover; and for pasture omit the timo.
| thy, the rye grass and red clover. and
substitute Kentucky blue, orchard grass
and white clover.
On ''moist peaty soils" for meadow,
SOW timothy, water meadow grass, red
top and alsike; and for pasture, Ken
lucky blue, red-top, foul meadow grass
and alsike. These grasses are not only
adapted to moist situations, but will
form a sod not likely to be ''heavet
out" by frost.
On ''sandy Soils and s'sandy loans
in lowland, for meadow, SOW timothy
tall fescue, yellow oat grass, sweet yer
nal, and large red clover.
On firm .'gravely loam," SOW fol
meadow and for pasture the same mix
lures as above indicated for ''heavy,
dry Soils"
On ''dry hill-;ides, having soil e;theI
stiff or friable. the pasture grasses SHOULD
be sleeps fescue, Pacey's eye grass
crested dogstail. Kentucky blue, swee
vernal and white c~lovers.
1t is sometimes desirable to grow
grass in partly shaded woodland pas
lures. For such places the best varietie
are orchard grass, red-top, foul meadow
grass, meadow oat grass and woot
meadow grass in about equal proper
tons.
In all the foregoing indicated mix
lures, for meadows, timothy, of course
should be the predominatinS grass
Orchard and meadow oat grasses ar,
lot fit to grow in a meadow with timo
thy, as the two first named ripen 20 earl
that by the time the timothy is fit to Gu
these are over-ripe, dead, dry and in
nutritious. But for a meadow, eithe
for early hay or to grow for soiling pun
poses, nothing can be more protitabl
than these champion grasses, tn
meadow oat grass and the orchard gras:
when grown together in the proportion
of three of the latter to one of the former
The orchard grass, when not own yer
thick, is inclined to grow in tussocks
while the oat grass stools and thus fiji
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