The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-05-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cuitfva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture. yItIeuIture and EIoricuI-
ture-
Seeding Lawns Permanent Pastures
Press Bulletin 22O of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station says: Many inquiries
are received at the Ohio Experiment
Station for information respecting the
best grasses for lawns and permanent
pastures and for instructions in seed
ing The station has successfully es-
tablisned several lawns by the follow
is dry enough to work in the spring it
is pIowed and thoroughly pulverized
by narrowing and crOss-harrowing un-
til in the condition of garden I'm
less the soil is very rich it should be
made SO, either by the liberal of
manure or of complete fertilizer, the
latter being preferable because of the
seeds of weeds and coarse grasses usu-
ally carried in manure For lawn
purposes the fertilizer should carry
to per cent of nitrogen, to 10 per
cent phosphoric acid and to per
cent potash, and should be used at the
rate OF 600 to 500 pounds per acre
A mixture of equal weights of Ken
lucky blue srass and red top, with a
pound of white clover seed to a buShel
of the mixture is then sown broadcast,
at the rate of two more bushels per
acre of the mixed seed, and narrowed
in with a fine toothed harrow. If the
ground should be very dry it may be
rolled as part of the preparation for
sowing, but the finishing touch should
always be given with smoothing har-
row, other hne-tOothed harrow, as
this leaves the surface in such cOnd1-
ton as not to be SO liable to be injuri-
ously packed by rain if finished
with the roller
The reason for mixing the Kentucky
blue grass with red top is that the
two grasses mature at different sea-
sons, the red top reaching maturity
some weeks later than the blue grass,
| thus keeping up better succession
| through the season. while the blue
| grass is better adapted to the dryer
| and the red top to the mOiSter por-
! lions of the land The clover is not
only useful in thickening the sod, but
| by its ability to gather nitrogen it
| assists the growth of grasses with
| which it is sown.
For permanent pastures better
grasses have been found by the Ohio
| station than the varieties above rec
commended for lawns. Sown together
/ they give a succession throughout the
| season and adapt themselves to differ
| ences in soil, thus giving much better
results than if either be sown alone.
| The seed of these grasses is relatively
| expensive, however, and it is more eco
| nomica1 to reduce the quantity of seed
| of these varieties and substitute a
moderate quantity of red clover and
| timothy seed. The first year after
| seeding the crop may be chiefly clover
| and should be mown for hay. The Sec
ond year it will be chiefly timothy
| and after that the timothy will grad
| ually disappear and the pasture grasses
take its place By this method OF
seeding not only will the first cost be
| reduced, but the clover will serve a
| most usefuI purpose in preparing the
| way for the grasses which are to fol
low A mixture of equal weights OF
| clover and timothy, sown at the rate
of a bushe1 to six eight acres, and
cross-SOwn with half a bushel to a
| bushel to the acre of mixed blue grass
and red top. the whole narrowed in
| together, will make fair seeding. In
! the case of pastures, as well as OF
| lawns, the land should be manured
| or fertilized if not already rich and
| here manure is the better material il
| it can be obtained.
| All old pastures lawns should
| have occasional dressing of manure
OF fertilizer The object lessons in
the scattered cattle droppings on the
| pastures demonstrate this point eff
| fective1y- Such treatment will often
| thicken up the grass in old lawn
| without re-seeding, but if bare spots
| have made their appearance it will
sometimes assist matters to apply q
| dressing of air Stacked lime, at the
rate of a busheI to the square rod
| work it into the surface with a SHARP
| harrow, and after few weeks re-seed
| as for new lawn.
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