This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...but does best on clay loam. Blue-grass.--This is one of the most common and most useful Fig. 80.--Timothy hay plant, nine months old. Many stems rise from the same root. grasses in the north temperate zone. It is found in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and America. In North America it is especially valuable for lawns ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...but does best on clay loam. Blue-grass.--This is one of the most common and most useful Fig. 80.--Timothy hay plant, nine months old. Many stems rise from the same root. grasses in the north temperate zone. It is found in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and America. In North America it is especially valuable for lawns and for permanent pastures in the northern states, but it does not do well in the South. It makes good pasture from early spring to early summer, and again in the fall after the heat of summer is past. Blue-grass varies in height from a few inches to a foot or more. Its head is light and spreading, and the seed is borne on little branches bearing three to five flowers. It spreads rapidly by underground branches or "rootstocks," so that it gradually takes possession of the ground wherever it is planted. Blue-grass is usually sown in the spring, and it may be planted early. Three to ten pounds of good seed to the acre is sufficient in pasture mixtures. As much of the seed on the market is poor, it may take more than this to secure a good seeding. Problem 136. Bring to school as many different kinds of grasses as you can find in your locality. Ask the teacher to help you dry them and mount them on card-board for your museum or collection. Find some one who can name those that you do not know. Place the name of each one on its card. Study the different kinds until you know them all. Problem 137. Name the different kinds of grasses sown by farmers in your locality. What is each used for? Do they all ripen at the same time? Which do the animals like best? Which kinds sell best? Problem 138. Count the number of plants on a piece of pasture sod six inches square. If there are 43,560 square feet in an acre, how many plants are there to the ac...
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