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Title: American farmers' manual
Identifier: americanfarmersm19pete_1 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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OFpEI^eD Orl PAGES 2 RflD 3. EXTRACTS FROU SOME OF THE TRIBUTES OF PRAISE BT THE AGRICUI.TURAI. PRESS. Prom "Country Gentleman," published in Albany, N. Y. ORASS CULTURE. By invitation of Messrs. Peter Henderson & Co. of New York, a represent- ative of tliis paper visited tlieir experimental grass plats. To reproduce English turf in the face of American drouths and heat may not be possible; to 'better the common clover and timothy practice, ■with its frequent thin results and speedy running' out, is surely feasible. Instead of three or four varieties, ten to fifteen or twenty are used ; tall and short grasses, coarse and fine, late and early sorts, are deftly combined in vary- ing proportions according to the end in view. Below the taller grasses 'was a thick mat of finer kinds, and the close, rich turf hid every particle of soil. There did not seem to he room for another spear of grass. Going over to an ordinary timothy meadow near by, the contrast 'was striking. The individual spears in a foot square could easily be counted; "standing-room" for more 'was abundant. The soil had not been "worked for all it 'was worth," and the thoughtful farmer might do some suggestive figuring. From " American Agriculturist," published in New York City. BEST GRASSES FOR HAY AND FOR PASTURE. By a judicious choice of seeds, mixtures have been effected which will give con- stant pasturage in this climate from early spring until late in the autumn. Timothy, and in many parts "timothy and clover," is the standard grass in the country. While timothy is a valuable grass, there are some other kinds so much better, which last longer, yield a heavier crop, will stand various climatic and soil conditions better, It is astonishing that the majority of farmers should still stick to the timothy without even giving one or more of the other kindsand mixtures a fair trial. It should be remembered that a discriminate mixture of grasses

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