On 4th Pa sowed oats. Frank and I covered them. John sowed Timothy seed and we covered them.
Via email exchange, Dr. Stephen K. Barnhart, Ph.D. commented:
Timothy is a grass, frequently planted with clover for one or two years of hay. Depending on the climate, timothy was either planted with winter wheat in the fall, or with spring wheat or oats in the spring. Oats were often broadcast over a tilled area. Clover and timothy seed were often hand sown by walking and broadcasting the seed. Some segments of the horse industry still prefer timothy as the grass component for horse hay…. The broadcast oats, clover and timothy seed were covered with a disk harrow or spike-tooth harrow in early 1900’s – horse drawn. (In my opinion, the disk method covered the seed too deeply!
