. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. Agriculture. 252 FARM CROPS cereal crops. They grow splendidly on overturned sod land. Winter vetch may be made to follow a crop that has been harvested in the summer or fall. After the vetch crop has been harvested the follow- ing spring the summer crop should succeed it. Vetches flourish' best in moist clay loam soils of free working texture. They will grow most
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. Agriculture. 252 FARM CROPS cereal crops. They grow splendidly on overturned sod land. Winter vetch may be made to follow a crop that has been harvested in the summer or fall. After the vetch crop has been harvested the follow- ing spring the summer crop should succeed it. Vetches flourish' best in moist clay loam soils of free working texture. They will grow most satisfactorily in rich soils and will do as well in poor soils as an ordi- nary crop. The spring vetch should be sown for forage as early as the ground is dry enough to be worked without in- jury. The winter vetch ought to l)e sown long before winter to enable it to become firmly es- tablished that it may the better withstand the rigors of winter. There should be considerable moisture in the soil to sprout the seed, otherwise it will lay unsprouted in the ground. The seed may be broadcasted, but is better sown with a grain drill either when sown alone or along with other seeds. It should be buried about as deeply as cereals. The hay of the common vetch is about as nutritious as clover and is relished even more. On account of the high value of the seed it is never fed to live stock, although it is ex- cellent HAIRY VETCH Known also as sand vetch. It is a legume and a great soil improver. It does well with wheat, rye or oats which fur- nish support for the vines and keep the forage off the ground. It may be used for green for- age, for hay, for pasture, or it may be turned under for green Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burkett, Charles William, 1873-. New York, Orange Judd com
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