. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. a34 FORAGE CROPS. "body" to the light, sandy land and in otherwise fitting it to grow successfully crops of clover and grain. At the Minnesota University experiment station, spurry has not proved altogether satisfac- tory thus far. The growth secured has not been sufficient to make it a competitor with some other crops. Spurry should be sown more as a catch crop than as a regular crop in the rotation. It should be ready to pasture or to plow under in from six to
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. a34 FORAGE CROPS. "body" to the light, sandy land and in otherwise fitting it to grow successfully crops of clover and grain. At the Minnesota University experiment station, spurry has not proved altogether satisfac- tory thus far. The growth secured has not been sufficient to make it a competitor with some other crops. Spurry should be sown more as a catch crop than as a regular crop in the rotation. It should be ready to pasture or to plow under in from six to eight weeks from the date of sowing, providing it is not sown before the weather has become warm. Where there is moisture enough to insure germina- tion, spurry can be sown after a grain crop, and simply covered with a harrow. On the bare fallow it would also seem to have a place. When grown as a green manure or as a pasture for sheep, two crops a year may be secured, and in some climates three. This crop, therefore, would seem worthy of attention on the part of our agriculturists, more especially on "pine lands" where the soil is sandy and poor and where the climate is moist in character. Since spurry is best adapted to light, sandy lands, but little labor is necessary in preparing the soil. The seed should fall on a smooth, impacted and fine surface, and it may be sown and covered in the same way as clover seed. As the seed is small, a light harrow will give a sufficient covering. From six to eight quarts of seed are sown per acre to pro- vide pasture, fodder or green manure. But a less quantity will suffice to produce a seed crop in good form. It is ready to cut for hay after the seed has formed and before it is ripe. The seed may be har- HwmPMMmMmuimtM^tHmmm. 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 o
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