. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Circular No. 6.—Revised. (Agros. United States Department of Agricultnre, DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. [Grass and Forage Plant Investigations.] THE €ULTIVATT:D VETCHES. The demand for early spring forage plants is increasing in almost every section of the United States. This demand arises from a variety of causes, chief among which is the rapid increase of the dairying industry. Soiling crops and pastures supply the desired succulent forage from early summer until the first hard autumn. Fig. 1.—Hairy vetcli: Plot in (irass Gar
. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. Circular No. 6.—Revised. (Agros. United States Department of Agricultnre, DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. [Grass and Forage Plant Investigations.] THE €ULTIVATT:D VETCHES. The demand for early spring forage plants is increasing in almost every section of the United States. This demand arises from a variety of causes, chief among which is the rapid increase of the dairying industry. Soiling crops and pastures supply the desired succulent forage from early summer until the first hard autumn. Fig. 1.—Hairy vetcli: Plot in (irass Garden, U. S. Department of Agriculture. freeze, and ensilage and root crops tide over the early winter. With good management such substitutes for green forage may be made to last until the grass starts, but on too many American farms there is a period of shortage of succndent feed in late winter and si)ring. To bridge over this critical period, annual leguminous crops, such as crimson clover and the vetches, are each year coming deservedly into greater prominence. The vetches are nitrogen gatherers. Like the clovers they have the property of absorbing through their roots the free gaseous nitrogen of the air, which is present in all well cultivated. 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 United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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