. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. FORAGE CROPS. 11 But little attention has been given to the grow- ing of this class of forage crops in the past, and for manifest reasons. The history of our agriculture has been largely one of occupancy. Men have taken pos- session of the soil and tilled it after the most primi- tive fashion. Such, at least, has been its history in all the west. While it is true that some progress has been made in intensive cultivation in the east, such farming has been greatly hampered
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. FORAGE CROPS. 11 But little attention has been given to the grow- ing of this class of forage crops in the past, and for manifest reasons. The history of our agriculture has been largely one of occupancy. Men have taken pos- session of the soil and tilled it after the most primi- tive fashion. Such, at least, has been its history in all the west. While it is true that some progress has been made in intensive cultivation in the east, such farming has been greatly hampered by the tide of agricultural products which has flowed eastward in great volume from the cheap and fertile lands of the Mississippi basin. On every hand, however, there are indications of change. The unoccupied tillable domain is only a fraction of what it was. And this means that the great grazing lands of the tillable prairies are only a fraction of what they once were. There is no further west. Populations are increasing at a very rapid rate, and, therefore, a more intensive cultivation will soon become a necessity in all parts of the continent. And with the increase of intensive cultivation, as surely as the sun goes down in the evening, increased attention will be given to the growing of these forage crops, some of the reasons for which will be stated below. Why Forage Crops Should be Grown.—Forage crops, other than grasses and clovers, should be grown because of the many benefits which they bring to those who grow them. Chief among these are the following: First, they may be made to supplement pasture crops that are more permanent, that is to say, perennial in character, when the area of these is insuf- ficient, or when from any cause or causes they may fail to produce plentifully. Second, many of them may be STown as catch crops where other crops have failed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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