. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. iwine forage, espe- —In Section No. 6, sses, the succession ;er rye, alfalfa, clo- sorghum and rape. :eecl in the extreme 6, but in the more T grow wonderfully er. Mixed cereals nditions, but where ssity does not exist The most impor- attle in this section rye, and after win- re all important for lem, and, of course, to the list. Alfalfa, iiportant for swine. )ork should be pro- urpassed quality in .—In many parts of s grow very shyly, [ore reliance, there- r crops that m
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. iwine forage, espe- —In Section No. 6, sses, the succession ;er rye, alfalfa, clo- sorghum and rape. :eecl in the extreme 6, but in the more T grow wonderfully er. Mixed cereals nditions, but where ssity does not exist The most impor- attle in this section rye, and after win- re all important for lem, and, of course, to the list. Alfalfa, iiportant for swine. )ork should be pro- urpassed quality in .—In many parts of s grow very shyly, [ore reliance, there- r crops that may be on in these includes ccharine and non- )ea, soy beans, the the crop could only se of this, however, d be more perfectly m is not practiced, md reliable rainfall. '1 1 u SUCCESSION IN FORAGE CROPS. 359 In the succession those pasture croi)s could be given the preference which grow again and again, as, for instance, alfalfa and the sorghums. For cattle the more important of these forage crops would be sor- ghum and the cowpea in summer, and alfalfa in wai- ter. But the alfalfa thus pastured in winter should be grown chiefly in the late summer and early autumn. The more important of these crops for sheep would be winter rye, the sorghums, the sand vetch and rape. And for swine the most suitable pasture crops would be alfalfa, soy beans, cowpeas and rape. Succession in Section No. 8.—In Section No. 8 the succession in forage crops is varied and com- prehensive, more so, probably, than in any other part of the United States. It includes native grasses and nearly all the cultivated varieties that are grown in permanent pastures, clovers in all the important varieties, vetches in several varieties, as the winter, the common and the sand vetch, alfalfa, mixed grains, rape, cabbage and artichokes. The soils of this section are possessed of unsurpassed adaptation for growing clover in any of its varieties, and also for growing all, or nearly all, the grasses that are grown i
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