Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . nd there is but little loss from shelling. The bindercan be used advantageously when harvesting this crop but it can alsobe harvested in the same manner as native hay. Oats, Peas and Wheat.—This crop provides an admirable fod-der for live stock. The variety not only adds to the yield obtained,but it also gives an additional feeding value to the crop. It may beharvested with the binder. When the seed is sown with the drill,about two and a half bushels may be used per acre. The proportionsof the seed in the mixture may be two parts eac
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . nd there is but little loss from shelling. The bindercan be used advantageously when harvesting this crop but it can alsobe harvested in the same manner as native hay. Oats, Peas and Wheat.—This crop provides an admirable fod-der for live stock. The variety not only adds to the yield obtained,but it also gives an additional feeding value to the crop. It may beharvested with the binder. When the seed is sown with the drill,about two and a half bushels may be used per acre. The proportionsof the seed in the mixture may be two parts each of oats and wheatand one part of peas. Fodder Crops, 97 The Everlasting ^Q2i.—{Lathyrus Sylvestris Wagneri) is alsoknown as the Flat pea and it has been but recently introduced intoNorth America. It is rapidly gaining favor in Europe, particularly inGermany where Professor V/agner has given much attention to itsimprovement during late years. It is commonly mentioned as a forageplant, but it is probable that in the dry climate of the Northwest it will. Everlasting Pea. () us SylveUr it.)prove more satisfactory when grown to furnish fodder rather than for-age. Close cropping by live stock in the early part of the season maycertainly be expected to hinder its growth in the area referred to. Butin the more moist sections of the continent it will doubtless serve foreither forage or fodder uses. Experience in growing it in America is as 7 98 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage and Fodder Phuits. yet limited, hence it is fitting tliat all references bearing upon its foodproducing value on this continent, be made with caution. As shown in the illustration the everlasting pea produces an im-mense crop of foliage. Some have claimed that it will yield at leasttwo good cuttings a year, but in the limited experience of the writer ingrowing this plant in Ontario, Canada, it produced but one cutting thesecond year after it was sown. This one crop however, weighed atthe rate of 1
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