. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. LEGUMES FOR FORAGE 191 4 tons of corn or sorghum forage makes a satisfactory product. For this purpose the soybeans and corn or sorghum may be mixed as en- siled, or they may be grown together. In the South soybeans alone or soybeans and corn are often grazed by hogs. For this purpose the beans should be planted in rows to lessen the loss by tramping, and the hogs should not be turned in until t
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. LEGUMES FOR FORAGE 191 4 tons of corn or sorghum forage makes a satisfactory product. For this purpose the soybeans and corn or sorghum may be mixed as en- siled, or they may be grown together. In the South soybeans alone or soybeans and corn are often grazed by hogs. For this purpose the beans should be planted in rows to lessen the loss by tramping, and the hogs should not be turned in until the pods are nearly mature. In the northern states the chief value of soybeans is for sandy land or as a catch crop when clover or other crops fail. Vetch.;—Of the vetches, only the hairy or sand vetch, and the com- mon vetch are important in the United States. Both are ordinarily annuals, tho the hairy vetch especially may live more than a Fig. 54.—Hairy Vetch and Rye in Virginia As hairy vetch has weak vines which grow from 4 to 10 feet in a tangled mass, it is usually grown with the cereals for hay. (From U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Being cool-weather plants the fall. While common vetch usually endures the lished in the fall. Hairy relative and is markedly hay, being usually sown vines that grow from 4 to ters are mild and the soil , in mild climates they are usually sown in vetch is killed by zero temperatures, hairy winter in the northern states if well estab- vetch may be grown in poorer soil than its drought resistant. It is chiefly grown for with the cereals, which support the weak 10 feet in a tangled mass. Where the win- rich, common vetch is preferred, as the seed. 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 Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron
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