. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 566 SERRADELLA SILAGE-CROPPING Bulletin No. 69, p. 39 ; Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletins, Xc. 4, p. 17; No. 1?, p. 68; No. 59, pp. r>i, 56. SERRADELLA. Ornithopus sativus, Brot. Legu- wiiHo^'tr. Fig. 803. By C. V. Piper. Serradella is an annual fora{}:e and p^reen-manure plant growing six to eighteen inches high. The leaves are odd-pinnate with numerous leaflets, and the
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 566 SERRADELLA SILAGE-CROPPING Bulletin No. 69, p. 39 ; Bureau of Plant Industry, Bulletins, Xc. 4, p. 17; No. 1?, p. 68; No. 59, pp. r>i, 56. SERRADELLA. Ornithopus sativus, Brot. Legu- wiiHo^'tr. Fig. 803. By C. V. Piper. Serradella is an annual fora{}:e and p^reen-manure plant growing six to eighteen inches high. The leaves are odd-pinnate with numerous leaflets, and the flowers are pale purplish. It has been culti- vated in the United States only in an experimental way. and it is not grown exten.'^ively in Europe. There it is employed as a combination forage and green-manure plant, particularly valuable to precede potatoes or com. It is eagerly eaten by sheep and cattle and is comparable in value to the clovers. It has no deleterious qualities. Fig. 803. Seiradella (Ornithopus snticus). whatever, when fed either green as pa.'^ture or as hay. At the Massachusetts Ex- periment Station, where it was cultivated in rows, it was fed in comparison with cow'peas and vetches and gave more satisfactory re- sults than either of these for dairy cows, in this agreeing with the results of European experience. For late pastur- age it has given some promise in Michigan, espe- cially on sandy lands. Owing to its relatively small growth and light tonnage it has no place where other legumes will grow, and is not likely to find much use as a cultivated crop in this coun- try, although in limited localities it may be valu- able. Good, heavy stands yield ten to twelve tons of green fodder per acre, which will make about two tons of hay. Serradella is especially adapted to medium light, sandy soils. Even where lime is deficient it thrives. While it is fairly , it makes very small growth under dry conditions. The plant will not withstand severe col
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