Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . er content of dry matterthan is recorded in the Cornell bulletin; and theaverage yield per acre, with this analysis, woulddoubtless be much lower than is recorded in thebulletin, probably nearer twenty-five tons peracre, the average here assumed. KOHLRABI Kohlrabi is another valuable member of thecabbage family, and one that may be fed withoutrisk at any period of growth. It requires a richsoil in order to attain its best development. If theland has been well prepared, it produces veryheavy crops. There are a number of varieties,both bronze a
Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . er content of dry matterthan is recorded in the Cornell bulletin; and theaverage yield per acre, with this analysis, woulddoubtless be much lower than is recorded in thebulletin, probably nearer twenty-five tons peracre, the average here assumed. KOHLRABI Kohlrabi is another valuable member of thecabbage family, and one that may be fed withoutrisk at any period of growth. It requires a richsoil in order to attain its best development. If theland has been well prepared, it produces veryheavy crops. There are a number of varieties,both bronze and green, but the green is almostexclusively grown. There are hardy, or big-toppedvarieties, and small-topped kinds, which come to KOHLRABI FOB FEEDING 309 quick maturity, but are not able to withstand tlieseverity of winter, and are, tlierefore, useful onlyfor autumn food. Kohlrabi is particularly suitedfor filling in gaps between other forage crops. A recent Cornell publication (Bulletin No. 244)speaks as follows of kohlrabi as a forage crop: It. Fig. 59. White Vienna kohlrabi. It is a heavy yielder of both tubersand leaves. Background of six inch squares. (Cornell Station.) 310 FOB AGE CROPS can be grown wherever rutabagas are grown, andwill thrive if treated as described for the lattercrop. In the middle West whei-e rutabagas have atendency to run to necks and form little root,this crop is a very good substitute. So far as nowknown, in New York the yields of the two cropsare about the same, but both yielded less thanmangels on the experiment station grounds. Inaddition to being quite a free-growing crop, it hasthe following advantages over rutabagas: 1. It is not so subject to clubroot or finger-and-toe {PlasmodiopJiora hrassiccc), and some otherdiseases. 2. It withstands drought better. 3. It can be grown on heavier soil, as clays,and does admirably on muck land. 4. It stands well out of the ground and can bereadily pastured by sheep if desired. 5. It has not been known to
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