. 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. FORAGE CROPS FORAGE CROPS 305 ing crop successions have been published by the experiment stations, those by the New Jersey, Connecticut (Storrs) and the Massachusetts Stations probably being the best. The preservation of herbage in an air-dried state for winter use is a common practice in all countries where snow covers the ground part of the year. In the northern part of the U
. 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. FORAGE CROPS FORAGE CROPS 305 ing crop successions have been published by the experiment stations, those by the New Jersey, Connecticut (Storrs) and the Massachusetts Stations probably being the best. The preservation of herbage in an air-dried state for winter use is a common practice in all countries where snow covers the ground part of the year. In the northern part of the United States, east of the Mississippi, grasses and clovers are more gen- erally grown for hay than any other crops. In the southern belt of states cowpeas, soybeans and Japan and crimson clovers form the chief hay crops, while in parts of the Rocky mountain region and Pacific coast states alfalfa is grown almost exclu- sively as a dry fodder. On many farms where dairy- ing is an important branch of farming the grain crops, cut before the seed is matured, add much to the supply of dry fodder. Some of the annual grasses, such as the millets and Hungarian grass, are grown in most of the states. These prove especially valuable because of the short period needed for their growth and the large yields given by some varieties, especially the Japanese millet. They often prove useful to supplement the regular hay crop during seasons of shortage in that crop. In some of the southern states and in Kansas and Nebraska, sorghum and kafir corn are grown considerably and field-dried as cattle feeds. These crops thrive better in regions of low rainfall than do the common grasses or maize. In the older states of the East, the stover of the corn crop has been carefully saved and utilized for many years, but in the great corn belt, up to within a few years, this part of the crop has been left in the field to be used only for grazing, while much of it was trampled by the cat- tle and thus wasted. A
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