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soils and even on some of the heavier soils it is preferred because the 

 vetch is naturally a drier plant and is not so difficult to cure for hay. 



Grains, Cut Green — Farmers sometimes cut oats or some other cereal 

 grain for hay. This is not considered a good practice generally, for 

 legumes added to the grain would increase the tonnage and quality over 

 the grain alone. 



' Sudan Grass — The character of the season will have a great deal to 

 do with the success of this crop. It is primarily adapted farther south, 

 although in seasons such as 1921 it did exceptionally well because of 

 the warmer weather. Twenty to thirty pounds per acre is tbe usual rate 

 of seeding. 



Millet — The millets are a favorite quick-growing, short season hay 

 crop adapted to practically all conditions in this section. They will not 

 produce as heavily nor are they as desirable for feeding as some other 

 of our annual hay crops. Common and Hungarian are two of the 

 better varieties for Upper Peninsula conditions. 



TABLE 19— FEEDING VALUE OP ANNUAL HAY CROPS*. 



♦'"Feeds and iPeedlng" by Henry and Morrison. 



SILAGE CROPS. 



The place of silage crops in the Upper Peninsla has been established 

 beyond question for those farmers who are keeping dairy herds of any 

 size. The small farmer just getting started with a few cows will prob- 

 ably do better to obtain his winter succulence from root crops. 



Peas and oats have been the most reliable silage crop over the greater 

 portion of this area. Corn has been successfully grown in several of the 

 southern counties and in local sections that are protected from frosts. 

 In the last three years a new crop, sunflowers, has come into prominence 

 that bids well to replace both corn and the peas and oats, except where 

 corn has been proven to be especially well adapted. 



SUNFLOWERS FOR SILAGE. 



This crop is grown in very much the same way that corn is produced 

 for silage. 



