CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction - '? 



Description of the region - 8 



Haymaking — - 9 



Conditions governing stage at which hay should be cut 9 



Curing hay - - 10 



Hay caps - 1 1 



The silo 11 



The nature of leguminous plants 13 



Forage crops — I'l 



Red clover 14 



Methods of sowing - - 15 



The seed crop - - - - - 17 



Alsike clover - - - 1~ 



Common vetch 18 



Methods of sowing - 18 



Soiling 18 



The hay crop 19 



The seed crop ^0 



Pearl vetch .- 22 



Field peas - - - - - • 22 



Alfalfa- 23 



Methods of sowing. 23 



Inoculation 24 



Timothy 25 



The rye-grasses 



26 



Orchard grass 27 



Meadow fescue 27 



Velvet grass 28 



Indian corn 29 



Rape 30 



The seed crop 32 



Thousand-headed kale 33 



Methods of sowing ,- 34 



Feeding 34 



The seed crop 35 



Root crops 35 



Soiling (green feeding) crops- 38 



Seeding timber burns and ])iu-nt slashings 39 



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