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FORAGE CHOPS 



may give a great bulk of material, but it is 

 watery; it dries out, the fodder shrinks, and an 

 animal cannot eat enough of it to satisfy the appe- 

 tite. One crop is all that ought to be expected 

 from one seeding, and more profit is made by a 

 single crop than two, if labor is counted as worth 

 anything. The feed secured by two cuttings may 

 go a little farther than the feed secured by the 



Fig. 26. Matured kafir corn roots. 



