186 INDIAN CORN OULTURE. 
may be recommended: Rye sown in tne fall 
gives the earliest green fodder in spring. Oats 
and peas planted just as early as the soil can 
be suitably worked give a good succession to 
the rye. If two sowings of oats and peas fol- 
low each other at intervals of ten days, or 
thereabouts, one will secure a most nutritious 
and palatable green fodder that will yield 
heavily. Common oats and Canada field peas 
in the North make a good combination. A 
very satisfactory way will be to sow broadcast 
a bushel of peas to the acre and plow the seed 
under three to four inches; then harrow thor- 
oughly and drill in two bushels of oats per 
acre. Some persons drill in oats and peas at 
the same time, but the peas should be planted 
twice as deep as the oats. 
As soon as the seed can be safely put in the 
ground the corn crop for soiling should be 
planted. Three seedings may be made, so that 
a succession of green food will follow to frost. 
The rows may ordinarily be about three and 
one-half feet apart, and the seed six inches, or 
thereabouts, apart in the row. While the most 
nutriment is secured from the plant at ma- 
turity it will be desirable and profitable to be- 
gin feeding the green fodder just as soon as it 
assumes a size that will justify cutting, say at 
the time the blossom first appears. 
Red clover and sorghum also make impor- 
