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red clover. This plant is grown throughout the cool 

 humid region and furnishes much more hay than the 

 proportion on the market would indicate. A large part 

 of that produced is consumed on the farm. Although it 

 appears on the hay market, it is in less demand than 

 timothy. This is because it is not considered so well 

 adapted to horses as is timothy. A large amount of 

 clover is grown mixed with timothy, this mixture also 

 being used chiefly on the farm. Alsike clover is grown 

 in many localities, but much less in quantity than red 

 clover, and chiefly in places too moist for the latter. 



In eastern Canada and in the adjoining portion of the 

 United States, hay is obtained from field peas. The 

 most important leguminous hay in the South is the cow- 

 pea. Other leguminous plants used for hay are the velvet 

 bean in the South, crimson clover from New Jersey to 

 North Carolina, the soy bean in the Southern and Middle 

 States, and the vetches in the cool humid region and as a 

 winter plant in the South. 



Coarse Hay or Fodder 



In the wide sense the dried product of the large grasses 

 is hay, but it is commonly referred to as fodder. The 

 best known fodder comes from corn or maize. When 

 corn is grown for the grain, the fodder is utilized so far 

 as it can be without interfering with the production of 

 grain. Over much of the Corn Belt, the ears of corn are 

 gathered from the standing plants and the stalks are 

 allowed to remain in the field over winter. These stalks 

 are usually utilized by turning stock into the field after 

 the ears are removed. The matured and weathered 



