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AGRICULTURE. 



TIME OF PLANTING AND FEEDING SOILING 

 CROPS. (Phelps.) 



Kind of Fodder. 



Rye fodder 



Wheat fodder 



Clover 



Grass (from grass-lands). 

 Oats and peas 



Hungarian 



Clover rowen (from 3) 



Soja beans 



Cow-peas — 



Row^en grass (from grass- 

 lands) 



Barley and peas 



Amount of 

 Seed 

 per Acre. 



2^^ to 3 bu. 



2I to 3 bu. 



20 lbs. 



2 bu. each 



ij bushels 



I bushel 

 I bushel 



2 bu. each 



Approxi- 

 mate Time 

 of Seeding. 



Sept. 1 

 Sept. 5-10 

 July 20-30 



April 10 



June I 



May 25 

 June 5-10 



Aug. 5-10 



Approximate 

 Time of Feeding. 



May 10-20 

 May 20, June 5 

 June 5-15 

 June 15-25 

 June 25, July 10 

 July 10-20 



" 20. Aug. I 

 Aug. I -10 



" 10-20 



*• 20, Sept, 5 



Sept. 5-20 



"■ 20-30 



Oct. 1-30 



The dates given in the table apply to Central Connecticut and regions 

 under approximately similar conditions. 



REPLACING WINTER-KILLED CLOVER. 



The following brief article gives a list of forage plants 

 that will be found suitable for furnishing green feed for 

 cattle and other farm animals in regions where the clover 

 has been winter-killed. It was originally published as a 

 newspaper bulletin from the Wisconsin Experiment Station 

 and is written with special reference to conditions in the 

 Northwestern States. 



Ifo7v to get the Quickest Pasture. — A field of oats or barley- 

 will furnish the quickest pasture it is possible to obtain, 

 barley being a little earlier than oats. Sow oats or barley 

 as for a grain crop, and when the young plants are a few 

 inches high, turn in the stock and treat the field as though 

 it were a pasture. If the cattle do not graze the field 

 evenly, run the mower over the patches where the growth 

 is excessive. By keeping the growth short it will last 

 much longer than if allowed to head out. It is recom- 

 mended that, as an experiment, clover and timothy seed 

 be sown with a part at least of the oats or barley, in the 

 hope of securing a stand for next season. The farmer who 

 can pasture- his oat or barley field and get a crop of clover 

 started at the same time will be one year ahead. This rec- 

 ommendation must be regarded as an experiment, but it 

 has been successfully tried in a number of cases. 



