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Oats and Peas,' 'l^&X. the farmer also put in a patch of oats 

 and peas. Sow a bushel and a half of peas per acre, cover- 

 ing three or four inches deep on light soil, and one or two 

 inches on heavy soil. After these are planted sow or drill 

 the oats in the usual manner. Cut the green forage for the 

 cattle, or cure for hay. 



Millet. — For winter hay sow millet or Hungarian grass 

 from the loth to the 30th of June, using from a bushel to a 

 bushel and a half of seed per acre. When the seed-heads 

 are coming into blossom, cut and cure for hay. Millet or 

 Hungarian grass will yield from one ton to two and a half 

 tons of good quality hay per acre. Horses should not be 

 given over one feed of millet hay per day. 



Corn Fodder. — Any variety of corn will do for green or 

 dry forage, the early kinds being the most suitable for 

 early fall feed. Sweet corn is very satisfactory because the 

 stalks are soft and palatable. Plant in hills or drills just thick 

 enough to decrease the size of the ears to about half their 

 normal size. Begin feeding as soon as the ears are glaz- 

 ing, and continue with the dry forage throughout the win- 

 ter. From three to six tons per acre of winter forage, suit- 

 able for all kinds of farm stock, can be secured from acorn 

 crop grown on good land. (Henry.) 



CYLflNDRICAli SILOS. 



Approximate Capacity of Cylindrical Silos for Well 

 Matured Corn Silage, in Tons. (King.) 



