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Succession in Section No. 2. The succession 

 in forage crops that may be grown in Section No. 2 

 includes winter rye, blue grass or native prairie, 

 alfalfa, clover, mixed cereals, rape, corn, corn and 

 rape, sorghum, millet, clover, cowpeas, soy beans, 

 rape or turnips or the two mixed, cabbage and 

 blue grass. In this section much of the soil 

 is richer than that of Section No. i, but the 

 rainfall is not distributed so regularly, and the 

 climate is warmer in summer, hence it is not 

 quite so well adapted to the production of grasses. 

 ^ But it is better adapted, relatively, to the growth 

 'of such foods as corn and sorghum, or indeed 

 to the growth of any of the pasture foods named 

 which admit of being grown quickly. Less 

 dependence should be placed upon grass forage than 

 in Section No. i, and more dependence, relatively, 

 on such forage as is furnished by mixed grains, win- 

 ter rye, rape, corn and sorghum. In the northern 

 areas of the section, winter rye, clover and alfalfa 

 cannot be grown with profit for forage, and in the 

 southern part only can cowpeas and soy beans be 

 grown with advantage. The forage crops other than 

 grass that can be grown most successfully for cows 

 and other cattle in all parts of this section are such as 

 mixed grains, corn in summer fallows and millets. 

 The more important of these crops that can be grown 

 for sheep in all parts of the section are winter rye, 

 sorghum, rape and turnips. The more valuable of 

 the same for swine are mixed grains and rape. Of 

 course in the southern half of the section, clover can 

 be utilized with great advantage as swine pasture, 

 and in the northern half the same is true of field peas. 



Succession in Section No. j. The succession 



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