208 THE BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



second and even third crop. Its feeding power 

 while not as high as that of corn, is most valuable, 

 and as feed it is suitable for all kinds of stock, 

 and in some parts of the world is used for human 

 food. 



Cow peas, friend of worn-out soils, which takes 

 so kindly to its soil feeding powers that it will 

 grow it in abundance, is a forage plant of such 

 high feeding powers, and produces in such quan- 

 tity, that it should be grown upon every farm that 

 feeds stock in any quantity, even by the grain 

 farmer for the stock that he needs in his farm 

 operations. 



There are other forage plants worthy of trial 

 which have proved their value for feeding stock, 

 like rape for hogs, and the millets and vetches for 

 cattle. 



But in making a selection of forage plants the 

 farmer must, to be successful, consider those 

 plants which give the greatest feeding value and 

 the plants that will produce the largest quantity 

 of forage at the least expense, both for growing 

 and harvesting. 



Corn is a staple and perhaps a necessity in 

 stock raising and always will be, although it can 

 not be depended upon alone, but it is one of the 

 most valuable of feeds for stock if siloed. 



There is another forage plant whose value has 

 not yet been fully appreciated and realized by the 

 stock raisers of our country, and that is alfalfa, 

 "the everlasting and best fodder," transformer 

 of Kansas farmers into Nabobs, the mint that 

 coins pork into dollars, possessing the alchemic 

 art of transmuting worn-out soil into "pay dirt," 



