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The method and rate of planting, and the actual cost 

 of growing the forage crops tested in these experiments, 

 are shown in the following table : 



TABLE LXXXV. ACRE COST OF GROWING FORAGE SUPPLE- 

 MENTS * 



The best forage crop to grow for supplementing corn 

 which is to be hogged-off must be decided by each feeder 

 for himself after considering his general scheme of manage- 

 ment and the forages of proved value best adapted to his 

 soil and climate. For sowing in corn, the above experi- 

 ments give rape and rye high valuations for conditions 

 similar to those of central Iowa. Farther south soybeans 

 1 Iowa Exp. Sta. Bull. 143. 



