CHAPTER XL 

 FOOD FROM CURED FODDERS. 



The term fodders, as used in this chapter, means 

 bulky foods such as hay, corn and sorghum stalks, also 

 straw of the various small cereals. The necessity for feed- 

 ing cured fodders is usually proportionate to the length of 

 the winter, but under no conditions can their use be entirely 

 dispensed with. Cured fodders only are discussed in Chap- 

 ter XI. Fodders are also frequently fed in the green form. 

 Those who desire further information in regard to feeding 

 them thus are referred to the book "Soiling Crops and the 

 Silo," by the author. The leguminous fodders discussed 

 are: (i) Clover hay; (2) alfalfa hay; (3) cowpea hay; (4) 

 hay from vetches, and (5) bean hay. Those derived from 

 the grasses proper are: (i) Timothy hay and (2) hay from 

 grasses other than timothy. Those derived from small 

 grain bearing plants are: (i) Hay from the small cereals, 

 (2) hay from cereals mixed and (3) millet hay. Those de- 

 rived from corn and the sorghums are : ( i ) Corn fodder ; 

 (2) sorghum fodder and (3) non-saccharine sorghum fod- 

 der. Lastly, the discussion of straw as fodder includes 

 straw furnished by all the small cereals. 



Clover hay. In one or another of its varieties, clo- 

 ver may be grown with more or less success in nearly all 

 the arable areas of the United States and Canada, but it has 

 higher adaptation lelatively to conditions North, rather than 

 South. Its distribution is wider and much more general 

 than that of alfalfa since it may be grown on a greater 

 variety of soils. It may be designated the standard fodder 

 crop of the farms of the United States, and also of much 

 of Canada, but it is not probable that it will ever become 

 greatly popular when fed away from the farm. This is 

 owing first, to the extent to which the leaves are lost while 



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