FOOD FROM CURED FODDERS 2O^ 



carbonaceous, they should be fed in conjunction with 

 legumes. 



Redtop, probably more extensively distributed than any 

 other grass, ranks high as a fodder. It is seldom grown 

 alone to provide fodder in northern areas, save in land that 

 is naturally slough-like in character. It is much grown 

 along with timothy on congenial soils, to increase the total 

 yield. The feeding qualities are much like those of timothy, 

 and alone or in conjunction with timothy, it may be fed in 

 much the same way (see p. 200). 



Russian brome grass is popular as a dry fodder in 

 large areas of the northwestern states and in nearly all of 

 the cultivated areas of northwestern Canada. The yields 

 are generally in excess of those obtained from timothy, and 

 the feeding value is by many considered higher, owing to 

 the greater leafiness and superior palatability of Russian 

 brome. It is adapted to about the same uses as timothy 

 (see p. 200), but is not so readily cured, nor is it so good a 

 fodder for shipping, nor in all respects for feeding horses. 



Orchard grass has never become nearly so popular as 

 timothy or redtop as a hay crop. This is owing to its coarse 

 growth, to the greater woodiness of the stems, to the short 

 period during which it may be harvested in season, to the 

 greater degree of the injury it takes from rain, and to the 

 less relish which animals have for it. It must not be under- 

 stood, however, that it will not make good hay if cut and 

 cured properly. It may be fed in substantially the same 

 way as timothy. 



Meadow fescue is not grown alone to provide dry fod- 

 der over large areas, as it takes longer to form a thick and 

 strong growth than timothy. Nor can it be said that on 

 average soils it produces more abundantly than the standard 

 hay fodder mentioned, although in some of the central 

 western states it has produced more abundantly than tim- 

 othy. Its feeding value is much the same. 



Tall oat grass, more extensively grown in the South 

 and in the central and far western states than elsewhere on 



