1902.J PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 169 



B. Notes on Summer Forage Crops. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 



This division has carried on experiments with green crops 

 for a number of years, in order to ascertain those best suited 

 to local conditions for summer forage. The results of these 

 observations were published in Bulletin No. 72, issued in 

 the spring of 1901. Observations with a number of crops 

 have been continued the past season. 



Wheat and Winter Vetch. — This is one of the earliest 

 spring forage crops. It has been grown at this station for 

 two consecutive years, with very satisfactory results. A 

 full description of the crop and method of cultivation is 

 found in the above bulletin. About one-third of an acre 

 was seeded the first of the present September, and has made 

 an excellent growth and promises well for the coming sea- 

 son. The experience obtained with this mixture leads to 

 the conclusion that it is decidedly preferable to winter rye 

 for early forage, although not ready to cut until a week 

 later. The vetch thus far has proved perfectly able to with- 

 stand the winter. The digestibility of this mixture, both 

 green and in the form of hay, has been made, but the results 

 are not yet available for publication. 



Corn and Cow Peas. — It has been the intention, so far as 

 practicable, to grow mixtures of legumes and non-legumes, 

 in order to increase the amount of protein in the several 

 forage crops. For a number of years corn and medium 

 green soy beans have been grown together quite successfully. 

 The past season Longfellow corn and black cow-peas were 

 sown together in rows three and one-half feet apart, with an 

 Eclipse corn planter, at the rate of ten quarts of corn and 

 seven quarts of peas to the acre. The soil was rather of a 



