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4. Because of the present cost of vetch seed, it is doubtful 

 if the ordinary dairjnian can afford to grow it ; but the milk 

 producer in the vicinity of profitable markets, who cultivates 

 intensively, may find it a satisfactory source of early green 

 feed. 



5. Wheat seeded by itself in early September makes a 

 fairly satisfactory early soiling crop, and is to be preferred 

 to rye. 



6. The dried wheat and vetch fodder if cut when in bloom 

 is preferable to ordinary hay for milk, but, on account of 

 the increased cost of production, it Mould hardly be con- 

 sidered profitable as a hay substitute. 



{b) Corn and Soy Beans. 



Attention has already been called (in Bulletin No. 72) to 

 the value of this fodder combination for August and Sep- 

 tember soiling. The present season about one-third of an 

 acre was grown. In earl}^ September the beans were pod- 

 ding and the corn was fairly well eared, but the ears were 

 only partially developed. The mixture was cut and bound 

 successfully October 4, with the Deering corn harvester, 

 at ^vhich time the bean stalks were quite tough, the bean 

 pods filled and the corn kernels glazed. This is the first 

 attempt made to cut the corn and bean mixture with a 

 harvester. A larger area Avill be planted another season, in 

 order to see if the mixture can be economicall}^ handled for 

 silage. 



Corn and soy bean silage was grown and used at this sta- 

 tion diu-ing 1895 and 189(). At that time the corn and 

 beans were grown in separate fields. The silo was filled in 

 the proportion of two-thirds corn and one-third beans. The 

 silage was satisfactory, eaten clean, and furnished 30 per 

 cent, more protein than did corn silage. It was believed at 

 the time, however, that the ii^creased cost of handling the 

 two crops when grown separately more than counterbalanced 

 the value of the additional protein secured. If it proves 

 economical to grow and handle the two together, it will 

 in a measure aid in increasing the supply of home-grown 

 protein. 



