CHAPTER II 



FARM CROPS 



A LARGE variety of crops are grown on a farm, 

 but they can all be grouped into three divisions 

 for practical purposes, namely, corn, root and 

 forage crops. Crops are divided thus because 

 the main object in growing them is to provide 

 food for the stock, and the food of all animals 

 is generally made up of members of each 

 group. 



The corn, cereal, or white straw crops 

 comprise wheat, barley and oats, and they are 

 grown, unlike any other crops, for two reasons, 

 their grain and their straw. The bulk of the 

 grain is sold off the farm, but certain quantities, 

 particularly of oats, are retained for feeding to 

 the stock ; grain being a particularly rich form 

 of food for stock is necessary to supplement the 

 less rich but more bulky food-stuffs, namely, hay 

 and roots. The straw is partly used as a food- 



