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lated for vetch. How much ivould you sow per acre alone or with oats 

 of both plants? 



We would not use rape in such a way. We would sow about 30 

 Ibs. of vetch and 30 Ibs. of red or black oats per acre. If your land 

 grows bur clover naturally it is probably inoculated all right. 



Buckwheat Summer Cover. 



Is buckwheat a good summer cover crop for an orange orchard to add 

 humus to the soil? I have been told buckwheat is hard on the land. Is 

 that true where none of the crop is removed from the orchard? 



Buckwheat will add humus and will not hurt the land if not taken 

 off and if the soil is not too light already. For working into sandy 

 soil, it should not be too much matured. 



Methods With Buckwheat. 



Are the peat lands adapted to buckwheat? When is it generally sown? 

 How handled? Is the market limited? Will it cope successfully with 

 Bermuda grass and other weeds? 



You can grow buckwheat on low bottom land without irrigation 

 if it holds moisture enough to make a corn crop. It can also be 

 grown on higher land with irrigation. As it will stand no frost, it 

 must be a midsummer crop. Broadcast like barley and harvest with 

 a mower. Dry well before raking or it will heat in the cock. Thresh 

 with a grain separator with proper arrangement of concaves and 

 sieves. There is very little call for it as we in California make hot 

 cakes out of wheat, etc. There is likely to be more call for it, as it is 

 gaining popularity as a summer-grown cover crop in irrigated orchards. 

 It will smother out a good many weeds, but we doubt if it will get 

 away with Bermuda. 



Summer Forage. 



I wish to grotv a summer crop for dairy cattle, upon irrigated mesa 

 land, leveled for Hooding. Which would be grown to advantage, Kaffir 

 corn, sugar cane or millet? How much should be broadcast and when 

 cut? Could I grow mixed with cow peas to make more balanced ration? 



Kaffir corn or some other sorghum will give you most summer 

 feed. It can be broadcast at about 60 Ibs. to the acre and cut with 

 a mower when the stems are a quarter to half an inch in diameter. 

 Better results are usually obtained by sowing in drills, 2j4 to 3 feet 

 and cultivating for a time. This takes about one-quarter as much 

 seed. Cow peas require more water than sorghum and better results 

 can be had by growing in checks by themselves, but the growth can 

 be fed together. 



Stacking Corn Fodder. 



/ cut about ten tons of fodder, and after letting it cure in bundles 

 in the shock for about a month I put it in the barn. It ivas apparently 



