very high this season ($5.50 to $7.00 a bushel) due to the fact that 

 in those sections where the seed is grown, the drought was severe 

 last year, and the crop was largely fed green. The usual price is 

 one-third less. The vetch develops an abundance of root 

 nodules, and must fix large quantities of atmospheric nitrogen. It 

 has been found to be very digestible, and animals eat it freely. 



Wheat itself when sown in early September at the rate of two 

 bushels to the acre also makes a satisfactory spring green feed and is 

 considered preferable to rye. If however it can be grown together 

 with a leguminous crop, the nutritive value of the fodder mixture 

 is decidedly enhanced. Laud from which wheat or wheat and vetch 

 have been removed can be immediately sown to corn, corn and 

 beans or Hungarian grass. 



The green crop naturally following the wheat and 

 Grass and clo- vetch is either a mixture of grass and clover or 

 ver or clover, clover itself. The grasses should be of the earlier 

 varieties blooming in early June. The following 

 mixture costs about five dollars and is intended for one acre : alsike* 

 or red clover, 8 pounds ; tall oat grass, 8 pounds ; orchard grass, 6 

 pounds ; Kentucky blue grass, 6 pounds. The seed should be sown 

 in early August if possible, in order to enable the clover to become 

 well established before winter. The yield will be from 6 to 8 tons 

 to the acre, and cutting can usually begin as the first blossoms 

 appear, generally about June 7. Two-thirds of au acre would be 

 ample for 10 cows ten days. If it appears that more has been grown 

 than can be fed green, the balance can be made into excellent hay. 

 If allowed to stand until long past bloom, the mixture becomes 

 tough and less digestible. A second cutting of several tons to the 

 acre can be obtained if the rainfall is sufficient. Land thus seeded 

 can be cropped for two successive years. 



Clover would probably be preferred by many to the grass and 

 clover, for the reason that the 15 or 20 pounds of seed necessary 

 to the acre can be obtained for one- half the price of the grass and 

 clover mixture. The first cutting can be made nearly as early as the 

 grass and clover, and the yield will be as large. A second and 

 occasionally a third cutting can be secured. Clover is a great nitro- 

 gen gatherer and is very nutritious. 



*The writer rather prefers the alsike clover because of the finer stem. 



