Odts and Canada field peas make the best green crop to 

 Oatsandpeas. follow clover. Generally itis advisable to make three 



sowings : the first as early as possible in the spring, 

 April 20 to 25, and the second and third fifteen and thirty days 

 later. One and one-half bushels each of the oats and peas is the 

 usual quantity to the acre. They may both be sown broadcast at 

 the same time after the land is plowed, and thoroughly harrowed in 

 with a wheel harrow. Some sow the peas first, covering with a wheel 

 harrow, then sow the oats and cover with an acme or similar harrow. 

 This method however is hardly necessary. The first sowing will be 

 ready about June 25 and cutting should begin as soon as the oats 

 show the head. The average yield from the first sowing is 10 tons 

 to the acre. The yield from the second and third sowings is not 

 likel}' to be as heavy, as the crop matures more quickly during the 

 warm weather. Oats and peas will remain in condition to be cut for 

 10 or 12 days. The average cow will consume 60 to 80 pounds 

 daily until the feed becomes tough. One-third to one-half acre will 

 furnish sufficient fodder for 10 cows twelve days. 



Oats and Spring Vetch have also been grown quite successfully at 

 the station. They are equally as digestible as the oats and peas, 

 and will generally yield as heavily. Should the spring prove dry 

 however the vetch is likely to make a poor growth, the oats taking 

 the larger part of the available moisture. The vetch seed is also 

 more costly than the peas. 



Hungarian grass. Land from which the first cutting of oats and 

 peas has been removed may be immediately seeded with Hungarian 

 grass or may be used for barley and peas, or for clover. The Hun- 

 garian grass if seeded the first week in July will be ready to cut by 

 September 10 to 15. It also makes a very satisfactory green feed 

 for August, if sown early in June, but barnyard millet is preferred 

 owing to the greater yield. The usual quantity of seed is one-half 

 to one bushel to the acre. 



Barnyard millet (Panicum crus-galli) makes a desir- 

 Barnyardmil- able green feed for the first three weeks of August, 

 let and peas. This variety of millet is becoming quite generally 



known, and the seed can be purchased of the more 

 prominent seedsmen. It is not in the writer's judgment ns satisfactory 

 a feed as corn, but it has its place among the desirable forage crops. 

 The millet is a warm weather plant similar to corn. It will not stand 



