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Variety. 



Cost of vari- Canada field peas, 

 ous seeds. Winter vetch, 

 Spring vetch, 

 Medium green soy beans. 

 Winter wheat. 

 Barnyard millet. 

 Tall oat grass. 

 Orchard grass, 

 Kentucky blue grass. 



The peas, beans and spring vetch can be obtained of any New 

 England seed house. The winter vetch is at present offered only by 

 New York seedsmen. 



The chief objection to the growing of summer for- 



Objections to age crops is the time and labor consumed in their 



summer soil- production. It becomes necessary to prepare numer- 



ing. ous small pieces of land at frequent intervals and to 



cut and draw small quantities of fodder to the barn 

 every two or three days. Work of this character is time consuming 

 and frequently interferes with more extended farm operations. For 

 this reason some farmers prefer to supplement pasturage with hay 

 and grain, believing it to be more economical. No definite rules 

 can be laid down concerning the most suitable method to follow. It 

 is certainly desirable that animals should receive at least a portion 

 of their daily ration in the form of green feed during the growing 

 season. Each farmer must study his own conditions and follow the 

 system best adapted to his particular needs. 



Corn ensilage is quite often used as a substitute for 



The summer pasture grass and green forage, especially in those 



silo. sections where frequent and long continued droughts 



are prevalent. The silo should be so constructed as 

 to render a less surface area of silage exposed than during the win- 

 ter months. 



The writer does not favor silage as a summer feed whenever other 

 forage can be economically supplied. The corn as is well known, 

 undergoes fermentation in the silo, and among other products, a con- 

 siderable amount of acetic acid is formed. It is this acid which 

 renders the ensilage sour, and it is decidedly objectionable as a food 

 ingredient, especially if fed continuously. It is therefore pi*efer- 

 able from the standpoint of health, to supply the animals during the 

 summer, with freshly grown green forage, and leave the fermented 



