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Before attempting to bring the various feeds together into what is 

 termed fodder rations, it will be of interest to consider more in detail 

 the most valuable feeds for both winter and summer feeding. 



SUMJIER COARSE FEEDS. 



Pasture grass is a perfect feed for the dairy cow, and when the 

 animal can secure sufficient of it, without too great efforts, maximum 

 milk yields may be expected. This however is rarely the case, and 

 it very frequently becomes necessary to practice at least a partial 

 system of soiling. 



Rye sown the previous autumn is the earliest green feed to be had 

 in the spring. It cannot be fed over 10 days as it grows rapidly 

 woody. 



Wheat can follow rye and can be fed green for 14 days. After 

 cutting the rye and wheat the land can be planted to corn. Wheat 

 can be followed by clover and grass, or by clover alone, sown 

 the year previous. The first annual crops from which green feed can 

 be secured are Canada peas and oats, or vetch and oats. 



These should be sown as early as possible in the spring. The peas 

 or vetch should be harrowed or lightly plowed in to a depth of three 

 or four inches and the oats lightly harrowed in. Either combination 

 makes a most excellent green feed and by planting several lots about 

 two weeks apart, green feed can be secured during nearly the entire 

 mouth of July. The vetch seed is rather more costly than the peas. The 

 only objection to the Canada peas is their tendency to lodge. Some 

 prefer the Champion of England or Black Eyed Marrowfat on this 

 account. For green feed during the month of August the barnyard 

 millet (Panicum crus galli) is to be recommended. This millet was 

 imported from northern .Japan. The wild species growing in this 

 country is the common barnyard grass. The cultivated species grows 

 upright from five to seven feet tall, and yields from 12 to 20 tons of 

 green material per acre. Animals eat it with avidity. It also makes 

 very good hay, but being coarser than the common millet there is 

 difficulty in curing it. It needs plenty of moisture to produce 

 maximum yields, and will not stand a drought as well as corn. 

 Mediu II green soja beans, sown in drills two and one-half feet apart 

 about May 20 will grow four feet tall, and furnish a green fodder 

 rich in protein from Aug. 20 to Sept. 15. 



Corn planted May 20 will furnish green fodder from Aug. 25 to 

 Sept. 20. It can be feed in connection with soja beans one half 



