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of each, to excellent advantage and furnishes a properly balanced 

 ration. Land from which peas and oats have been removed by July 

 15, can be seeded at once with Hungarian grass and will yield green 

 feed from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5 ; the balance if any can be made into 

 hay. One can expect from one to one and one-half tons of hay per 

 acre. Barley and peas sown Aug. 1-5 will furnish plenty of green 

 feed during October. These last fodders will stand very severe 

 frosts. 



TABLE III. 



SOILING CROPS. 



(For 10 cows entire soiling.) 



It is of course not expected that all farmers will find it necessary 

 to use all of these crops, or to follow in the rotation above outlined. 

 The area suggested for each crop is at best only an approximation. 

 Farmers will in a large measure be obliged to use their own judgment, 

 as much will depend on the season, condition of land and whether 

 the crops are grown to help out the pasture or as an entire substitute. 



Grass and clover or clover, and peas and oats or vetch and oats, as 

 given in the above table are intended as alternate crops to be used 

 according to choice. 



