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One part bean fodder and two parts corn fodder is a good proportion. 

 It should not be put in in layers, but both corn and bean plants run 

 through the cutting machine together. Thus mixed, the bean fodder 

 will keep better, and will aid in neutralizing the acidity of the corn. 

 The advantage of this mixture for feeding is, that it increases the per- 

 centage of protein in the ensilage from 1.4 or 1.6 per cent (corn 

 alone) to 2.6 or 2.8 (mixed ensilage). If this mixture could be fed 

 as an entire daily ration, but very little concentrated feeds, rich in 

 protein, would be i-equired. Corn for ensilage should be cut when 

 the ears are fairly well glazed. Beans planted about May 25 will 

 be ready at the same time. Barnyard millet is also recommended to 

 be used in connection with sojo beans for the silo. It requires fully 

 as much plant food to produce a crop, as does corn, and will not stand 

 dry weather as well. On fairly moist land from 15 to 17 tons can be 

 grown per acre. The seed can be sown broadcast, and the crop needs 

 no further attention till cut with a mowing machine early in Septem- 

 ber for the silo, thus effecting a considerable saving of labor. 

 Millet for ensilage should be planted about June 1. 



The hay of vetch and oats, peas and oats, and of Hungarian grass 

 makes good coarse feeds for winter, equal to an average quality of 

 hay. The peas and oats can be cut when in blossom early in July 

 and followed immediately by Hungarian grass. One is thus enabled 

 to grow from three to three and one-half tons of these hays per acre. 

 On lands that cannot be made to produce two and one-half tons of 

 English hay yearly, this method migiit be followed with advantage, 

 if labor is not too costly. By planting a variety of annual fodder 

 -crops, many farmers are so situated as to beable to sell English hay to 

 advantage. 



CONCENTRATED FEEDS. 



Classification, showing comparative feeding value on bases of 

 protein they contain, as well as comparative commercial and manurial 

 values. 



