and peas are useful chiefly for green forage, to be grown together 

 with the cereal fodders, the latter plants furnishing a desirable 

 support. 



The soj bean, of which the medium green is the preferable variety, 

 has its chief use in Massachusetts as a green forage. 



Alfalfa will produce a large amount of green material, but experi- 

 ence at this station has shown that its place is likely to be partly 

 usurped by grasses after two or three years. It seems probable that 

 it is not likely to prove decidedly superior to clover in the New Eng- 

 land farm economy.' 



Among the most desirable non-leguminous forage plants may be 

 mentioned rye, wheat, barley, oats, corn, millet, sorghum, as well as 

 the grasses usually grown for hay. 



In describing the various fodders and fodder 

 Order of mixtures, those available in the late spring will 



Description. firt-t be mentioned, and a description will fol- 



low of those best suited for the summer and 

 autumn months. Following this general description will be found a 

 table briefly summarizing the most important facts such as the time 

 of sowing, seed to the acre, area to be sown, and approximate time 

 of cutting. 



Rye sown broadcast about September first, at 

 Rye and Wheat. the rate of two bushels to the acre, gives the 

 earliest green feed, being often ready to cut 

 May 2oth. The chief objections to this crop are that it grows woody 

 quite rapidly after it begins to blostom, rarely lasting in satisfactory 

 condition over 8 days, and that it frequently imparts an objectiona- 

 ble flavor to the milk. 



Wheat may be sown at the rate of two bushels to the acre, the 

 same time as rye, and will be ready to cut by May 30th. It will re- 

 main in good condition for feeding several days longer than the rye. 

 The land should be plowed, harrowed, and i^ 

 Wheat bushels of wheat and i bushel of vetch to the 



and Sand Vetch, acre sown broadcast about September first, and 

 covered not too deeply with awheel or other har- 

 row. A good growth may be expected before cold weather, which 

 should be left uncut as a mulch. Cutting should begin just as the 



' See special circular No. 18 on Alfalfa put out by this station; also, page S of this 

 bulletin. 



