194 FORAGE CHOPS 



Sorghum-and-cowpeas, or sorghum -and -soy- 

 beans, make an e:^cellent summer forage, providing 

 the sorghum is seeded rather thickly and harvested 

 before it has nearly reached maturity. 



The quantity of seed recommended for all these 

 combination crops is one -half that used when each 

 of the crops is grown singly. 



MIXED GRASSES AND CLOVERS 



On most farms in the dairy sections of the 

 country, timothy, red-top and clovers (both red 

 and alsike) , and timothy and clovers are two mix- 

 tures generally used for pasture and hay- making. 

 When the purpose of growing forage crops is pri- 

 marily to supplement natural pastures, this crop 

 of mixed grasses and clovers serves a most excel- 

 lent purpose in supplying the need in emergencies. 

 In many localities, the grasses are seeded in the 

 fall with field crops, as with wheat or rye, and 

 the clovers are seeded in early spring, either with- 

 out covering or with light harrowing. 



When immediate and large returns are impor- 

 tant, seedings may be made without cover- crop in 

 the late summer or early fall. The best time of 

 seeding has been found to be from the middle of 

 August to the first of October, .depending on the 

 locality. At the New Jersey Experiment Station, 

 many tests have been made as to methods and 



