FORAGE CROPS 



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typical of the color or characteristics of the seed ; the white 

 having white seed, etc. They are highly valued in some sec- 

 tions of the South-west, where they are grown, not only for the 

 fodder, giving a number of cuttings each season, but also for 

 the grain, which yields from 25 to 50 bushels per acre. The 

 grain, when ground, compares favorably with corn meal as a 

 feed. 



MILO MAIZE OR DHOHRA 



This plant belongs to the same general family as the Kaffir 

 corn, which it resembles. It reached a height with us of 6 feet, 

 but the heads did not have time to fully open. On a 30 foot 

 row it gave a yield of 73^ pounds, the stalks standing about 3 

 inches apart in the row. There are many other varienes of the 

 Milo maize. We have grown the white, also the brown Dhoura. 



JERUSALEM CORN 



This is similar to the two preceding plants, only not quite as 

 tall, nor as heavy a yielder. From a 30 foot row, the yield was 

 54 pounds. The plant does not mature in this climate. 



B. — Leguminous Forage Crops 

 THE SOY BEAN {Glycine hispidd) 



This plant has been under cultivation at the Station for the 

 past four seasons; it is an introduction from Japan, where it has 

 been cultivated from a very early time. The Soy bean has been 

 known in this country for some time, but it is only within recent 

 years that its value has been demonstrated. Its main value, 

 and that for which we have been growing it, is as a forage crop. 

 The composition of the plant shows a high percentage of food 

 ingredients, and, as it is one of the leguminous plants, it doubt- 

 less derives much of its nitrogen from the air. 



There are many varieties, which at present are classified by a 

 few seedsmen into early, medium, and late ; others offer simply 

 Soy or " Soja " beans, which we find are usually the late variety. 

 In 1895, about three-fourths of an acre was grown, but due to 

 an early frost was not harvested in the best condition. This 



