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Oats and Peas. 

 Oats and Canada field peas, which so many find valuable 

 for summer feeding and for hay when sown early in the 

 spring, may also be grown as a fall forage. This crop can 

 be sown in July on fields where rye has been harvested, or 

 after early-cut grass. The peas should be plowed under 

 rather shallow, at the rate of 11/^ bushels per acre, or else 

 be deeply harrowed in with a wheel harrow ; while the oats 

 should be sown at the same rate, and be lightly harrowed 

 in. This crop may be fed green, or in many seasons, when 

 grown on rich soil, will make a valuable hay for harvesting- 

 early in October. 



Barley and Peas. 



Barley and peas is another forage cro}) valuable for fall 

 feeding. It has advantages for late forage not possessed by 

 oats and peas. While oats are damaged by heavy frosts, bar- 

 ley will remain vigorous and continue to grow until early 

 in November. This makes the barley and peas valuable for 

 late soiling purposes or for pasturing. The barlej^ and peas 

 should be sown at the rate of 11/^ bushels of each per acre, 

 and the croj) may be sown as late as the first week in Au- 

 gust. We have used this crop for soiling purposes as late 

 as the middle of November. Some farmers have had })Oor 

 success in growing the peas when sown in the summer. 

 Where this is the case, the oats or the barley may be grown 

 alone, and will i)roduce good crops when seeded at the rate 

 of 2i/'2 «r 3 bushels per acre. 



Winter Vetch. 



A valuable fall forage crop Avhich may be grown for pas- 

 turage is winter vetch. This may be grown alone, or Avith 

 winter wheat. This combination has been grown more com- 

 monly as an early spring soiling crop ; but, if planted as 

 early as July 20, a heavy growth of both wheat and vetch 

 may be had for fall feeding. This crop makes a rich pasture 

 feed, or it may be cut and fed as a soiling crop. If pastured 

 and not fed very closely, enough will usually be left over 

 winter to furnish feed for pasturing or soiling in the early 



