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CROPS FOR SPECIAL FARM PRACTICES 



Soiling crops for Pennsylvania (Watson and Mairs) 



Chop 



Rye 



Alfalfa 



Clover and timothy 



Peas and oats 



Alfalfa (second crop) .... 

 Sorghum and cowpeas (after rj^e) 

 Cowpeas (after peas and oats) 



Area for 

 10 Cows 



}4 acre 

 2 acres 

 ^ acre 



1 acre 



2 acres 

 }/2 acre 

 1 acre 



When to be Fed 



May 15-June 1 

 June 1-June 12 

 June 12-June 24 

 June 24-July 15 

 July 15- Aug. 11 

 Aug. 11-Aug. 28 

 Aug. 28-Sept. 30 



Crops for partial soiling for Illinois during midsummsr (Fraser) 



Kind of Fodder 



Corn, early, sweet, or dent 

 Corn, medium, dent . 



Cowpeas 



Soybeans 



Oats and Canada peas 



Oats and Canada peas 



I. Rape (Dwarf Essex) . 



8. Rape, second sowing . 



9. Rape, third sowing . . 



Amount of 



Seed 

 PER Acre 



6qt. 

 5 qt. 

 1 bu. 

 1 bu. 



1 bu. each 

 1 bu. each 

 4 1b. 

 4 1b. 

 4 1b. 



Approximate Time op 

 Feeding 



July 1-Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1-Sept. 30 

 Aug. 1-Sept. 15 

 Aug. 1-Sept. 15 

 July 1-July 15 

 July 15-Aug. 1 

 July 1-Aug. 1 

 Aug. 1-Sept. 1 

 Sept. 1-Oct. 1 



Succession of soiling crops for dairy cows for Wisconsin (Carlyle) 



Remarks. — Feed in stable during day and turn cowa on pasture at night, or feed carefully 

 in the pasture, spreading the forage. After cutting rye, use same ground for the rape, flint 

 corn, and sorghum, and after rutting pea.san<l oats, use same ground for evergreen sweet corn 

 anrl rape. .After oats, sow peas an<l barley. In this way a single acre only is required 

 (except alfalfa, which is permanent), and the forage produced is ample succulent feed for 

 ten cows for nearly half the year. 



