SOILING CROPS 



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Mississippi. — " One of the best, surest and safest crops for soiling 

 is sorghum, planted thick, and with the rows not over two feet apart. 

 The sorghum may follow a crop of oats or some other early crop, and 

 will withstand dry weather better than most other plants. Cow- 

 peas are good, and corn may be used satisfactorily on land that will 

 produce fair to large yields." (Moore.) 



Kansas. — Dates when soiling crops are available : Alfalfa, May 

 20 to September 30; wheat, June 1 to June 15; oats, June 15 to June 

 30 ; sweet corn, July 15 to July 31 ; field corn, August 1 to September 

 15; sorghum, August 1 to September 30; kafir, August 1 to Sep- 

 tember 30; wheat and rye pasture, until the ground freezes. (Otis.) 



Dates for planting and using soiling crops in western Oregon and western 

 Washington (Hunter) 



Rotation used successfully by practical dairymen in the middle latitudes 



(40° N.) 



Crop 



Rye and vetches . 

 Wheat and vetches . 

 Red and alsike clover 

 Oats and Canada peas 

 Very early sweet corn 

 Late sweet corn . . 

 Sorghum and cowpeas 



Seeding Time 



September 



September 



April or August 



April 



May 



May and June 



June 



Seed per Acre 



2 bu. rye, 2 bu. vetch 

 2 bu. rye, 5 bu. vetch 

 25 to 30 lb. 

 2 bu. oats, 2 bu. peas 

 8 qt. 

 6 qt. 



10 qt. sorghum, 50 qt. 

 peas 



In Prime Feeding 

 Condition 



April 25 to May 10 

 May 10 to June 1 

 June 1 to June 25 

 June 25 to Julv 10 

 July 10 to July 25 

 July 25 to Aug. 25 

 Aug. 25 to frost 



