38 



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 

 spring. The vetch seed is quite expensive ; but, as the seeds are 

 small, ^ bushel per acre will suffice for a good seeding, when used 

 with 2 bushels per acre of wheat. 



Rape. 

 Rape is a turnip-like plant, which often grows 3 to 4 feet tall. 

 It is quite commonly grown in the more northerly countries of both 

 Europe and America as a feed for sheep. This may also be grown 

 as a late fall fodder for feeding to young stock or to dry cattle. We 

 would not advise its use for dairy stock producing milk, unless in 

 quite small quantities, because of the danger of producing a dis- 

 agreeable flavor in the milk and butter. 



Cabbage. 

 Late cabbage is a crop which can often be grown with profit by 

 dairymen as a market crop, and the unmarketable portion will 

 furnish valuable fodder. * Retail milk dealers, with routes in the 

 smaller cities or in towns and villages, may often find a ready re- 

 tail market, at a good profit, among their customers for all the larger 

 and better heads of cabbage, leaving only the poorer heads and the 

 leaves as fodder ; or cabbage can usually be shipped to the larger 

 cities, and sold at wholesale, finding a ready market at a fair profit. 

 This crop, however, may be an economical one to grow even when 

 raised entirely for stock feeding. The plants may be set as late 

 as the middle of July, and still make a heavy growth of firm heads. 

 To get the best results, the soil should be made rich with well- 

 rotted stable manure. Cabbage is not injured by heavy frosts, and 

 that portion of the crop not fed before the ground freezes may be 

 stored in piles, covered with leaves or straw, and be fed during the 

 early winter. 



Apples. 

 In seasons when there is a large crop of apples, these may be 

 fed to advantage. The poorer kinds of fruit, and that which is 

 not of a high enough grade to sell as market fruit, can often be 

 fed to dairy stock with good results. Stock soon become accus- 

 tomed to the fruit, so that the amount fed may often be increased 

 to 3 pecks or more per day, by starting with a peck per day. 



