CHAPTER XI 



COMBINATION CROPS WITH LEGUMES 



Various crops may be grown in combination, 

 in which leguminous plants occupy an important 

 place. The combination crops with legumes afford 

 a very perfect balancing of nutrients, they often 

 increase the acre yield, and sometimes they afford 

 the best means of utilizing land. These combina- 

 tions are of three groups: (1). Hardy annual 

 legumes (peas and vetches) grown with cool -sea- 

 son cereals; (2) tender annual legumes (cow-peas, 

 soybeans, velvet beans) grown with warm- season 

 cereals; (3) mixtures of clovers and grasses. 

 When carefully managed, these combinations give 

 the desirable results of each of the ingredients 

 and afford another resource to the stock feeder. 



OATS -AND -PEAS FOR FORAGE 



The oats-and-pea crop is grown primarily for 

 use as green forage, or for soiling, and it is one 

 of the most serviceable in any forage crop rotation, 

 supplying food when other crops are not usually 

 available, and also making an excellent substitute 

 for hay when it is not needed for green forage 



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