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yard millet with cowpeas, are usually abundantly 

 apparent. With the latter combination, unless the 

 season is very warm, the millet will mature earlier 

 than the cowpeas, yet there is the advantage that 

 the corn or millet supports the cowpea, making the 

 cowpea easier to harvest, prolonging the period of 

 profitable use, and providing a much better ration. 

 Very excellent yields have been secured with these 

 combinations. Kafir corn or millet may be utilized 

 for a longer period than if either the kafir corn or 

 millet were used alone, which is at times a matter 

 of very considerable importance. 



In the case of maize -and -cowpeas or soybeans, 

 the advantages of the combination are usually not 

 so apparent, although in certain regions the com- 

 binations have been found to be very desirable, 

 and have been recommended particularly for silage, 

 since the combined crop provides a practically 

 balanced ration for winter feeding. The trouble is 

 that if a sufficient quantity of nutrients is to be 

 provided in a succulent ration made up of maize 

 and cowpea silage, a too large quantity must be 

 used in order that the animals may secure a suffi- 

 cient amount of dry matter. A safer, although a 

 slightly more expensive method, is to plant the 

 maize -and -cowpeas separately, and make the cow- 

 peas into hay. Silage and cowpea hay are not open 

 to this objection, as the succulent ration need not 

 exceed thirty to thirty- five pounds per day. 



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