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7. By the use of the tables in this chapter calculate the 

 amount of protein in a ton of alfalfa, clover, timothy hay, and 

 corn fodder. 



8. What is the average yield of each of the above crops in 

 your locality ? 



HOME PROJECTS 



1. Grow small plots of medium red, mammoth, crimson, and 

 alsike clovers for comparison and study. 



2. Sow common vetch in the spring with and without oats 

 for hay, and cut when the vetch is in full bloom. 



3. Sow hairy vetch in the fall with and without rye as a 

 nurse crop, and note the development for hay the following 

 summer. 



4. Pasture vetch and rye in the fall and spring and then let 

 grow for hay. 



5. Turn vetch and rye under for green manure and grow 

 corn, potatoes, or root crops, noting results. 



6. Grow a plot each of Alaska, Admiral, Horsford, and 

 Advancer peas for comparison and study. 



7. Grow plots of Scotch, Marrowfat, Green, and Yellow field 

 peas for comparison and study. 



8. Put up some threshed and sheaf samples of legumes for 

 exhibition purposes. 



