Green Forage Crops 



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No. OF CROP Ro- 



ACRB TATION 



Oats and Peas , 

 Cowpeas . . 

 Barley and Peas 



Rye and Vetch 

 Corn 



Barley and Peas 



TIME OP 

 SEEDING 



April 1, '98 



June 15, '98 



AMOUNT OP 

 FERTILIZER APPLIED 



25 Ib. Nitrate of soda 

 100 Ib. Acid phosphate 

 25 Ib. Ground bone 

 50 Ib. Muriate of potash 



200 Ib. Acid phosphate 



TIME OP 

 HARVESTING 



100 Ib. Muriate of potash / 



June 1, 



Aug. 15, '98 



125 Ib. Nitrate of soda 

 100 Ib. Acid phosphate \ Oct. 20, '98 

 50 Ib. Muriate of potash 



125 Ib. Nitrate of soda ] 

 150 Ib. Acid phosphate [ May 5, '98 

 75 Ib. Muriate of potash J 



{ 100 Ib. Acid phosphate } 



June 1, '98 j 50 Ib. Ground bone [ Aug. 1, '98 



I 50 Ib. Muriate of potash j 



125 Ib. Nitrate of soda } 

 100 Ib. Acid phosphate | Oct. 15, '98 

 50 Ib. Muriate of potash J 



This scheme, which provides for two or three crops 

 each season, has proved entirely practicable and success- 

 ful when liberal fertilization is practiced, as here indicated. 



THE CABBAGE TRIBE 



Several members of the mustard family of the cabbage 

 kind are useful forage crops, and their cultivation is rapidly 

 increasing. In general feeding practice, they may be 

 compared with root crops. In fact, kohlrabi is often 

 classed with root crops, and well it may be, since it is 

 very closely allied to the turnips and rutabagas, differing 

 chiefly in having the thickened part above the ground rather 

 than below ground. The leading cabbage-like forage plants 

 are rape, cabbage and kohlrabi. The kales are not much 

 grown for forage in North America. Their culture does 

 not differ greatly from that of rape. Thousand-headed 

 kale is the kind mostly recommended, but it does not ap- 

 pear to have any advantage over rape for forage. 



