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in some instances, the seed is usually buried about 2 

 to 3 inches. 



Three to 4 pecks of the vetch will usually suffice 

 per acre. When the common vetch is sown in the 

 spring, it furnishes excellent hay when sown with 

 bald barley, but it may be also sown with oats. About 

 2 pecks of vetch seed are sown per acre, and the usual 

 amount of other grain sown is reduced by that much. 

 About the same amount of the sand vetch ought to be 

 sown. In the spring it may be sown with almost any 

 kind of grain, reducing the amount of the same by only 

 one peck. The vetch may add in a considerable degree 

 to the value of the forage furnished by the grain. It 

 will also grow on after the grain is harvested and fur- 

 nish pasture -both in the fall and spring, especially the 

 latter. In the autumn the seed may be sown with 

 winter wheat or rye, sowing about 2 pecks of vetch per 

 acre and reducing the usual amount of grain by that 

 much. The crop thus grown should usually be grown for 

 hay. i 



Care of the crop. About the only care of the crop 

 that can be given is the use of the harrow at certain 

 times. The vetch will probably stand about the same 

 amount of harrowing without injury as would be suitable 

 for the grain with which it is sown. When the sand 

 vetch is sown with spring grain, harrowing or even disc- 

 ing after the grain crop has been removed, may prove 

 helpful. In mild areas the pasturing of the vetch may 

 be continued through much of the winter, but care must 

 be taken in such instances not to injure the land by 

 poaching. 



Harvesting for hay. When the crop is cut for hay, 

 if sown alone the common vetch should be harvested by 

 the aid of the field mower with an attachment in the same 

 way as peas (see p. 266). The sand vetch grown alone 

 cannot be harvested thus because of the tangling of the 



