PASTURE OR FORAGE, AND SOILING CROPS 269 



stock. The labor proposition alone is sufficient to prevent 

 soiling ever becoming very popular in the corn-belt, except 

 upon high-priced land near the cities. 



However, partial soiling often may be practiced success- 

 fully in the corn-belt. In the summer when flies are bad, 

 it may be profitable to cut the pasture crops and haul them 

 to the stock which are kept in cool, dark, comfortable 



Fig. 74. 



X =APPROX/MAT£ T/ME OF PLANT/NG 

 ^mm = >» » >y FEED/NG 



'^---^ = poss/0/L/ry OF fefd/ng 



Showing seed per acre, approximate time of planting and feeding 

 different soiling crops. (Illinois Experiment Station.) 



quarters during the day and turned out to graze at night. If 

 one desires to feed green alfalfa to cattle it is best to cut it 

 and carry it to the stock rather than pasture it, for reasons 

 already mentioned. In seasons of exceptional drought, when 

 the pastures are all gone, it is often feasible to cut green 

 corn or other crops and feed them to the stock in order to 

 help tide them over until the pasture comes again. 



Hayden, at the Illinois Experiment Station,^ suggests the 



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