336 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION 



than by broadcasting. When grown for soiling, it is 

 always desirable to seed in rows, since cutting and har- 

 vesting are more easily accomplished. 



353. Rape may follow small grains, as a catch crop. 

 After the wheat, barley, rye, or oats has been removed, 

 the field may be disked and seeded to rape. Seeded in 

 this way, with favorable conditions of soil and cli- 

 mate, a goodly amount of late pasture may be se- 

 cured. In sections where there is plenty of rainfall, 

 rape may be seeded in the corn at the time of the last 

 cultivation, with good results. Rape may be seeded in the 

 spring with the small grains, and pastured after they are 

 harvested. When seeded with oats, it is usually desirable 

 to broadcast the rape after the oat plants are an inch or 

 two in height, since if seeded with the oats the rape will 

 make enough growth to be troublesome during harvesting. 

 After the oats are removed, the rape will grow rapidly, 

 and may be pastured in a few weeks from the time of 

 cutting the oats. Rape may be seeded with spring wheat 

 in the same manner, Or it may be sown broadcast on winter 

 wheat after the wheat has started to grow in the spring. 

 A light harrow may be used to cover the seed when it 

 is sown with oats or wheat. 



