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with which corn can be grown on that farm during a series of years. 

 Root crops are used as a substitute for silage on many of the farms 

 studied. 



CLOVER. 



Clover does exceptionally well in practically all parts of this region. 

 Good yields are ordinarily secured without the aid of artificial inocu- 

 lation or lime. Clover or clover and timothy are the most popular 

 hay crops grown in this section. Medium red clover yields two crops 

 in one season. The first crop is cut for hay and the second either for 

 hay or for seed.^ Two tons of hay from the first cutting and one 

 from the second is a common yield, and it is not at all uncommon 

 for clover seed to yield two bushels per acre. The clover-seed crop 

 is somewhat uncertain, but in case it does not promise a fair yield 

 of seed, by careful observation the farmer can usually determine this 

 in time to cut the crop for hay. 



ALFALFA. 



Alfalfa can be grown successfully in nearly all parts of the region, 

 but certain requirements are usually essential. Drainage, manure, 

 a deep, compact, clean seed bed, lime, inoculation, and good seed 

 insure a stand of alfalfa on the average soil of this district in any 

 ordinary year. Alfalfa yields more hay per acre than clover, but it 

 does not fit so vv'ell into existing rotations. 



SWEET CLOVER. 



Sweet clover is still in the experimental stage in this region, but is 

 yielding satisfactory returns on a few farms. Soil preparation for 

 sweet clover is about the same as for alfalfa. For hay and pasture 

 it is less palatable than alfalfa. It seeds heavily, and the high price 

 of the seed makes it a good cash crop. Sweet clover inoculates and 

 in other ways prepares the soil for ahalfa. 



HAIRY VETCH. 



Hairy vetch is still in the experimental stage in this district. It 

 is usually grown with winter rye. When sown late in the fall it some- 

 times winter-kills badly, but a good stand yields well and the seed 

 usually sells at a high price. The crop is grown for seed, for hay, 

 and for soil improvement. The common fanning mill does not sepa- 

 rate vetch seed from rye, but there is a gravity spiral machine now 

 on the market that makes a very complete separation. 



CASH CROPS. 



The following are good cash crops for this district: Potatoes for 

 seed or market, hay, clover seed, peas, beans, hairy vetch, seed corn, 

 rye, wheat, barley, and buckwheat. Limited amounts of small fruits 



1 U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 323, "Clover Farming on the Sandy Jack Pine 

 lands of the North." 



