110 FORAGE CROPS 



Distance apart and seed required 



For hay or fodder, it should be planted close, 

 and the greatest yield may be secured by broad- 

 easting or putting in with a wheat drill, set to sow 

 one and one -half bushels of seed per acre. For 

 producing grain it should be planted in rows with 

 a view to cultivating. For the western and drier 

 country, rows should be three to three and one -half 

 feet apart, and the seed from four to eight inches 

 apart in the rows, while for the eastern areas of 

 greater rainfall, better results are obtained by put- 

 ting the rows two and one -half to three feet apart, 

 and the seed from two to four inches apart in the 

 row. For western planting gix to seven pounds per 

 acre will be all the seed required, while for eastern 

 planting ten to twelve pounds per acre will give 

 the best results for grain. 



Any drill or drill planters may be used if 

 adapted to such small seeds, and to drop them 

 the proper distance apart. Perhaps the most prac- 

 tical is the ordinary grain drill, tacking a piece of 

 pasteboard over all the holes except those which 

 will plant the rows at the proper distance. 



Time to plant 



Kafir corn, having a rather low vitality, and 

 growing slowly after starting, should not be 



