SOILING 



SOILING 



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(1) Winter wheat or rye, ready to cut and feed 

 during May ; 



(2) Green clover, for feeding during the early 

 part of June ; 



(3) Oats and peas, sown as early as possible in 

 the spring, and later two or three times at weekly 

 intervals ; available for feeding during the remain- 

 der of June and in July ; 



(4) Corn or corn and sorghum planted at the 

 usual time, for feeding in August and September.; 



(5) The land occupied by oats and peas when 

 cleared may be sown to millet or barley, for feed- 

 ing during the fall months. 



The following crops for partial soiling are recom- 

 mended by Jordan : Three sowings of peas and 

 oats in May and early June and two plantings of 

 corn, one at the usual time, the other two weeks 

 later. These crops will furnish a supply of green 

 feed when this is most likely to be needed. Quincy 

 included four crops in his system, viz., early clover 

 (for feeding during May and June), oats (for July), 



corn (for August), second growth of clover or 

 grass (September to October 15), tops of carrots 

 and turnips, cabbages (October 15 to November). 



Special rotations for soiling crops have been 

 recommended by various authorities, and the farmer 

 has the choice of a variety of crops that may be 

 grown for this purpose. In deciding on a system 

 of rotation to be adopted, he should consider the 

 kinds of crops that will do best under his special 

 conditions of farming, that will furnish green for- 

 age at the time when wanted and are especially 

 adapted for feeding the kinds of stock kept. The 

 rotations suitable for soiling included below are 

 given as guides for farmers living in the states 

 mentioned, or under similar agricultural conditions. 

 While they need not and in many cases probably 

 cannot be followed in every detail, they will prove 

 useful (as helpful outline plans) to farmers located 

 in different sections of the country, who intend to 

 adopt the soiling system of feeding cattle and other 

 classes of live-stock. 



Examples of rotations of soiling crops. 



(1) Soiling Cbops Adapted to Noktheen New England States.— Lindsey. (For 10 cows' entire soiling.) 



Kind 



Rye 



Wheat 



Red clover . . . 



Grass and clover 



Vetch and oats . 

 Vetch and oats . 



Peas and oats . . 



Peas and oats , 



Barnyard millet , , . . 

 Barnyard millet . . . . . 

 Soybeans (medium green) 



Corn ^ „ - 



Corn , 



Hungarian 



Barley and peas .... 



Seed per acre 



2 bushels 



2 bushels 



20 pounds 



f i bushel red-top, 1 peck tim- \ 

 \ othy, 10 pounds red clover / 



3 bushels oats, 50 pounds vetch 

 3 bushels oats, 50 pounds vetch 



/ IJ bushels Canada peas, IJ ) 



1 bushels oats J 



( IJ bushels Canada peas, IJ ) 

 I bushels oats f 



1 peck 



1 peck 



18 quarts 



1 bushel 

 ( IJ bushels peas, IJ bushels 



barley . 



Time of seeding 



Sept. 10-15 



Sept. 10-15 



July 15-Aug. 1 



September 



April 20 

 April 30 



April 20 



April 30 



May 10 

 May 25 

 May 20 

 May 20 

 May 30 

 July 15 



August 5 



Area 



J acre 

 i acre 

 J acre 



i acre 

 J acre 



i acre 



J acre 



J acre 

 i acre 

 i acre 

 J acre 

 i acre 

 i acre 



1 acre 



Time of cntting 



May 20-May 30 

 June 1-June 15 

 June 15-June 25 



June 15-June 30 



June 25-July 10 

 July 10-July 20 



June 25-July 10 



July 10-July 20 



July 25-Aug. 10 

 Aug. 10-Aug. 20 

 Aug. 25-Sept. 15 

 Aug. 25-Sept. 10 

 Sept. 10-Sept. 20 

 Sept. 20-Sept. 30 



Oct. 1-Oct. 20 



The dates given in the table apply to Central Connecticut and regions under approximately similar conditions. 



