186 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



may be recommended: Rye sown in the fall 

 gives the earliest green fodder in spring. Oats 

 and peas planted just as early as the soil can 

 be suitably worked give a good succession to 

 the rye. If two sowings of oats and peas fol- 

 low each other at intervals of ten days, or 

 thereabouts, one will secure a most nutritious 

 and palatable green fodder that will yield 

 heavily. Common oats and Canada field peas 

 in the North make a good combination, A 

 very satisfactory way will be to sow broadcast 

 a bushel of peas to the acre and plow the seed 

 under three to four inches; then harrow thor- 

 oughly and drill in two bushels of oats per 

 acre. Some persons drill in oats and peas at 

 the same time, but the peas should be planted 

 twice as deep as the oats. 



As soon as the seed can be safely put in the 

 ground the corn cro^ for soiling should be 

 planted. Three seedings may be made, so that 

 a succession of green food will follow to frost. 

 The rows may ordinarily be about three and 

 one-half feet apart, and the seed six inches, or 

 thereabouts, apart in the row. While the most 

 nutriment is secured from the plant at ma- 

 turity it will be desirable and profitable to be- 

 gin feeding the green fodder just as soon as it 

 assumes a size that will justify cutting, say at 

 the time the blossom first appears. 



Red clover and sorghum also make impor- 



