238 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. 



saccharine sorghums, the cowpea, the soy bean, 

 millet, rape, field roots and cabbage. A limited 

 succession would include crimson clover, the soy 

 bean or the cowpea and corn or sorghum in one 

 or more of its varieties. The succession for the 

 southern half of the section would be to a certain 

 extent the same as for the northern half, but in 

 the former more prominence relatively should be 

 given to the sorghums than to corn, and in some 

 sections the velvet bean and possibly teosinte and 

 Japan clover should be given a place in the succes- 

 sion. Where alfalfa can be gi^own with entire 

 success, as for instance on the bottom lands of 

 Louisiana, this plant alone could be made to provide 

 soiling food for live stock during much of the year. 

 Succession in Section No. 4. — In Section No. 4 

 the variety of plants that can be grown as soiling 

 food is not quite so large. In much of this area the 

 clovers, except alfalfa, could scarcely be taken into 

 account. The millets, at least in the common 

 A'arieties, would not prove a marked success, because 

 of the dry conditions. The common winter vetch 

 and the sand vetch would not render much ser- 

 vice, chiefly because of the want of moisture. Much 

 prominence ought to be given to alfalfa, especially 

 in Nebraska and Kansas, and to certain of the non- 

 saccharine sorghums as kaffir corn and milo maize, 

 in all the area, because of the marked adaptation for 

 these plants. The soy bean has on the whole higher 

 adaptation to these states than the cowpea. The 

 moisture is also too little to admit of growing 

 rape at its best and the summer temperatures are 

 also too high. 



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