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as far as that goes, and have the field ploughed up, and there will 

 be a splendid green manure to have some winter-crop sown on. 



Next: sow it in spring in connection with Oats or Summer-rye. 

 In the first case there is when ripe, a splendid fodder of mixed 

 oats and vetches for horses ; in the second case when ripe, there 

 is good material to have mixed cattle-meal ground of the grain. 

 And in both cases, there is the straw to be lilcewise used as 

 fodder in a chopped state. Furthermore, there is in the unripened 

 state of that mixture of plants also a very good green fodder for 

 both cattle and horses. 



And as for the quality of the fodder, it is a very good fodder 

 indeed. In the green state, though it is not eaten with that eager- 

 ness by both horses and cattle as is the case with Red clover 

 and Lucerne, yet both do like it well enough, and it is most 

 surely of great nutritive value. The same applies to the Vetches 

 in the shape of grain for horses and of meal for cattle. 



In regard to the meal as fodder for catte, it is a splendid thing 

 even and is for dairy-cows very conducive to an increase of milk, 

 tending to enrich greatly the cream. The somewhat bitter taste of 

 the Vetch-meal does not seem to be much of an objection on the 

 part of the cattle. If at-all there should be any sign in that respect, 

 the addition of a certain percentage of say r y e-meal will soon 

 alter this. 



Finally, there is the use of spring Vetches for green manure on 

 heavy rich soil. And for that purpose there is of recent years 

 in Holland a large increase in the use and cultivation of them, 

 the fact being that spring Vetches do lend themselves very well 

 indeed for sowing throughout spring, summer and early part of 

 autumn; that they thrive very rapidly, and that they produce 

 consequently a splendid green manure for the next crop, be it 

 that either a summer or autumn sowing is to follow. 



And here it may be the place to draw special attention to the 

 Holland (Gue/dre)-grown spring Vetches. It is true, that they 

 are being sold at a higher price than those of other origin usually 

 command, but they are fully worth the higher price. 



Take the seed. It is a far bigger grain and, if sown for seed- 

 saving, yields a far larger quantity, so that the additional money 

 laid out for stock-seed, easily comes back in the shape of the 

 larger yield; far more than that even. 



Take the plant destined to be ploughed under for green manure. 

 Here, again, the larger bulk of green material to be ploughed 



