118 FORAGE CROPS 
may give a great bulk of material, but it is 
watery; it dries out, the fodder shrinks, and an 
animal cannot eat enough of it to satisfy the appe- 
tite. One crop is all that ought to be expected 
from one seeding, and more profit is made by a 
single crop than two, if labor is counted as worth 
anything. The feed secured by two cuttings may 
go a little farther than the feed secured by the 
Fig. 26. Matured kafir corn roots. 
