CHAPTER XI ~ 
COMBINATION CROPS WITH LEGUMES 
VaRIoUS crops may be grown in combination, 
in which leguminous plants occupy an important 
place. The combination crops with legumes afford 
a very perfect balancing of nutrients, they often 
increase the acre yield, and sometimes they afford 
the best means of utilizing land. These combina- 
tions are of three groups: (1) Hardy annual 
legumes (peas and vetches) grown with cool-sea- 
son cereals; (2) tender annual legumes (cow-peas, 
soybeans, velvet beans) grown with warm-season 
cereals; (3) mixtures of clovers and grasses. 
When carefully managed, these combinations give 
the desirable results of each of the ingredients 
and afford another resource to the stock feeder. 
OATS-AND-PEAS FOR FORAGE 
The oats-and-pea crop is. grown primarily for 
use as green forage, or for soiling, and it is one 
of the most serviceable in any forage crop rotation, 
supplying food when other crops are not usually 
available, and also making an excellent substitute 
for hay when it is not needed for green forage 
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