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yard millet with cowpeas, are usually abundantly 
apparent. With the latter combination, unless the 
season is very warm, the millet will mature earlier 
than the cowpeas, yet there is the advantage that 
the corn or millet supports the cowpea, making the 
cowpea easier to harvest, prolonging the period of 
profitable use, and providing a much better ration. 
Very excellent yields have been secured with these 
combinations. Kafir corn or millet may be utilized 
for a longer period than if either the kafir corn or 
millet were used alone, which is at times a matter 
of very considerable importance. 
In the case of maize-and-cowpeas or soybeans, 
the advantages of the combination are usually not 
so apparent, although in certain regions the com- 
binations have been found to be very desirable, 
and have been recommended particularly for silage, 
since the combined crop provides a practically 
balanced ration for winter feeding. The trouble is 
that if a sufficient quantity of nutrients is to be 
provided in a succulent ration made up of maize 
and cowpea silage, a too large quantity must be 
used in order that the animals may secure a suffi- 
cient amount of dry matter. A safer, although a 
slightly more expensive method, is to plant the 
maize-and-cowpeas separately, and make the cow- 
peas into hay. Silage and cowpea hay are not open 
to this objection, as the succulent ration need not 
exceed thirty to thirty-five pounds per day. 
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