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per acre, with the wheat or rye, the former being 
sown at the rate of one bushel per acre and the 
latter at the rate of three-fourths of a bushel per 
acre. It will be one of the first crops ready for 
use in spring, as it matures with the cereal. 
The chief advantage of the use of hairy vetch 
with rye or wheat lies in the fact that a larger 
crop of forage may be secured than when the 
cereal is grown alone. The chief disadvantage of 
this crop is the expensiveness of the seed, but this 
difficulty will doubtless be overcome as soon as 
the value of the crop is known and larger areas 
are grown. Owing to its very early growth it may 
be pastured to advantage when not convenient, to 
use as a soiling crop, usually coming earlier than 
ordinary pastures are ready. Of course the quan- 
tity of forage will be less when used as pasture 
than when cut and carried to the barn. It is not 
so desirable for hay as the spring vetch, because 
good hay weather does not usually prevail. 
COMPOSITION OF HAIRY VETCH 
An average 
contains gereeld 
Per cent Lbs. Lbs. 
_ Water... 2. ae (eee ~=©6-88.10 eis ie ae 
Dry matter ....... 11.90 238 1,190 
Ether extract ...... 0.50 10 50 
Crude fiber... .... 2.60 52 260 
PHOUGIH: sc 6. cs eee ew ee 3.50 70 350 
Aghien ce fon. Teele ie ees ot a 0 1.50 30 150 
Nitrogen- free extract .. 3.80 76 380 
