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and add nitrogen to your soil and save both a fertilizer and a feed 

 bill. 



Some may say we can't raise these crops successfully. I say 

 you can. I do not believe there is a farm in the state of Illinois 

 on which clover, alfalfa or cowpeas can not be grown. One may 

 do much better in one section than another, but I believe all three 

 can be grown in all parts of Illinois. In this section you can 

 easily grow cowpeas, and perhaps all your soil needs to grow 

 clover is a little lime or a little fertilizer and inoculation to grow 

 alfalfa. The dairyman should know no such thing as "can't"' 

 in crop growing. When he "can't" nobody else can. 



In conclusion I would say: Raise legumes only for hay, 

 corn for silage and grain; buy less concentrates; increase the 

 fertility of your farm, to raise more legumes to feed more cows, 

 to further increase the fertility of your land, and leave a legacy 

 to your children. 



DISCUSSION. 



: — Would the cowpea excel the clover when well podded ? 



A : — The cowpea has ten. I will come to that a little bit 

 later. 



Q : — Corn silage comparatively low ? 



A : — You must remember it carries a very large percentage 

 of water. 



Q : — Woudn't it be owing to the kind of corn you put in your 

 silage how much of protein? 



A 



Q 



A 



-Yes, sir. 



— What proportion would it have in that chart ? 

 — Well eared corn. It is pretty hard to say. It would 



depend on the amount of corn in it. 



■Silage pretty well matured 



— Yes, well matured. Corn well dented and glazed. 



— How matured should the corn be to make silage ? 



— We want the corn, I suppose to be about the condition 



to cut it to shock down here. That is, glazed over, the grain 



