CONTENTS 



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Introduction 7 



Description of the region 8 



Haymaking 9 



Conditions governing stage at which hay should be cut 9 



Curing hay 10 



Hay caps 11 



The silo , 11 



The nature of leguminous plants 13 



Forage crops 14 



Red clover . 14 



Methods of sowing 15 



The seed crop 17 



Alsike clover : 17 



Common vetch 18 



Methods of sowing 18- 



Soiling..: . . 18 



The hay crop 19 



The seed crop 20 



Pearl vetch 22 



Field peas 22 



Alfalfa .... 23 



Methods of sowing. 23 



Inoculation 24 



Timothy 25 



The rye-grasses 26 



Orchard grass 27 



Meadow fescue 27 



Velvet grass ' 28 



Indian corn 29 



Rape 30 



The seed crop 32 



Thousand-headed kale ..... 33 



Methods of sowing 34 



Feeding 34 



The seed crop 35 



Root crops . 35 



Soiling (green feeding) crops. . _._• 38 



Seeding timber burns and burnt slashings 39 



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