HU^GARIAX VETCH. 7 
VALUE FOR PASTURAGE. 
Livestock of all kinds consume Hungarian vetch readily in the green 
state, and it can be pastured under all conditions where other vetches 
can be used. It is most useful, however, in temporary pastures. Its 
feeding quality is excellent, and stock of all kinds will do well when 
fed with vetch alone or vetch in mixture with other pasture plants. 
Aside from being a good plant for stock pasturage, it also makes 
excellent bee pasture. The flowers and stipule glands seem to secrete 
an abundance of nectar, and bees visit the fields in great numbers. 
TIME AND RATE OF SEEDING 
In all regions having mild winter conditions Hungarian vetch 
should be sown in the fall. In the southwestern United States^it 
should be sown about the first of September. In western Oregon 
and Washington it should be seeded with the first fall rains during 
Fig. i— A field of Hungarian vetch in full bloom on wet "white land." 
September and October. In regions having severe winters plantings 
made as early in the spring as the ground can be worked will give the 
best results, though this vetch is not recommended for growing under 
such conditions. 
In experimental plantings at Corvallis, Oreg., the best rate of 
seeding has been 80 pounds of vetch seed alone and SO to 100 
pounds of vetch and 40 pounds of oats. The results of these experi- 
ments are presented in Tables 2 and 3 for both seed and hay yields. 
In extensive experiments with common vetch at Corvallis 80 pounds 
of seed per acre has been found to be the most desirable rate of seed- 
ing, and it would seem that Hungarian vetch is very similar to com- 
mon vetch in this respect. In Table 4 are shown the results of a 
spring-seeding test at the rates of 80 and 100 pounds of seed per acre. 
In this case the 100-pound rate gave the highest seed yields. 
METHOD OF SEEDING. 
There has been no experimental work done to determine the best 
method of seeding Hungarian vetch. Experiments with common 
