FORAGE CROPS 
Hoi man's Clovers Make Lasting Friends 
^Jioffman’s 
HAIRY (WINTER) VETCH 
Vetch makes excellent feed, either green or as hay. It is also 
a very valuable cover and green-manure crop. The hardy 
strain—and it is very hardy—is the Hairy, sometimes called 
Winter Vetch. It is a biennial, or winter annual plant. 
Usually sown in the late summer or early fall—most any¬ 
where in the United States. 
Hairy Vetch is perhaps the best legume to use where Red 
Clover fails—especially on sandy soils. Popular with many 
folks to sow in corn fields at last cultivation. A great gatherer 
of nitrogen at its roots—when the seed is inoculated. Be¬ 
cause of the great length of the vetch plants, sometimes 
many feet, they do not stand erect. For this reason it is 
profitable to sow Hairy Vetch along with a limited amount 
of grain, such as rye or wheat. Quantity to sow varies with 
different users, but 30 to 60 pounds vetch seed per acre, 
when sown alone. With about 3 pecks to a bushel of grain, 
maybe 20 to 35 pounds of vetch seed. Seed should be 
covered about 1 y 2 inches. Soil should be well prepared. Be 
sure to inoculate the seed. 
Vetch should be cut for hay when the pods are about half 
formed. For green feed, cut when in full bloom. Vetch is 
often used successfully, as a cover crop in orchards. 
SPRING VETCH 
Also known as Common or Oregon Vetch—is not a winter- 
hardy plant, but is excellent with spring grains. Makes a 
good growth when sown in the spring. Cost is much lower 
than Hairy variety. 50 pounds per bushel. 
QUICK PASTURE WITH RAPE 
No soil need be permitted to loaf when such an inexpensive 
and prolific crop as Rape can be sown. Makes pasturage for 
sheep and hogs. Thriving on all soils, with hardly any soil 
preparation, Rape requires only about 5 to 6 pounds of seed 
per acre. Seed all through spring and up to end of August, 
either alone, with other pasture seeds, or in corn fields. Open 
to pasture when about 10 inches high. Makes second growth. 
A really valuable crop, useful the nation over. 
Note this fine crop of Winter 
Vetch. . . . Sown with Winter 
Rye. The two work fine to¬ 
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COW PEAS 
Fine for the South 
Cow Peas will succeed for you on poor soil, and is a good 
crop for pasturage, hogging down, turning under, or as hay. 
Not much used in the North, since Cow Peas dare not be 
planted early. Handle like soy beans. Inoculate the seed. 
Plant iy 2 inches deep. For hay or green feed, sow 1 bushel 
per acre with 3 pecks of Golden Millet, cutting when Millet 
is in bloom. 
“That hybrid seed I got last 
spring was the best I ever 
planted, for silo or husking. 
There was lots of foliage. It 
stood up good and averaged 
10 feet. I husked 94 of an 
acre and got 125 bushels. 
Germination was perfect. It 
was by far the best I ever 
planted. I will get more of it 
next spring .”—Tom May, 
Munnsville, N. Y. 
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