
Fall Seeding 
Thousands of acres in Eastern States territory are seeded every 
September and October with winter grains and with grasses and leg- 
umes. These fall seedings are of tremendous importance in the 
production of cash crops to sell off the farm, in the production of 
home-raised grain and forage, and in soil maintenance and improve- 
ment. On some farms, fall seeded grains constitute the major cash 
crop produced and serve as companion crops for fall and spring 
seeded grasses and legumes. Other times fall seeded grains — 
either alone or in combinations — are used for fall and spring pas- 
tures, serve as a winter cover, and as a green manure later in the 
spring. Sometimes they are harvested for hay or silage. Grasses 
and legumes seeded in the fall are a major source of winter cover for 
soils and green manures the following spring as well as an important 
part of many hay, pasture and green feed crops. 
Regardless of the purpose of the crop, the grower should be satis- 
fied with nothing less than maximum returns, which can only be 
secured by the use of superior seed and seeding methods, a few of 
which are discussed in this little booklet prepared to help Eastern 
States members have more outstandingly successful fall seedings. 
