
Now that every pound of food counts, don’t waste good seed or valuable fertilizer by letting them wash off 
your fields. 
Strip-farming on the contour helps prevent loss of seed, fertilizer and top soil too; utilizes 
maximum moisture to grow crops; brings increased yields. 
The modern streamlined farm pictured above belongs to Harry W. Huffnagle, lower Lancaster County. 
Photo: Soil Conservation Service. In sight are corn, peas, tobacco, alfalfa, tomatoes and wheat stubble 
grass. 
Strip-farming makes it easy to work out rotation. 
When crops are grown on the contour, across the slope, each furrow acts as a small dam which holds 
rain water and prevents soil, seed and fertilizer from washing away. Then, too, it takes less power and less 
fuel to follow a ievel contour than to plow or cultivate up and down hill. o 
HAIRY (WINTER) VETCH 
Excellent green feed when cut in full bloom, as 
hay when pods are about half formed, or as green 
manure when seed is inoculated. Very good on 
sandy soils, or where Red Clover fails. 
Because of great length of Vetch plants, plant 
along with small amount of grain, such as wheat 
or rye. This very hardy strain is a biennial, or 
winter annual. Usually sown in late summer or 
early fall. Be sure to inoculate. 
SPRING VETCH 
Not winter-hardy, but often used successfully 
among spring pastures. Cost is lower than the 
hairy winter variety. Makes good growth when 
planted in the spring. 
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Corn Fodder for Green Feeding 
Two corn sources of green feed are available for emer- 
gency use this summer. Sweet corn fodder, while it does 
not bulk, may be cut immediately after the corn is picked 
and fed very early in the summer—and cattle like it. 
Regular field corn “sowed” in rows (about a half bu. 
of seed per acre) should be ready for dry fodder or green 
feed within six weeks of planting. When a shortage is 
in sight, this planting may be made as late as July 1 
to furnish food by the middle of August. 
Keep an eye on the feeding needs ahead of you. By 
the use of such “pinch” crops in the corn fodder men- 
tioned above, and other items covered on these two 
pages, you can have feed when your stock will need it, 
regardless of unsatisfactory weather. 
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Insurance for crop success with alfalfa has been the 
good fortune of the thousands of Eastern farmers who 
depend on Hoffman Alfalfa seed. You too can rely on 
its importance in your increased production program. 
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RAPE... FOR QUICK PASTURE 
An inexpensive and prolific pasturage for sheep 
and hogs. Thrives on all soils with little prepara- 
tion. Sow about 5 to 6 pounds of seed per acre, 
through spring up to end of August. Alone, with 
other pasture seeds, or in corn fields. Makes 
second growth. Open to pasture when less than 
10 inches high. Stands hard usage. Easy to grow. 
“CRIMSON” (SCARLET) CLOVER 
Valuable winter cover crop. One user claims it 
“equal to 20 loads of manure per acre.’’ Grows on 
soil too poor for Red Clover. Fine in orchards or 
corn fields. Be sure to inoculate. Seed 20 pounds 
per acre June to late August. Matures following 
June. Best in South. 
STOCK BEETS . . . FOR SUCCULENT FEED 
Where there is no silo—here is a source of good 
succulent feed to note. There is something in 
such feed—silage, pasturage and root crops, that 
helps cows milk heavily, keeps ewes thrifty and 
makes good mothers of them, and enables hens to 
handle feeds to better advantage. 
Seed Stock Beets soon as soil warms in spring. 
Six to 8 pounds per acre in drills—2 to 2/2 ft. apart. 
Thin plants to stand 8 inches apart. Cultivate fre- 
quently and shallow. Fertilize. Yield is often 8 
to 10 tons per acre! Dug at frost and tops removed. 
Store in cone-shaped piles, at well-drained spot 
near barn. Cover with straw and dirt. Feed from 
such pits all winter. At first Stock Beets may be 
crisp like carrots—maybe slightly tart. By mid- 
winter they are sweet and succulent. Chopped 
with heavy blade and fed with hay. “Mammoth 
Prize Long Red’ is a heavy yielder—about 110 
days. Keep well. See price list. 
