Show FORAGE CROPS rIt or Iu to Cow Itpn J tho < orlb Udt Tho Michigan experiment Etitlou has born doing valuable work in testing Sloe forago plauts that will thrive la that fctato sod consequently iu th whole line of states iu tho vmo boll tmlo Theso results are particularly interesting in-teresting to dairy farmers Summed up thy aro as follows While the Michigan station has had a fair dogceo ut snccies with alfalfa it is not prepared to say that It will taku tho placa of red clover in tint tale It vlelded nearly five tons of hiy tee I aero nt four cnttliigs in ouo Ecawn bnt it requires gooil land nifllcicntly rolling to drain well On low black hood It winter Kills In Michigan It should bo sown iu spring by itself ut tho rata of SO pounds ot seed per aero If laud la clean tow broadcast if weedy sow iu drills sod cultivate If weeds como up mow them bcfuio they go to seed and unles hoosvy enough 10 nsoulbrc tho ul lath leiv 0 thorn on tho field Kafflr corn matures too Into to hoof valuo in Michigan In tbo intensely dry season cf IbJO it compare fin or ably with dent orn stool eorghnm as to quantity of forago produced but was later than either In maturing Tho MichiRin reason Is too short for it IkftlmiinK in March ISO n blot l couch ot CllmloOn clover lest red clonr was sown each month till November The total yIeld of tho criniiou clover plats was n littli > In 5 excess of tint of led clover Juno und July seem to bo tho bet months for b < > < lug crirnsou clover Midiljan Sicnllno bu proved worthless It la troublebomo to frtort and to get rid of booed to handlo aud ento mokrs a poer woody forage and is I not more prod ne tlv o than corn fongo Tho flit PH in also hard to start net very productive and is not relished by any sort of stock Hilry vetch sometimes called sind TCtch winter vetch Hussion vetch or Siberian v etch is I considered very promising prom-ising In Michigan Sown in tho fall the plants llvo owr winter and mako a crop tho follow Ing spring It Is u slender runniiK plant often creeping on tho gniund a dlafauco of ten feet from the stem For reison it should bo FOVTU with rye iu tho fall or with nets in tho spring to Rlvo it support It yielded nearly saves tons dry hay per aero at the Mfchlcrm stitiou Tho Ohio station al ssit glO It a fnorablo retort ns does tho Sonth Dfiota station This vetch Is 5 Bomevvhit richer than clover and is I fino for green manuring After cutting Oboe joint crop of acts or ryoond soIls tho vftchco usnally Ink n vigorous tc ond 1 growth from bloc Btnhlle afford lug loose pasturogo or n good coat of crcen raauvro to turn uidor A series of uufaTonblo moon endluit with 1805 led many Michigan farmers to few flint red clover cue no longer rcliiblo in that slate but ISOU brought a very heavy crop Tho root borer has now appeared but It Is I hoped that its numbers will ctcadlly decline na Iu New York Tha Michigan station mad nn Interesting Inter-esting and Instrnetlv ciperlment ou n field ef clover bccdcd with rje A third of tho Held wan cut over nod crop removed re-moved jutt as tho ryo was heading out imothcr ShIest when the ryo was in foil bloom and 1 tho last third after tho ryo hid ripened t Tho remIt was remarkable Though favonblo weather earned tho last third produced ns much wceds as clover tho reoond third had 11 thin stand of clover cnrluMcd with weedy patches wbil the first third tent up a thick stand sad vigorous grow th of clover |