Show CORN AND ALFALFA BEST DAIRY CROPS bureau of dairy daffy indest industry ry uses six year rotation Pre ep prel ared by the th united states state department of agriculture Aerl culture corti corn alfalfa al fulfill fulfil and pasture grass arar 8 have proved to be the most profitable crops grown brwn on the dairy experiment tarm farm operated at beltsville md by tb the e united states department ot of ag rl culture the bureau of dairy industry uses a six year rotation three years al alfalfa falfa and three years corn the pasture Is comparatively permit dent and does docs not enter into the rotation exe except pt at intervals T E H woodward in outlining the rotation says in changing from froin corn to alfalfa the ground Is in the fall after the corn la Is rem removed oved for silage the land Is then plowed and left in the rough to allow pulverization by freezing the alfalfa Is sown about the first of april and produces two small cuttings the first year in changing front from alfalfa to corn the first cutting of alfalfa Is removed th the latter part of may alay the ground Is IR plowed and corn Is plant planted ed for silage manure Is applied for each crop of 0 corn except tile one following tb the e alfalfa and in summer when it cannot be used on the corn or alfalfa it Is placed on the pastures lime Is applied every six years previous to sowing the alfalfa A mixture of six pounds of orchard grass four of timothy three of redtop four of bluegrass four of red clover and two of alside alsike sowed bowed about april I 1 on land that has been fall plowed and provides pasture about june if the 06 first crop of newly sown own alfalfa Is weedy it Is made into hay but instead of giving it barn space it 1 Is stacked in tile the pasture which Is fenced so cows can eat cat it when pastures are short anti dry alfalfa will A any ny other legume crop where alfalfa grows well it will usually any other legume it will make cheaper hay than a leg lequine mine which must be seeded every year although experiments have shown that well cured soy bean liay hay la 13 equal in value to alfalfa for milk production it roust must bo be remembered that soy bean hay Is not only likely to be but Is ulso also more difficult to cure than alfalfa in view of the suc essat at the dairy experiment farm of the united states department of agriculture nt at beltsville md in raising alfalfa alfalfa on a heavy clay soli sol with tin an almost impervious subsoil it Is believed that alfalfa can be made to thrive on many gulls often considered unsuitable alfalfa makes such it good and cheap hay according to the bureau of dairy industry that dairymen are arc urged to not give up the idea of raising alfalfa until convinced of its impracticability either by trial or by consulting some reliable authority numerous feeds useful with the winter ration there ore are numerous feeds that may be used in connection with the winter ration to take the place in part at least of the tonic effect inherent ira summer pasture with the possible exception of apple silage Is the only one if these feeds that ordinarily can be used with profit as a major portion af athe the dairy ration in competition with the common dry feeds because of the high cost of production high market price or high cost of storing find and feeding tile the others can profitably comprise only a much smaller percentage I 1 |