| Show velvet beans are alee good for forage dairy farmer fanner finds they produce well planted with corn crop dy enon eno C Q blair agronomist north carsy carny carnline llna line state college of agriculture velvet beans planted with corn Is an excellent winter dairy forage this Is the experience of a north carolina farmer who operates a small dairy last year rear he planted 25 acres of or rather light sandy land to corn and velvet beans the dry weather of tile the summer damaged the corn but the beans made rank growth in august the tropical storms blew the corn down so that by fall the bean growth had covered the corn entirely little grain was harvested but the former farmer turned this apparent misfortune into good account about november I 1 he turned his 22 cows into tile the field anil and the beans with what was left of the corn provided sufficient reed feed to keep the cows in heavy milk flow throughout the winter so no other feed was given the animals except during a few cold days n nhen hen they could not be turned into an open field the cows were kept on the beans until about march 15 without other feed except that mentioned on march 15 he began feeding hay with the extra hay the cows were kept on OD the bean field until time tor for spring plowing at that time there was still a large quantity of beau vines to be turned under As a result of this experience be says that velvet beans furnish a cheap and satisfactory forage ile he expects to have about 25 acres available for his cows every winter now |
