THE FORAGE CROP AND SUCCULENCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 October 1922, Page 3

THE FORAGE CROP AND SUCCULENCE.

j To havo the requisite amount of | green feed available at all times is a ! difficult problem. The varying climatic , conditions, and the consequent changes | and inequalities in the rates of ripening of the various crops render the time iat which a given crop may be available variable. The average yield of a crop, and, therefore, the ejxact acreage needed to spuply sufficient green feed for a herd during a given period of- time, depends largely upon the weather conditions. The time during which a soiling crop can be used depends on the character of the crop, the time at which it is sown, the soil and climatic conditions.

Some pops, such as clover, are adapted for use as soiling during comparatively short periods, after which the forage becomes too mature for feeding, while other crops are available for use through quite a long period. Thus^. the. task of meeting the needs of the herd, under changing climatic, conditions which influence the yielcl.and time of ripening of the crop, as well as thei length of^time during which it may be fed, is a difficult one, and is worthy of serious study on the part of the dairyman.