Forage crops other than grasses

not good, unless they have been artificially enriched.The same is true of gravelly soils low in fertility, and when these poor soils lie on a subsoil of sand or gravel.the condition 1s still less hopeful.And, if it should become dry, it is still further aggravated.Peat soils are not good in a dry season.Muck soils are excellent when moist, and the same is true of the average dark colored soils of the prairie and of the gray soils of the Rocky mountain region.Hardpan subsoils that come near the surface are not good.They prevent the corn roots from getting down into the soil, and corn naturally ransacks the soil for food, both near the surface and down from it.Subsoils in which-the water table lies quite near the surface are not good, since they hinder the downward course of the roots; nor will corn grow in saturated surface soils.Mild clay subsoils are considered the best, since the moisture does not filter too quickly through them, and the roots of the corn can easily penetrate into them in search of food.Preparing the Soil-When preparing the soil for corn that is to be sown for pasture, the aim should be to secure a deep, firm, finely pulverized, moist and 'clean seed bed.Sometimes, as, for instance, when the ground is plowed the autumn previously, all these conditions can be secured.At other times some of them only can be reached, owing to the too limited period for giving it the necessary cultivation.When the ground is plowed in the autumn, the plowing should be deep.It should be deep to enable the voung roots and rootlets of the corn to penetrate it easily during the earlier stages of growth and to give the soil power to retain more moisture near the surface.And the aim should be to plow it in the fall,