GALEGA EAST IN LONG GRASS MIXTURES WITH PERENNIAL LEGUMES AND CEREAL CROPS
Perennial grasses are dominant in the fodder base. They are a versatile crop for production of various types of fodders (hay, haylage, silage, grass meal and green fodder) that ensure production of the cheapest fodders. Galega orientalis is the research object. The research uses standard methods. Experiments were carried out in the central non-chernozemic zone in the fields of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, North-Eastern Russia on sod-podzolic middle loamy soil, North-Eastern Volga-Vyatka zone on sod-podzolic soil, the forest-steppe of the Middle Volga region on leached medium-humic chernozem. Variants were placed in the experiments randomly. STATISTIKA 6.0 program was used for data statistical procession. According to our data, galega orientalis has the following performance: average collection of dry matter during 1...3 y.l. amounted to 31.7 dt/ha. During 4...6 y.l., it increased 2.7 folds, i.e. 85.3 dt/ha, and further amounted to 144.3 dt/ha (7...9 y.l.) and 138.9 dt/ha (10...12 y.l). It means during the first 3 years, its performance was only 8% and in the following years - respectively, 21%, 36% and 35%.