Abstract:
The article deals with the beginning of virgin lands development in Kazakhstan in
the 1950s. In those years there was an acute shortage of fodder crops, as vast areas of land were
given to grain crops. Since the traditions of legume and fodder crops cultivation were
forgotten, the specialists of the Zarechny state farm had to apply new methods to solve fodder
problems under difficult conditions. The authors came to the conclusion that during the
experiments, the specialists of the state farm determined the best way of sowing forage beans
by means of square-breeding sowing of a mixture of corn and beans. The chosen method
solved the problem of fodder for cattle to a certain extent, affecting the productivity of the
dairy herd and its weight gain.
