Home (W* In Live Stock Farming VL — Pastures and Forage Crops. By C. V. GREGORY. Author of "Home Course In Modern • Agriculture." "MeJrln* Money on the ferm." Etc. - Copyright. 1M0. by American Pre* Asaodation FY> BE cheapest gains on farm anl- ■ mala are made with green JL feed. PUnti should be made to hare a plentiful supply on b«nd at all tlmea There will be the clover meadows, of course, which will be used principally for bay. Occasionally there will be a luxuriant growth of fall feed on them which can be used for pasture to advantage. This second growth clover is especially valuable for milk cows, calves and bogs. Pormaoont Pastures. Pastures should be rotated where j! possible. Whirfr a four year rotation Is practiced cee^fourth of the cultivated land will be in grass each year, nils will generally be more than is needed for hay, In which case part of It can be used for pasture. In addition to this, there Is usually some land on every farm that is too wet or too rough to be used for anything but per manent pasture. In too many cases these permanent pastures are weedy And unproductive. A flock of sheep or goats will do much to get rid of the weeds. If there are any thistles they should be cut while In bloom and a handful of salt pet on the roots. Where an area of land has been very' severely overgrazed In the past it will be absolutely necessary that It be very carefully pastured for the first two or three years. The native grasses and forage plants must have a chance to regain their former vigor and to go to seed. A very large number of stockmen advocate resting the land— that Is. keeping all stock off for a period of three or four years. That this remedy will bring about the desired results has been definitely proved In numerous Instances. To increase the productivity it will be necessary to tblcken the stand and loosen the soil. The yield of pastures can often be doubled by running a disk over tliem In the spring. This is especially true If a few pounds of grass seed to the acre are used at the same time. There Is nothing better than alslke clover for the wet spots. Bed top is also good in such places, although it la not liked well t;nough by the stock to warrant its use where better grasses will grow. Alslke clover (Trlfollum bybridumi Is a perennial clover whose appearance suggests a hybrid between red and white clovers, but It Is not a hybrid. It will thrive on soil too wet for red clover, bit on ordinary soil is probably not to be so highly recommended. It should be sown with grasses to give the best results. \ The standard pasture grass throughout the corn belt Is blue grass. For early spring and late fall pasturage nothing can equal It It Is nutritious, the st(>ck\ like It well. It Is not easily Injured by tramping, and it Is a good yielder. The chief objection to It Is that It practically ceases growth during the hot, dry days of midsummer. At this time It Is necessary to supplement the blue grass pasture with npuw forage crop or have a fresh pasture tturn the stock Into. Many stock - a have several different pastures. They stock one heavily, so that It will be eaten down close In three or four weeks, then change the animals to a fresh one while the grass In the first gets another start. In this way greatre value cao be got out of a certain amount of pasture laud. It is a go<<d plan to "-allow part of the blue gras> land to make a growth of six or eight Inches before winter. This makes ex-* cellent winter pasture for both cattle and horses, and they will thrive and fatten on it. Horses will paw through several Inches of snow to get to it. Although blue grass will thrive fairly well In dry and uusheltered locations. It will do better where shaded moderately. Pasture land partly covered with brush and abort -timber Is a favorite place to secure a good stand. Oochard grass Is next to blue grass In mreortane* 1st pasture crop. It is hardly as nutritious nor Is It liked ns well by stock, but it makes a more '£ft>4rth and continues to grow the summer months. When A Wore of other grasses, spaggja, the stock are liable to »««V:<P"tfftable grasses first, leaving Yhe orchard grass to grow up and become hard and woody. Where the plan of changtsi^ps stores is pra<t n< Win Is -Uttle trouble from this i Mptas all tbefrev is eaten down * S^^^Sre^TgsowC1!! old pas I tik of horn. 1 but ' wl&oottttMfcarln' Y

tore in good con.l ) I n. Any thin spots | which appear cnu be reseeded at tbs , same time. A few trees scattered here and there throughout the pasture protect the stock from heat and files. Summar Forage Crops. With the best of pasture, however, some additional green feed is necessary, especially during the midsummer months. At that time of year, i when files and best are worst, a slackening in the food supply means a loss in gain on young stock and In milt production from the cows A well planned supply of forage crops at this time will give larger returns for the land " used than almost anything else that can be grown. Forage crops can often be used to good advantage as catch crops where other crops bare failed to - grow or after something else has been han%ited. Forage crops by keeping i- the land occupied with a rank growing n crop help to keep weeds In control, e They also enable more slock to be kept q on the farm than would be the case e otherwise. One of the best forage crops is rape. It yields heavy crops of excellent feed. It Is especially valuable for bogs and 3 sheep. Tbf make excellent gains on ! rape, parti, larly if a little grain la s given In addition. Rape should be sown In the spring at the rate of about four pounds to the acre broadcasted or two and one-half pounds drilled. The seed bed should be well prepared. 1 The greatest amount of feed per acre i is obtained If the rape Is cut and fed. - A more economical way of handling It. . as far as labor is concerned, IkTo have , small movable pens or a pasture dlvldl ed Into small lots and change the stock frequently from one to tne other. If " left too long In one place they eat the rape down so closely that It Is killed 0 or the growth seriously checked. 8weet corn Is a valuable forage for 3 all classes of stock. A variety which f stools considerably should be selected, r and the planting should be thick. If e cut and fed fresh every day it is greatly relished. It Is especially good for milk cows, often doubling the yield. 1 Sorghum and Kaffir corn are alsc . used considerably as forage crops, es1 pecially In the southern states. About 1 fifty or sixty pounds of seed to the r "

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* acre are used when sown broadcast or L half as much when drilled. It can be 1 sown with a grain drill by stopping up ' every other hole. The saccharine varietles make the best feed. If all the e sorghum Is not used as green feed It can be cut and shocked for winter use. r It will have to be left In the field until r needed for feeding, as It spoils when f stocked. A Good Forego Crop, j Indian corn makes good forage If s sown thickly enough. The largest . planter plates should be used, together . with the fastest drill attachment, as J thick planting makes smal} and tender stalks. Corn which has well developed ears Is often used as a combln grain and forage crop for •"hoggir down." The bogs are turned Into i.. fldld In the fall and left until ready r for market A few shotes turned in !" later will clean up all the corn which t the fat hogs have missed. Lambs get a great deal of feed out of the corn- ! field in the fall, especially If rape has been sown at the last cultivation, and do little damage to the corn. ? " Excellent fall feed can be obtained by sowing rape or a mixture of rape o and clover with the small grain In (be j spring. If there Is moisture enough . In the ground after the grain crop Is . removed a splendid crop of fall forage T will be available In lhree or four " weeks. Often the fall feed is worth 1^ more than the grain, j An excellent forage crop for pigs Is ! Canada field peas. They should be sown In the spring at tbe rate of one- , half bushel to the acre, together with s two bushels of oats. If sown alone ^ the rate of seeding should be two p bushels to the acre. Tbe hogs may be v turned on when tbe peaB are In the n dough stage. In the southern parts of the United States cowpeas and soy beans may be used In tbe same way. , Millet yields heavily and makes a good quality of bay. It is also used p occasionally as a green feed. Millet Is a dangerous feed for horses, but may be fed to other classes of stock n with safety. Suoculsnt Crops For Winter. While not strictly forage crops, toot r crops, pumpkins and squashes answer ii the same purpose. Sugar beets, man- , gels sad turnips yield heavily, btt rail quire considerable attention during a (be growing season. \ Carrots are e»i-' pecially good as a hone feed. Squashes r yield as many tons of dry matter to d jthe acre as roots, are Just as good i?" .fowl and are much more easily grown, c' ptjflnktns can be grown in large quan- £ tfBSTla the cornfields with little exh< thMtr. r 4,' - -

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