. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. SHEEP PASTURES. 273 â ^â ''1^Â¥ '' » ^^ \ >' one growth is to be taken the plants they shiJuUl not he grazed off closely. Corn, since it does not sprout aRani. except when grazed while ((uite should he to reach the hight of several inches hefore the sheep are gTven accefs to it. H they should break much of it down while pasturing upon it. they will con- sume not a little of what has been so broken m the cured form. , ,, , . â. ââ The pasturing o
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. SHEEP PASTURES. 273 â ^â ''1^Â¥ '' » ^^ \ >' one growth is to be taken the plants they shiJuUl not he grazed off closely. Corn, since it does not sprout aRani. except when grazed while ((uite should he to reach the hight of several inches hefore the sheep are gTven accefs to it. H they should break much of it down while pasturing upon it. they will con- sume not a little of what has been so broken m the cured form. , ,, , . â. ââ The pasturing of sorghum should begm at an earlier stage, relatively, than the pasturing of corn, in fact, any time after the plants ..,.e become so firmly rooted that they cann.^t be pulle( up by the sheep while being grazed. But it may be deferred to a later period if circumstances should call for such a course. Cabbage should be allowed to attain a maxi- mum of growth before the grazing is commenced. If matured before the desired season of pasturing, a portion of the leaves on each plant will wither and waste away, which means a loss of food in propor- tion to the extent of the wasting of the leaves. ⢠When grazing down such of these pasture crops as grow up again and again, more pasture will be obtained when the grazing is done quickly and in successive periods, with an interval between these, than when animals are allowed to remain continu- ously on the pastures. In other words, alternation in pasturing such crops is better than continuous pasturing. , - ^ Comparative Yields.âTht amount of pasture furnished by the respective crops, as was to be expected, varied from time to time and from year to year. The following, however, were the maximum 18. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaw, Thom
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