. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. ... »?/â f. i ,\ 1 â. CD n â¢2 u 2 o 0) a- c B is M SHEEP PASTURES. jC): five weeks of any of the spring sown cereals (Fig. 26 shows sheep pasturing on rye), and. with the excep- tion of cahhage, it was the last crop that furnished good pasture in the autumn. It was also found that rye sown early enough in the autumn to become firmly rooted was ready to pasture much earlier and provided pasture mere abundantly than rye put in so late that it had not become so rooted bef
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. ... »?/â f. i ,\ 1 â. CD n â¢2 u 2 o 0) a- c B is M SHEEP PASTURES. jC): five weeks of any of the spring sown cereals (Fig. 26 shows sheep pasturing on rye), and. with the excep- tion of cahhage, it was the last crop that furnished good pasture in the autumn. It was also found that rye sown early enough in the autumn to become firmly rooted was ready to pasture much earlier and provided pasture mere abundantly than rye put in so late that it had not become so rooted before the closing in of winter. Rye and grass pastures, therefore, carried the sheep from the opening of spring until some time early in June. The spring sown winter rye did not prove altogether satisfac- tory as a pasture. It grew luxuriantly for a time, but it ceased to grow when settled warm weather came. Later, it turned russet in color and finally died. Peas and oats were the next crop ready. They were sown as soon as the work could be done after the dawn of spring. The pasture which they fur- nished was greatly relished by the sheep. In one instance the pasture was grazed down three times in succession with an interval of two weeks or more between the periods of grazing. Rape was then sown on the same ground. In another instance they were grazed oflF three times in succession, as just stated, after which the clover and timothy sown at the same time as the grain were given time to gather strength to fortify the plants against the rigors of winter, and in other instances the peas and oats were grazed down once, after which the second growth was mown for hay. Figure 27 represents a rape and clover pasture. The "catch" of the grass seeds thus obtained was all that could be desired. But the tests thus made have covered only two seasons. In. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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