Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . ornmay be repeated a second time to keep the weeds in check and to en-courage the growth of the corn. The most suitable stage in the growth of the corn at which to turnin the sheep is yet problematical, but it should not be deferred untilthe corn gets so high and woody that the sheep will not eat it off read-ily. The corn would probably require to get as high as the backs of 60 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage ajid Fodder rianfs. the sheep before pasturing begins. A crop of corn thus depasturedwould furnish many tons of green fo
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . ornmay be repeated a second time to keep the weeds in check and to en-courage the growth of the corn. The most suitable stage in the growth of the corn at which to turnin the sheep is yet problematical, but it should not be deferred untilthe corn gets so high and woody that the sheep will not eat it off read-ily. The corn would probably require to get as high as the backs of 60 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage ajid Fodder rianfs. the sheep before pasturing begins. A crop of corn thus depasturedwould furnish many tons of green food per acre. Experience in using corn as a forage crop is almost entirely lack-ing. With the exception of his own experience, extending over butone season, the writer is unable to furnish that of any other. The dataupon which to base any positive conclusion is therefore there is no good reason apparent why corn should not be thusused with great advantage in providing succulent forage for sheep at aseason of the year when it is much And here it may be well to add, even at the risk of digressing, thatin the judgment of the writer wide areas in the Northwest are admir-ably adapted to the growing of sheep. The winters are all that couldbe desired for this purpose in a country of low temperatures. The onlyserious difficulty to be confronted arising from conditions which relateto soil and climate is the lack of succulent fodder during the late sum-mer and the autumn months. It is highly important, therefore, that Forage Crops. 61 much attention should be given to the growth of forage crops to carrythe sheep on into the winter in a good condition of thrift. There seemsto be no good reason why sheep should not be grown in greatly in-creased numbers and of the finest quality. It would, of course, be nec-essary to improve the breeding of the sheep as well as to improve theautumn forage.
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