. Hay and pasture crops, grasses, clovers, etc. [microform]. Forage plants; Graminées; Pastures; Plantes fourragères; Grasses; Pâturages. 68 would require four-fifths of an acre, or five steers would require four acres for the « The nu-rease in live weight of the animals was pound, per head por daj The anaud pasture crop was not supplemented by any othe kind of feed In no in^ stance was .here any trouble from bloating, and the animals kep in eic lien heal h and .n hne condition when on the pasture. The tramping did not in/ur h 0,1 to ..ny appreciable degree and all three crops in
. Hay and pasture crops, grasses, clovers, etc. [microform]. Forage plants; Graminées; Pastures; Plantes fourragères; Grasses; Pâturages. 68 would require four-fifths of an acre, or five steers would require four acres for the « The nu-rease in live weight of the animals was pound, per head por daj The anaud pasture crop was not supplemented by any othe kind of feed In no in^ stance was .here any trouble from bloating, and the animals kep in eic lien heal h and .n hne condition when on the pasture. The tramping did not in/ur h 0,1 to ..ny appreciable degree and all three crops in the mixture withstood the trampmg . ,he animals satisfactorily. In ten out of the eleven year tl e^e was a good .a ch of clover, while in the other season the clover crop was'o, y f Th clover, ,. hen .own m this way, forms a good matting over the ground in the and ,. in a satisfactory condition to be left over winter to fuS ha pas ture or «ej ,n the following season if desired. ^' ' AS the seed of the Early Amber Sugar Cane wai scarce and in 1917 the mixture was composed of one bushel each by weight of oats, barW and wheat' and seven pounds o red clover seed per acre, am] in 1918 the mixtu^^coLisred of two bushels by weight of oats, one bushel of barley, and seven pounds oedcove. CowB pasturing on the Annual Pasture mixture. per acre In all our results up to date we have not obtained as good satisfaction from either wheat or barley as we have from oats. In each of the past two years an experiment has been conducted in testing different quantities of different varieties of oats with red clover as an annual pasture. The results so far indicate good returns from eight to ten or twelve pecks of a good stoolmg oat in combination with seven pounds of Common red clover Kr ri 'rT?°* * ^T.^^^ i" -^"'y *"â '^"^^*- Such crops as Earlv Ambe,' Sugar Cane and Hairy vetches, however, help the pasture greatly in a hot drv summer. â => ^
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