. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. 114 FORAGE CROPS. If the pasture should grow so fast that the slieep could not proi)erIy utiHze it, the residue could be made into hay. But wiien so used, the sheep should l)e removed from the i)asture some time pre- vious to cutting the crop for fodder. And when the crop is pastured for a time and the second growth is made into hay. it will furnish the finest of hay; since the effect of the first pasturing is to cause the grain to stool out more than it otherwise would.
. Forage crops other than grasses [microform] : how to cultivate, harvest and use them. Forage plants; Plantes fourragères. 114 FORAGE CROPS. If the pasture should grow so fast that the slieep could not proi)erIy utiHze it, the residue could be made into hay. But wiien so used, the sheep should l)e removed from the i)asture some time pre- vious to cutting the crop for fodder. And when the crop is pastured for a time and the second growth is made into hay. it will furnish the finest of hay; since the effect of the first pasturing is to cause the grain to stool out more than it otherwise would. As a result the hay will be finer. But there may be instances in which the yield of the second growth would be very light, as on heavy and poor soils in a dry season. And it should not be forgotten that if the oats are allowed to joint, or the peas to form miniature buds for blossoming before they are grazed down, their power to grow subsequently will l)e greatly lessened. Peas are usually pastured by swine before they are matured, or after they are matured. When pas- tured before the peas are ripe, it is common to begin when the seeds are about ready to cook, and to con- tinue the grazing until the peas are ripe or until they are all consumed. If the swine are turned in to glean at the stage indicated, they eat also of the green portions of the vine, hence the waste of straw is much less if the gleaning can be all done while the peas are not yet quite ripe. This can be accomplished when the patch or field is not too large. Swine should not be turned into a field of peas green or ripe and left there for a long period at the first. There is danger that the gfreen peas will derange the digestion and that the ripe peas will swell in the stomach so as to cause death through its. 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
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