Seedsmen . s a Pasture.—Rape is unequaled as a pasture forsheep in the autumn; as a fattening food in the field it is with-out a rival in point of cheapness or effectiveness. The sheepthat pasture upon it do the harvesting in the most effective man-ner and with but little cost to the owner. When rape is esab-lished as a pasture the necessity for sending sheep and lambsto the market in a lean condition will be removed. Cattle mayalso be pastured upon rape, but through treading they destroyand waste it in a considerable degree. Because of this it isbetter to remove them to an adjoining pasture w
Seedsmen . s a Pasture.—Rape is unequaled as a pasture forsheep in the autumn; as a fattening food in the field it is with-out a rival in point of cheapness or effectiveness. The sheepthat pasture upon it do the harvesting in the most effective man-ner and with but little cost to the owner. When rape is esab-lished as a pasture the necessity for sending sheep and lambsto the market in a lean condition will be removed. Cattle mayalso be pastured upon rape, but through treading they destroyand waste it in a considerable degree. Because of this it isbetter to remove them to an adjoining pasture when they havesatisfied their wants. The results are usually very satisfactorywhen they are pastured upon it in the day only, and fed in thestable or shed in the morning before going to the rape is an excellent way of making Christmas beef. Rape willkeep a long time in early winter in heaps like shocks of cut and thus put up at the approach of winter it may bedrawn and fed as Rape as a Catch Crop.—Rape is particularly adapted forbeing grown as a catch crop, as, like the turnip, it grows betterlate than earlier in the season. When a grain crop, therefore,has failed from any cause whatsoever, there is ample time toplow the land and to sow rape upon it. It may also be sownamong corn, just before the last cultivation which is to be givento the corn. Price of Dwarf Essex Rape: 10c: lb.,15c; by mail, 30c; by freight, 7 lbs., $; 15 lbs., $; 25 lbs.,$; 35 lbs., $; 50 lbs., $; 100 lbs., $ Awnlsss Brome Grass—Russian Forage Grass ( Bromus Inermis i This Bromus, on account of its strong perennial character,and its unusual drouth-resisting powers, promises to revolution-ize the stock industry in the semi-arid regions of the thrives, well on dry, loose soil, although the better the soilthe greater the yield. It is strongly stoloniferous. quickly mak-ing a thick, firm turf, and is of great value, both for hay an
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