The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-12


to 10 weeks from the date Of sowing, but
in many instances it may be wise TO
ture 1t before It has reached a maximum
Of growth. and to allow it to grow up
again. Swine may be pastured on it with
out any danger, but sheep or cattle should
not be turned in it when hungry, lest they
eat so much that it will induce bloatine.
Where clover has not proved success
rape may be substituted in growing swine
pasture TO any extent that may be desired.
Cabbage furnishes a grand pasture for
sheep in the late fall when many other
Kinds of food are out OF season, have
been injured food by hard freezing.
They NAV be sowed well prepared land
any time after the danger from spring
frosts is past until the first or middle OF
July. The seed be sown in rows, say
80 inches apart, precisely in the same
manner as field roots are grown The
crop is similarly thinned and cultivated.
1t does one good to see a flock q sheep
in the late fall gnswing down a lot OF
cabbage day after day. Such food is long
n coming to an end.
NIillet is of less value as a pasture than
some OF the plants named, but in sections
where clover is not much grown it may
be used in providing pasture in July and
August l. IS ready for being grazed in
say six weeks from the date of sowing, and
1t should not be sown until warm weather
has fully come. 1t ought to be kept graz
ed 50 that it will not joint in order to get
all OF the pasture from 1t that it may be
made to produce. When sown for pasture
not less than three to four pecks Of seed
should be used per acre. 1t may be broad
casted and covered with one stroke Of the
harrow, what would be better drilled in
and buried but short distance below the
surface Of the ground.
The sofa bean is a Irand food for live
stock, but Minnesota Is little too far
:orth to grow it at its best. 1t is also
better adapted for soiling and for fodder
than for pasture. but 1t may be pastured
more especially by sheep. The crop may
nevertheless, when the crop Is we'll grown,
be with any kind of drill that will
deposit it in rows say from 80 to 26 inches
apart and it ought to be cultivated like
corn. From two to three pecks of seed
would suffice per acre.
Cow peas may be sown broadcast or drill
ed in when grown from pasture and at the
rate OF lls TO bushels per acre. AS with
the sofa leans climate is a little too
cool for growing them at their best. 1t is
In order t. pasture them with cattle, sheep
and swine. When pastured by swine the
crop should be allowed to appro III ma
turity before turning in the swine.
The Canada field pea may be sown alone
to provide pasture for swine and with
much profit in any part of our state but
better crops will probably be realized in
the northern than in the southern por-
tions. If the small varieties bushels of
buried deeply. either by blowing them in
| or by putting them well down with the
drill. The swine may be put in to CLEAN
when the green peas ready for table
use. and they may remain until all the
crop is consumed. OF course by this sys-
TEN the straw is wasted.
When growing pastures other than grass
for cattle the order in their succession
would be winter rye, mixed grains
sorghum. and rape. In pasturng winter
tI.,l, -, ,,,1l
Craze on K for more than three or four
hours per day, otherwise a faint will be
! given 10 the milk that would render it i'll
! suited for being made into butter or for
| being sold in the market. The other por-
| ton OF the day they may be fed hay in the
| sheds or pastured on grass. While being
! pastured on mixed grains it is also wise
| not to allow them to remain on the pasture
| more than, say, three hours at a time
since by removing them as soon as they
| have satisfied their wants, the pasture will
! be less injured than when the animals are
| allowed to remain it all the time
! Mich cows cannot be pastured or rape
| unless for two or three hOu,s after the
milk has been taken from them, or it will
| be tainted, but other cattle may of course
| be allowed to remain on it all the time
| There would appear to be some danger in
pasturlng cattle on sorghum late in the
| fall. The source of the same is not well
understood. These pastures may be grown
| l.
ments to them. with peculiar fitness in the
dry or semi-dry regions in western Mime
sofa In South Dakota and in states
farther south. But of course where a
/ maximum of growth can be obtained from
| other foods clover they will not be much
| needed.
| For sheep pastures the following would
! be q good succession, viz, winter rye peas
and oats or barley and oats. corn or corn
| and rape, sorghum, rape, winter rye or
| cabbage. If the succession were narrowed
| to three plants these would be winter rye
! sCrg hum and rape. II narrowed to two
| plants it would include winter rye and
| rape. or sorghum and rape, and if but one
| plant We're chosen, rape would fill the bill
| better than any other When pasturing
| sheep on these crops, they should not be
turned In upon while they are wet with
| heavy dews or rains, since their wading
| through or over the wet pastures would
| break them down and befoul them much
more than at other times. 1t would also
tend to encrust the land and to soak the
| fleeces of the sheep. Because of this it
| is necessary to have a grass pasture in re-
| serve.
| For swine the succession of pastures
| other than grass would be- winter rye,
barley and oats. peas and rape. The
| grain pasture should consist mainly of
| barley as the pigs seem to relish it better
! than oats. but the oats somewhat pro-
long the period for pasturing. The mode of
| pdSturlnS the peas mas Already Deen Qc-
| scribed. Rape pastures may be constantly
| on hand for swine after the middle of
| June, unless in abnOrmally dry season.
| Our success IN growing these pastures
| for sheep at the Minnesota Experiment
farr. during recent years has been of d
very encouraging character. On 10 acres
Of infertile sandy land, sc sheep and lambs,
of which practically two-thirds were old
ewes. were pastured from May l. to Nov.
I. In addition the pasture 7.20 tons of
green food and $50 tons of cured food
| were secured from the land. In 1897, 80
sheep and lambs Of which two-thrds were
| old ewes, were pastured practically the
| same 10 acres, from April &C. until Nov. S,
and in addition to the pasture 1898 tons of
green food and 1898 tons of cured food
| were taken from the same land. And
| during both seasons not little Of unused
plant food was turned under to supply the
land with numus. The sheep were not
given any additional food save a small
grain portion while the change being
made from the dry food Of winter to the
succulent pastures Of summer. The trans
Through both seasons the sheep were
thrifty and remarkably free from disease,
and the lambs grew nicely.
The amount Of pasture furnished by
] some Of these crops was simply surprising.
From one-fourth Of an acre of land in
each Of the instances given below sufficient
food was obtained to meet the needs Of a
matured sheep for the number of days
! stated in each instance. Rape alone fur
nshed TODD for 1856 days; corn followed by