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plies that mentioned the following grasses alone or in connection with 

 some other grass : 



Total received 



Bluegrass 



Red clover 



White clover 



Clover (variety nat mentioned) 



Total clovers 



Timothy 



Oats 



Rape 



Alfalfa 



Rye 



Sorghum 



Cowpeas 



Redtop 



Northern half. 



Southern half. 



Replies 

 received. 



75 



47 

 6 

 9 



51 



Percent. 



62.7 



66 



9 

 5 

 5 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



88.0 



12.0 

 6.7 

 6.7 

 5.2 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 1.3 

 1.3 



Replies 



received I . Percent. 



56 



19 



2 



5 



41 



33 . 6 



48 



5 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 6 

 3 



85.7 



8.9 

 3.6 

 5.4 

 5.4 

 1.8 

 5.4 

 10.7 

 5.4 



This report varies little in substance other than that mentioned 

 above, both showing that clover or a mixture of clover and blue grass 

 forms a great majority of the hog pastures, supplemented by tem- 

 porary crops to supply forage Avhile the regular pastures are short. 

 A small per cent, of the permanent pasture is timothy, but the great 

 majority is clover or clover and blue grass. The most popular tem- 

 porary pasture in the northern half of the State is either oats or rape, 

 or a mixture of the two. Either oats or rape will make an early 

 pasture, and rape can be sown to be ready for pasture at almost any 

 time of year. In the southern part of the State, cowpeas, sorghum 

 and rape furnish the best temporary or catch crop. Rape and sorghum 

 furnish spring and summer pasture, while rape and cowpeas furnish 

 late summer and fall pasture. 



The popularity of quick-growing legumes for pasture are shown 

 by the question upon the most profitable crop to grow for hogs. 



Best Forage Crop for Hogs. — In reply to the question, "What do 

 you consider the most profitable forage crop to grow^ for hogs?" the 

 farmers brought out very distinctly the high regard in which legumes 

 are held in this State. Of 159 replies, 114 gave either clover, alfalfa 

 or cowpeas as the most profitable forage, and twenty-one other replies 

 mentioned one of the three in connection Avith some other crop, leav- 

 ing only twenty-four stockmen preferring nonleguminous crops. Of 

 these twenty-four, twelve preferred rape alone and three others rape 

 in connection Avith some other crop. The preferences for these four 



