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crops are shown by the number of farmers preferring each crop, which 

 Avere as follows : 



Northern 

 half. 



Southern 

 half. 



The other crops considered the best forage for hogs in the northern 

 part of the State were : Blue grass and clover, 6 ; pumpkins and corn, 

 2 ; and one each of rutabagas and turnips, sorghum and cowpeas, rape 

 and rye, rye for fall and spring, clover, timothy and blue grass, clover 

 and wheat, rape and oats, rye and clover, clover and sorghum, clover 

 and cowpeas, cowpeas and corn, oats and rye, clover and timothy, and 

 oats. In the southern half of the State, the forage considered best 

 aside from the clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, and rape, were : Blue grass 

 and clover, 4 ; rye in winter, 2 ; and one each of the following : Cow- 

 peas and clover, rye and cowpeas, oats and kale, sorghum, cowpeas 

 and oats, sorghum at heading time and rape, blue grass, and wheat, 

 rye and cowpeas. 



PASTURING BLUE GRASS AND TIMOTHY. 



Blue grass, in conjunction with white clover, and in some cases 

 red clover, is a pasture that, as was shown by the table of the prefer- 

 ences of hog raisers for pasture, is found on practically every farm in 

 central and north Missouri. Its popularity rests on its hardiness, and 

 the fact that it is a perennial, and once established, is hard to kill out, 

 and also makes excellent pastures. Neither is there the danger of 

 scouring among hogs on blue grass pasture that there is in some other 

 kinds, such as young clover or alfalfa. Blue grass also comes early 

 in spring and furnishes good fall and fair winter pasture. It should 

 be pastured heavily enough to prevent any extra growth, because 

 blue grass that has become rank and growthy gets woody, and when in 

 this condition is not a satisfactory pasture for hogs. Most of our 

 correspondents turn on blue grass when it is young and tender. There 

 is a period of from two to three months during the summer just after 

 seeding, when blue grass is in its resting stage and is too dry and 

 woody to give good hog pasture, and has to be supplemented with 

 some other crop, such as clover, sorghum, rape, etc., that can be sown 

 in spring and be readj^ for pasture by July. The resting period of 



