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One of the Avorst features about using rye as pasture is that it 

 is so hard to prevent from mixing with wheat and injuring the latter. 

 It should be sown in a place that is to be plowed up in the spring and 

 planted to corn, so as to kill any rye that may have escaped the hogs. 

 Clover can be sown in rye, and the entire crop pastured. Artichokes 

 also make a good winter pasture when the ground is not frozen. They 

 should be planted and cultivated the same as directed in a previous 

 discussion of this plant. 



HOW TO GET A PASTURE WHEN CLOVER FAILS. 



The farmer is always in danger of his plans being frustrated by 

 some bad weather killing the crop intended for summer pasture. As 

 clover is the principal hog pasture of this State, the question is, "What 

 shall I do when clover is killed?" A great number of men put the 

 land in corn and either sell the hogs or let them have whatever is 

 handy or convenient. There is no need for this, however, as for pas- 

 ture in May, oats or rape, or a mixture of the two, can be sown as 

 soon as frost is out of the ground. This will make as good pasture as 

 clover, and will provide forage for about twice the number of hogs 

 per acre. This pasture will last until another of the same kind can be 

 sown about three or four weeks later. By alternating between these 

 two lots, and not pasturing the rape so close that the stems are bare, 

 new growth will keep coming until spring sown clover is ready to 

 pasture, or, if this fails, a small patch of sorghum will be of use until 

 a field of cowpeas planted May 15th to 30th, is ready to pasture in 

 August. After the cowpea field is cleared, later sown cowpeas or a 

 patch of late sown rape will furnish forage for late fall, or rye and 

 crimson clover sown in corn will make good late fall pasture. But 

 with oats and rape sown six to eight weeks before use for early summer, 

 rape sown six to eight weeks before use for summer and late fall, 

 and cowpeas planted two and one-half to three months before using 

 for late summer and fall pasture, no man need fear to raise a crop of 

 hogs on account of his clover dying. It is entirely possible and 

 practical to furnish the best of hog pasture without having either blue- 

 grass or clover, and on less land, but at a slightly greater cost in 

 money and time, by using small fields of quick growing crops, such 

 as oats, rape, cowpeas, cane or artichokes. A list of pastures that can 

 be made available for the different months of the year, and the time 

 for planting, follows : 



