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tlie climate is also moist. During nine or ten months 

 of the year, the gentle rains are frequent. This, of 

 course, is greatly favorable to the production of good 

 pastures. 



It is simply a matter of choice as to which grasses 

 shall be grown for temporary hay and pasture produc- 

 tion. In growing hay those plants should be chosen 

 for being grown singly or in combinations which take 

 the market most readily. At present timothy, with a 

 moderate quantity of alsike clover in it, makes an 

 excellent market hay. For temporary pastures, me- 

 dium red clover, orchard and Italian rye grasses should 

 answer well; sowing per acre, 6 pounds of clover, 7 

 pounds of orchard grass and 7 pounds of rye grass. 



Pastures Other than Grasses and Clover. — In all or 

 nearly all sections of the United States and Canada, 

 the necessity exists for growing more or less pasture 

 for the various classes of live stock, kept upon the farm 

 in addition to such as are obtained from clovers and 

 the grasses proper. This necessity arises from the fre- 

 quency with which the grass and clover seeds sown fail 

 to make a stand or with which they may fail, or par- 

 tially fail, through adverse winter weather. It is pres- 

 ent in proportion as these hazards are frequent and 

 severe; as the locality is favorable or otherwise to the 

 production of grass pastures. These include the small 

 cereal grains, leguminous or non-legiiminous, the sac- 

 charine and non-saccharine sorghums, the various mil- 

 lets, cow peas and soy beans, ra])e and kale and for 

 swine such roots as artichokes and peanuts. Tlie most 

 valuable of these pastures for cattle are the small cereal 



