PASTURING AND SOILING I73 



oats and rape in midsummer better than any other green 

 feed we ever prepared for them. They are in this pas- 

 ture early and late and thrive on it remarkably well. It 

 is healthful and a very cheap feed," 



RAPE 



The Wisconsin station has probably made more tests 

 of rape as a pasture food for swine than have been un- 

 dertaken elsewhere, and summing them all up, Prof. 

 W. L. Carlyle, who was in charge, says they seem to 

 warrant the following conclusions : 



That with pigs from 4 to lo months old representing 

 the various breeds, an acre of rape, properly grown, lias 

 a feeding value, when combined with a ration of corn 

 and shorts, equivalent to 2,436 pounds of a mixture of 

 these grain feeds and a money value of $19.49 per acre. 



That rape is a better green feed for growing pigs than 

 good clover pasture, the pigs fed upon the rape having 

 made on the average 100 pounds of gain on 33.5 pounds 

 less grain than was required by the pigs fed upon clover 

 pasture. 



That pigs are more thrifty, have better appetites and 

 make correspondingly greater gains when supplied with 

 a rape pasture in conjunction with their grain feed than 

 when fed on grain alone. 



That a plat of Dwarf Essex (the preferable variety) 

 forage rape when planted in drills 30 inches apart, early 

 in May in Wisconsin, will yield three good crops of pas- 

 ture forage in a favorable season. 



