l8o FORAGE CROPS. 



and still produce a good crop of matured grain the 

 same season. The pasturing tends to make the rye 

 stool more than it would without being pastured, 

 but if the grazing is continued too long, the plants 

 will be so weakened that the heads will be small, 

 and, consequently, the yield of the grain will be light. 

 The best time to remove the live stock cannot be 

 stated, conditions vary so much, but the drier the 

 weather, the "slower" the soil, and the poorer the 

 land, the earlier should the live stock be removed. 



6. If the rye should' joint and so get beyond the 

 power of the stock to feed it down, it should be 

 plowed under, and not later than the earing stage. 

 When thus buried, in a normal season, it will give 

 the land much increased power to hold moisture. 



MIXED GRAINS. 



Pastures from cereal grains grown in combina- 

 tion are not only more productive, relatively, in some 

 sections than grass pastures, but they can be grown 

 any season, hence they may be made to supplement 

 the latter in whole or in part when they may have 

 failed from any cause, or combination of causes. 

 They are especially serviceable in providing pasture 

 for sheep and swine, since they are injured less by 

 treading than if pastured with cattle and horses, but 

 on many of the western prairies they may be turned 

 to excellent account in providing pasture for either 

 cattle or horses. While these pastures are variously 

 formed, the following are the more common of the 

 mixtures sown, viz. : i, peas and oats ; 2, barley and 

 oats ; 3, wheat, barley and oats ; and, 4, wheat, bar- 

 ley, oats and rye. The place given to these pastures 



