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In the succession those pasture crops could be given 

 the preference which grow again and again, as, for 

 instance, alfalfa and the sorghums. For cattle the 

 more important of these forage crops would be sor- 

 ghum and the cowpea in summer, and alfalfa in win- 

 ter. But the alfalfa thus pastured in winter should 

 be grown chiefly in the late summer and early 

 autumn. The more important of these crops for 

 sheep would be winter rye, the sorghums, the sand 

 vetch and rape. And for swine the most suitable 

 pasture crops would be alfalfa, soy beans, cowpeas 

 and rape. 



Succession in Section No. 8. In Section No. 

 8 the succession in forage crops is varied and com- 

 prehensive, more so, probably, than in any other 

 part of the United States. It includes native grasses 

 and nearly all the cultivated varieties that are grown 

 in permanent pastures, clovers in all the important 

 varieties, vetches in several varieties, as the winter, 

 the common and the sand vetch, alfalfa, mixed 

 grains, rape, cabbage and artichokes. The soils of 

 this section are possessed of unsurpassed adaptation 

 for growing clover in any of its varieties, and also 

 for growing all, or nearly all, the grasses that are 

 grown in western Europe. And the moist charac- 

 ter of the happy climate would seem to keep these 

 growing and therefore succulent during much of 

 the year. It would be possible, therefore, to secure 

 succession in forage from grasses alone. It is also 

 probable that rape could be so managed that it would 

 produce forage during much of the year, and the 

 same is true of mixed grains. In growing these, 

 great use could be made of peas or vetches, or of 

 both, % because of the marked adaptability of the 



