260 FORAGE CROPS. 



country for growing them. It would also be an 

 ideal land for artichokes because of the long season 

 for pasturing them off. In this section, therefore, 

 the question is not so much which are the crops that 

 may be grown in succession, as which are the crops 

 which shall be chosen for being thus grown. Cattle 

 could be kept very nicely nearly all the year on grass 

 and clover pastures, and the same is true of sheep, 

 and they could be finished on rape in the autumn or 

 in the early spring. Swine could feed on clover, 

 alfalfa and artichokes nearly all the year, and they 

 could be finished on peas. 



