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once turned into graze, it is the common practice with many 

 not to hinder freedom of access to the rape again until it is 

 all grazed down. 



Grain may be fed to cattle or sheep on rape, but such 

 feeding is not indispensable with them as it is with swine 

 that are being grazed on it. The grazing may be continued 

 until the coming of hard frost, but in some instances 

 digestive troubles arise from grazing sheep in the early 

 morning on rape covered with white rime. Feeding them 

 on grain previously is a safeguard. 



Kale is frequently grazed in the spring in latitudes 

 with mild winters, the kale having been started the previous 

 autumn. The grazing of cabbage by sheep may begin as 

 soon as growth is completed, and may continue later 

 than in the case of rape. The amount of good grazing that 

 may thus be furnished by an acre of cabbage is very large. 



The saccharine and non-saccharine sorghums. In 

 some localities the saccharine and non-saccharine sorghums 

 are frequently used to provide grazing, more especially in 

 areas where, because of drouth or for other reasons, cul- 

 tivated pastures are not so productive. Sorghums may be 

 grown for pasture wherever corn can be successfully grown, 

 but the non-saccharine sorghums, including Kafir corn, 

 Jerusalem corn, Milo maize and Durra, can only be grown 

 where the summer temperatures are warmer than those 

 which prevail in the northern states and Canada. Pearl 

 millet is somewhat akin to these in its adaptation and also 

 in its habits of growth. 



When grazed by cattle, the grazing should be deferred 

 until the plants are old enough so as not to pull out of 

 the ground while being grazed. The aim should be to 

 keep them grazed down so closely that the grazing will 

 not be greatly injured by the animals. This result is sure 

 to follow when the stalks become so far advanced that 

 they break down when the cattle walk through them. Such 

 grazing is not so palatable as some kinds of grass, and 

 yet cattle are fond of it. In some instances serious loss 



