274 FORAGE CROPS. 



yields obtained from the various plants named below 

 in a single season. They represent the pasture 

 obtained from one-fourth of an acre. Rape alone 

 furnished pasture sufficient for one matured sheep 

 for 356 days; corn followed by sorghum for 507 

 days; rye followed by sorghum for 590 days, and 

 cabbage alone for 762 days. One acre of cabbage 

 of similar development would have furnished food 

 enough to sustain one sheep for eight years and 

 128 days. 



But these yields must not, by any means, be 

 regarded as the largest that may be obtained from 

 any of these crops. The soil on which they grew 

 was comparatively infertile. Under the most 

 favorable conditions it would be possible to obtain 

 from rape, for instance, not less than three times 

 the amount of pasture mentioned above. And it 

 should also be borne in mind that the crops which 

 furnish the largest yields of pasture are not neces- 

 sarily the most productive in mutton and wool. The 

 food constituents in some are much richer than 

 in others. 



Mode of Hurdling. — While pasturing off the 

 various plats, movable hurdles were used. The fol- 

 lowing is a description of these hurdles : Each panel 

 is composed of four boards. The one at the bot- 

 tom is 6x1 inches and the others are 4x1 inches. 

 Across these are nailed three slats or crossbars 4x1 

 inches. Two of these are nailed six inches from the 

 ends of the panel and on the same side of it, one 

 being at each end. The third is nailed across the 

 center and on the other side of the panel. The bottom 

 space thus formed is six inches, the middle space 

 six and one-fourth inches and the top space seven 



