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rapidly with the approach of warm weather. As these two crops are becom- 

 ing exhausted, the clover takes their place. This mixture is suited to spring 

 seeding and can be pastured from the latter part of June to the close of the 

 season. Another mixture consists of spring wheat, barley and oats, using 

 about one-third of the usual sowing of each. These may be pastured as 

 soon as they attain sufficient size to afford a good supply of pasturage. 

 Another mixture frequently used consists of rye, winter wheat and winter 

 vetch sown in the fall. This will afford pasture in the spring earlier than 

 the spring-sown grains, and if seeded fairly early may furnish some winter 

 pasture. In pasturing the annual crops, waste by tramping may be pre- 

 vented by restricting the area grazed by means of hurdles or temporary 

 fences. Such pastures require knowledge relative to the date crops must 

 be sown to afford pasture when needed. In this respect it resembles the 

 provision for soiling crops which are to be cut and fed from day to day. 



REFERENCES 



"Meadows and Pastures." Wing. 



"Forage and Fiber Crops." Hunt, pages 1-274. 



"Farm Grasses." Spillman. 



Pennsylvania Expt. Station Bulletin 101. "Meadows and Pastures." 



