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successfully in the corn-belt. They ma}' l)e used as pasture 

 for all classes of live stock, but probably most profitably 

 with hogs. For hog pasture they may be sown alone, planted 

 with corn, or sown in the corn after the last cultivation. If 

 hogs have access to cowpeas, no additional nitrogenous feed 

 need be given, but they should have a two-thirds feed of 

 corn. As a pork producer, cowpea pasture ranks consider- 

 ably below clover, alfalfa, or rape pasture. 



Soybeans. — Like cowpeas, soybean forage is used prin- 

 cipally for hogs. Hogs relish soybeans better than cowpeas. 

 Carmichael and Eastwood, at the Ohio Experiment Station, ^ 

 found that clover, rape, soj^beans, and bluegrass as forages 

 for pork production ranked in the order named. A one-half 

 full-feed of corn to hogs on soybeans will result in good gains. 

 Soybeans may be planted in the corn for hog pasture, but 

 cowpeas are much better suited for this purpose. 



Common vetch is often used for pasture in the West along 

 the Pacific coast. Hairy vetch may be used in the corn-belt. 

 It furnishes a valuable pasture, ranking in feeding value 

 with alfalfa. It should be seeded with a cereal, such as 

 oats or rye, to furnish support to the weak vetch vine. It 

 is quite valuable for soihng. 



GRASSES 



The leading grasses used in the corn-belt for pasture are 

 Kentucky bluegrass and timothy. Other grasses used for 

 pasture are Canada bluegrass, the millets, the sorghums, 

 red top, orchard grass, Bermuda grass, Johnson grass, 

 brome grass, rj^e, oats, barle}^, wheat, corn, perennial rye 

 grass, and meadow fescue. 



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