302 PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



to clover or bluegrass pasture \\\\\ be beneficial, however, 

 and ^\\\\ aid in preventing bloat. As a forage for hogs, 

 rape ranks a little below alfalfa and red clover, but higher 

 than bluegrass, soy beans, cowpeas, and rye.^ It should be 

 supplemented by clover pasture and one-half to two-thirds 

 full-feed of corn, or by corn and tankage, corn and linseed 

 meal, or corn and middhngs. 



Oftentimes white hogs if allowed to run in wet rape will 

 develop bad sores on their backs and sides. Animals on 



Fk;. so. — Hogs in rape. (Missouri Experiment Station.) 



rape have a craving for salt, which should be supplied in 

 larger amounts than under ordinarj^ conditions. 



Rape should be used more generally in the corn-belt as a 

 temporary pasture, especially for pork production. It is one of 

 the most valuable of the non-legume pasture and soiling crops. 



Cabbage is sometimes used as a roughage for sheep, 

 especially for show animals. It is used in England for milch 

 cows to a certain extent. 



1 Ohio Exp. Stu. Bui. 242 ; Missouri Exp. Sta. Bui. 110. 



