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the entire surface. Sow 1% bushel of vetch per acre broadcast 
with this. If Bermuda grass seed is sown, use “4; pound seed 
per acre. Supplemental feed, 1 per cent corn, 5 per cent sweet 
potatoes. (The Bermuda grass makes a permanent pasture after 
the first spring. ) 
“Wheat of a smooth variety and vetch, 14, bushel of each 
per acre, planted in the fall, make an excellent winter pasture 
until the wet season sets in, and furnish grazing until the grain 
is nearly ripe. (Rye may be used instead of wheat, and it would 
probably be better to sow 1 to 114 bushels of wheat or rye 
per acre with 14 bushel of vetch.) Supplemental feeds, 1 per 
cent corn, 5 per cent sweet potatoes. 
“Sorghum, 1; bushel in rows, sown in drills, can be planted 
as a catch crop from the first of April to August, and either used 
as a grazing crop, or cut and used as a green food. This crop 
is generally ready for grazing or feeding in 214, months. Sup- 
plemental feeds, 1 per cent corn, 5 per cent sweet potatoes or 
grazing. 
“ Jerusalem artichokes (ground artichokes), 3 bushels per 
acre, planted like Irish potatoes early in the spring, will furnish 
fall grazing, although hogs are not so fond of them as of sweet 
potatves. 
** Stock beets for winter and spring feeding, planted in early 
fall, will furnish grazing or soiling in four months. Plant 8 
pounds to the acre in ridges and thin to a stand of about 10 to 12 
inches. Supplemental feeds, 1 per cent corn. 
“ Rutabagas and turnips are sown in corn fields, when laying 
by, as a catch crop, and furnish good grazing in the fall. They 
can also be sown in the spring or summer as a main crop and 
pulled for pigs, especially when pastures are low.” 
The circular also states that Lespedeza (Japan clover) may 
be sown in April on finely pulverized soil at the rate of 8 to 10 
pounds of seed per acre, which will give pasture from September 
to November. The seed should not be covered with a harrow. 
