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pasture quickly when this may be necessary. 

 When rye is sown in the autumn for pasture, it 

 is usually sown after some other crop has been 

 grown for the season on the same land. Thus, it 

 may come after any of the other cereals. When 

 grazed down in the spring there is still time to 

 follow it with other crops. These include field 

 roots, rape, millet and cowpeas. Excellent crops 

 of these are frequently grown after rye pastures. 



All kinds of quadrupeds kept on the farm may 

 be grazed on rye. Its highest use probably is found 

 in grazing ewes in the early spring that are nurs- 

 ing their lambs, or in grazing weaned lambs in the 

 autumn in the absencp of better grazing. Under 

 some conditions it is a great aid in furnishing pas- 

 ture to swine. However, it must be pastured with 

 caution by dairy cows, or an unpleasant odor may 

 be given to the milk. Early succulent rye is excel- 

 lent for the production of milk. Such grazing is not 

 much used in growing beef as it is usually too 

 limited in supply. 



RYE GRASS.— See Italian Rye Grass. 



SANFOIN. — A vigorous growing plant, both 

 branched and spreading. Its flowers are numer- 

 ous and of a showy red color. It will frequently 

 produce two or more cuttings of hay and several 

 cuttings of soiling feed in a single season. It is 

 seldom advisable to seek two crops of seed in one 

 season, since the first crop does not yield nearly so 

 well as the second. It is better practice to cut the 

 first crop for hay, to use it as soiling food, or to pas- 

 ture it, just as is done in growing common red clover 

 seed. This plant will retain its hold upon the soil for 

 several years. But other grasses are much prone 



