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may be used, such as rape, oats, and peas, vetch and oats, 

 rye, cowpeas and soy bean's and kale. 



Rape. 



Rape is one of the most popular of the annual pastures. 

 It is used largely for lamb pasture at weaning time and 

 for the flushing of ewes. No other feed is better for the 

 latter purpose. Rape can be grown in almost any loca- 

 tion and sown so as to be ready at any time desired. From 

 eight to ten weeks after sowing, it is ready for use. There 

 is more or less danger of bloat or hoven from the pasturing 

 of the sheep on rape. However, if the sheep are well fed 

 and watered before being turned into the rape, there is 

 not much danger in this regard, although there will always 

 be a certain small percentage of loss no matter what 

 precautions are taken. 



Rape and clover. 



Rape and clover is a very good annual pasture in certain 

 regions, especially in the Willamette Valley. The rape 

 and clover is usually sown sometime in June and the 

 pasture is ready for use the following fall — ■ the rape being 

 of sufficient stand to permit of considerable pasture at 

 that time. It should not be grazed too heavily the first 

 fall, as it will otherwise come up again in the spring and 

 give considerable early pasture. Later in the summer the 

 clover comes on and gives pasture for the dry months. 

 Experiments at the Oregon Experiment Station tend to 

 prove that this is the cheapest of all pastures for sheep. 



Field peas. 



Field pea pastures are used for fattening sheep in some 

 parts of the West. This practice is very common in 



