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Colorado, this state being noted for its pea-fattened lambs. 

 Maturing rather late in the season, peas are especially 

 suitable for fattening range lambs. The lambs are turned 

 in when the- peas are well filled, and allowed to remain 

 until the field is cleaned up. Peas are sometimes sown 

 with oats for summer pasture. 



Vetches. 



Vetches are usually sown with some other crop, such as 

 oats, rye, wheat, or rape. Sown in this manner they 

 make a very good pasture in some sections, especially 

 in the South and the extreme Northwest. Spring lambs 

 of western Oregon and Washington are usually grown 

 on this type of pasture, as they furnish one of the earliest 

 spring pastures for that section. A very common practice 

 is to sow vetch and grain in the fall and graze it off in the 

 spring, later cutting it for hay. Hay made in this manner 

 is of very good quality, as it does not become coarse 

 and tough, and is not cut until dry weather. 



Rye. 



Rye is commonly used for fall and winter pastures 

 and is probably more widespread in its use than any 

 other annual pasture. It is not suitable for late spring 

 or summer use as it becomes too hard and woody by that 

 time. 



Wheat. 



Many farmers allow their sheep to pasture on their 

 wheat fields a short time in the spring. This is a good 

 practice in humid sections where wheat is making a too 

 rapid growth. 



