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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. 
