ATLAS SORGO 
Several large farms in this section grow Atlas Sorgo ex- 
tensively for its yield and feeding quality with yields up 
to 14 tons per acre. It is leafy and sweet, relished by stock 
when cut green, or for silage. 
Plants are about ¥ inch thick and grow 7 to 10 feet high. 
Harvest when the seeds are in the hard-dough stage, using 
either a field ensilage cutter, or a corn-row binder. Unless 
dry, seed shallow. Use a corn planter with sorghum seed 
plates available from planter manufacturer. Cultivate same 
as Corn. 
RAPE FOR QUICK PASTURE 
An inexpensive and prolific pasturage for sheep and hogs. 
Thrives on all soils with little preparation. Sow about 5 to 
6 pounds of seed per acre, through spring up to end of 
August. Alone, with other pasture seeds, or in corn fields. 
Makes second growth. Open to pasture when less than 10 
inches high. Stands hard usage. Easy to grow. 
““CANADA PEAS”’ FOR HOG FEEDING 
As early green pasturage. A mixture of 1 bu. Canada Peas, 
1 bu. Oats, 3 to 4 lbs. Rape and 7 to 10 lbs. Sweet Clover or 
Alfalfa per acre. High in protein. Relished by hogs. Sow 
early in spring directly in hog runs. Growth is rapid, ready 
for forage when 9 to 10 inches high. May be planted with 
oats only for green feed or hay. 
HOG PASTURE MIXTURE 
For 11 Weeks’ Hog Pasture at Low Cost 
Quickest growing green hog-feed mixture—often ready in 
four weeks. Valuable as an emergency pasturage when 
other earlier crops have failed. Grows until frost, but will 
not winter. An abundant producer of flesh and fat, also of 
wool. For cattle, cut and haul to barn to prevent trampling. 
Second growth will then appear. Plant 70 pounds per acre, 
broadcast or with seeder, between June and August Ist. 
Then harrow in. 
COW HORN TURNIP 
Improves soil and provides forage tops relished by sheep, 
hogs and poultry, when sown in corn fields. Turnips pene- 
trate deeply, bring fertility to surface and add humus to soil. 
Sow 2 to 4 pounds per acre. 
“COW PEAS’”’ 
Fine for pasturage or hay, turning under or hogging down, 
on poor soil. Best in South, since Cow Peas dare not be 
planted early. Handle like soy beans. Inoculate. For hay 
or green feed, sow 1 bushel with 3 pecks Golden Millet 
to the acre, cutting when in bloom. 
“SPRING VETCH’”’ 
Not winter-hardy, but often used successfully among spring 
pastures. Cost is lower than the hairy winter variety. Makes 
good growth when planted in the spring. (Also known as 
Common or Oregon Vetch.) 
“HAIRY (WINTER) VETCH”’ 
Excellent green feed when cut in full bloom, as hay when 
pods are about half formed, or as green manure when seed 
is inoculated. Very good on sandy soils, or where Red 
Clover fails. 
Because of great length of Vetch plants, plant along with 
small amount of grain, such as wheat or rye. This very 
hardy strain is a biennial, or winter annual. Usually sown 
in late summer or early fall. Be sure to inoculate. 
9 AS a ee Bes. > 

You can get another good cow for 
nothing by keeping nails and pieces of 
baling wire out of the manger. 
Goats or Fertilizer for Weeds? 
In any discussion of weed control, there are 
simple facts to be constantly remembered. 
Most good grasses will dominate weed- 
growth if the grasses have favorable soil 
conditions. Thus fertilizer is the most effec- 
tive weed control. Lime and superphosphate 
provide excellent relief whenever pastures 
begin to flash danger signals—namely, weed 
patches. But a _ well-balanced fertilizing 
program including the use of manure as 
organic matter controls weeds best by pre- 
venting them. 
Mowing pastures twice a year is good man- 
agement. This should be done when weeds 
begin to bloom, before seeds form. Some time 
in June and maybe August will prevent re- 
seeding of most weeds in these parts. Set 
mower low, clip both weeds and _ grass. 
Woody plants—young tree sprouts—can thus 
be eradicated. Sheep or goats will help you 
on certain troublesome weeds. Some folks 
keep a few sheep in the cow pasture—for 
just such a reason. . . . Certainly careful 
fertilizing is the best program. 
Alfalfa for 
Protein Plus 

Alfalfa is the most efficient producer of high- 
class protein. It will generally produce at 
least 50 per cent more hay per acre than 
the common clovers. In years when the hay 
crop is shortened on account of drought, 
alfalfa with its deep root system will often 
produce two or three times as much hay as 
red or alsike clover. Still more important, 
alfalfa is considerably higher in protein than 
other clovers and its protein also has higher 
digestibility. Consequently, a good stand of 
alfalfa often may produce twice as much di- 
gestible protein per acre as clover, 
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