Show TEMPORARY SHEEP PASTURES of experiment made by department part ment of agriculture on 30 acre field in maryland prepared ed by the ened cuned states department of on a 30 acre held field in maryland used by tile the united states slates deportment department of agriculture to test the carrying capacity of temporary pastures for sheep sufficient lelent pasturage was produced to furnish oil an average of days grazing on each acre for a mature ewe this Is equivalent to about two sheep an in acre for a season of days or two and one half sheep for a 2 00 day period this pasturage Is much more than could be obtained from perennial grass proven grown on land of the character and value of that used in the experiment the department sheep specialists say fay but not more than can be obtained from the best bluegrass blue grass pastures good land used for such a succession of temporary pastures should produce from ryo 50 to 10 per cent more pastur V 4 I 1 lal X ft rt p ak A lambs on pasture in Mary maryland lano age than was obtained in this instance in such a system as the one index trial there Is not much choice of crops to be used in different months it Is coleur necessary to make sure ef e having one crop really ready when the preceding one Is finished all AH the cropf used in 1910 the third year of the expel libent stimulated k good low flow of 0 milk in the ewes produced good growth in the lambs and after weaning put the ewes in good condition for fall breeding the ewes and lambs were all purebred South donns some soine of the ees cues raising lambs received a half pound of 0 grain each dally daily until may 10 30 and 21 22 head of ewes in a fall breeding experiment received a light feed of grain during september and october all the lambs were kept for breeding purposes and were liere fed some grain throughout the summer in calculating how far ar the feed actually produced would go for grown sheep it was considered that a lamb ate one fourth as much as a sheep until july 1 and after that one half as much A total of hours work tor for a man and a team was required for plowing and seeding the CO 00 acres used in 1010 1919 under the conditions of this expert ment fall sown sonn wheat and spring seel of oats and peas sown together at the rate of 1 bushels per acre have been most satisfactory tor for grazing la in spring and early summer soy beans tire are ready for grazing about the middle diddle of july and furnish most of the feed until october in november No ember fall sown theat ubeart and rye have been used most though late of corn and velvet beans beani were used in 1619 1919 for the first time on 1 acres that had received an extra top dressing of manure the umber sumber of days of grazing from oue one acre of each crop in 1919 1910 was as follows calculated on its pasture revalue value for one mature ewe days days day rape rapa cowpeas soy beans bean 31 alfalfa oats oaf and peas barley wheat ity alye Us as |