Show EARLY PASTURES FOR SWINE piece of rich ground should be prepared early in spring and bar ley and oats oata drilled in As AB early in tho the spring as aa boef possible abble prepare a piece of rich ground when a good seed bed to la made drill in from I 1 to 1 bushels of barley or early oats per acre or better still a mixture ou of these be sure to use the beardless barley then follow with a grass seeder sowing a mixture offous of four pounds dwarf essex rape three pounds of timothy and eight pounds of clover seeds per acre I 1 have been using aslee medium and mammoth clovers but this spring shall include alfalfa writes an expert in the farm and home I 1 cover the seed with a weeder sometimes crossing A light spike tooth harrow will answer also alao if sown early and the earlier the better this light covering will be sufficient as there Is usually plenty of moisture mol stura in the ground at this time when the rape Is about six inches high which will be in six to eight weeks hoga bogs may be turned in tho the rape barley and oats oata should furnish abundant pasture for about per acre in the meantime timothy and clovers are growing t to and supplant the maturing barley and oats and with the rape will furnish a well balanced ration until covered with snow this lot will next year furnish the boat best meadow pasture ou on the farm i |