Show bolster bol the pasture lt 1 I 1 7 1 with more crops if supplement Is provided live stock will not suffer for feed blue grass la Is the main constituent of at our best pastures and makes abundant growth during spring and early summer and again in thi the fall months but there la is usually a period during the summer when little growth Is made the capacity of the pasture during that period of the year Is apt to be bg r mh er uncertain particularly in in gy dry year supplemental crop helps 13 IL cox form farm crops specialist a at te the new jersey state college of agriculture suggests eug gesta ebat if a supplement to the pasture Is 9 provided during part of the summer the stock will not suffer from lack of feed and the pasture will not be injured by grazing too closely this supplement may be of various kinds sometimes addition ll BJ grass pasture may be rented with some come 14 farmers rine re it ft may take the form of providing for temporary pastures or using soiling crops or by use of silage hay bay land may be pastured after mowing grain stubble Is sometimes pastured but the cows do not get much kasid besides es idi ragweed in case of necessity some of the first cutting of grass and clover may be grazed A few farmers in new jersey pasture the second cutting of alfalfa after it Is well along this Is not particularly good for alfalfa but it Is not as hard on the crop as pasturing during the entire season of the crops that are sown for temporary pasture there la Is nothing that will beat sweet clover where soil conditions are arc right for it using method of soiling A few farmers meet the shortage of posture pasture by using tile the method of soiling that Is cutting green crops for the cows corn clover and grass may be used in this way or certain crops may any be planted specifically for this purpose such as oats ont and pens peas in early spring and soy beans in lato into spring soiling involves considerable labor however and it Is usual ly cheaper to let the be cows gather their own roughage 1 I 1 T |