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DIRECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY ROTATIONS. 



Rape and oats should be planted in the proportions of five 

 pounds rape and one bushel of oats per acre as early in the spring 

 as possible. Rape and oats are to be pastured off when the crop is 

 from 12 to 18 inches high. 



Rye is to be sown in the corn about September 15, at the rate 

 of two bushels per acre. 



The rye crop is to be left to mature on the ground, and when 

 the rye stems begin to break down turn in the lambs to fatten on 

 the grain. If the lambs are taken off early enough there will be 

 a good crop of volunteer rye for winter and spring pasture. 



Following the rye the next year soybeans or cowpeas are to be 

 planted from May 25 to June 1. This crop may be either broad- 

 casted or planted in rows three feet apart. 



It is intended that all the crops except corn in the accessory 

 rotation shall be pastured off the ground by the sheep in the man- 

 ner suggested above. In those years when these crops are not 

 needed for pasture they may be harvested for grain or hay. 



On good land such a system of sheep farming couM be man- 



A FINE TYPE OF DELAINE MERINO. 

 Bred in Missouri and owned by the^University of Missouri. 



