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say the sheep first, following with cattle and later by 

 horses, though the order of rotation is not so very essen- 

 tial. The first animals turned to the grass will take the 

 cream from it. If the three classes of animals graze 

 together there will be few weeds left uneaten and the 

 grass will be cut down pretty evenly all over. 



Do not put Sheep Manure on Sheep Pastures. While 

 all animals harbor parasites, sheep are more in danger 

 from these scourges than other animals. There are 

 various parasites that may develop in the grass, chief 

 among them being the stomach worm, though tapeworms 

 and the worm causing nodular disease cause much trouble 

 and loss. These parasites all come from germs that pass 

 out in the excrements and develop in the young spring- 

 ing grass. It is clear that grave danger to the flock 

 lurks in any land manured with sheep manure and carry- 

 ing grass. There is of course no danger that sheep 

 parasites would attack horses, and small danger that 

 they would attack cattle, though the stomach worm seems 

 to find a host in calves at times and to cause considerable 

 trouble. It is safe to put sheep manure where it will be 

 plowed under for crops. There is no danger of infection 

 from hay or other forage mowed from manured fields. 



Foreign Experience in Feeding Pastures. In the Old 

 World men have long practiced the art of feeding and 

 maintaining pasture lands. I was much interested to see 

 that they not only fed their pastures, but they fed espe- 

 cially certain parts of them. For example, Ernest Per- 

 riot at Nogent-le-Rotrou in France showed me pastures 

 that were never fertilized, being subject to overflow of 

 the river Huisne, and other pastures that were fed in 



