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tion of these pastures. Now once in this pasture 

 the flock will be allowed to eat it down close to the 

 ground. That will not hurt the grass, for all will 

 go on in a short time and the grass may spring up 

 again. This is how pastures are often managed in 

 England by hurdles. 



Doctor Eansom says that sheep may probably be 

 safely left on May pasture for two weeks. We will 

 shorten this time to 10 days, to make sure. That is, 

 the germs falling to the earth could not before 10 

 days find their way back into any sheep or lamb, 

 and we are going to move the flock on before they 

 are able to get in. 



Now in the division between this pasture and the 

 next we will place creeps so fixed that the lambs can 

 readily pass through to the next enclosure. This 

 they will early learn to do, and so they will be eat- 

 ing the fresher parts of the herbage in advance of 

 the ewes. 



In ten days then the whole flock will go forward 

 one pasture, the lambs yet having access to the 

 fresher feeding on ahead. Doctor Ransom says we 

 will need for this sure treatment the following divi- 

 sions : 



For May, 2 pastures. 



For June, 4 pastures. 



For July, 4 pastures. 



For August, 4 pastures. 



For September, 3 pastures. 



For October, 2 pastures. 



That makes 19 enclosures in all and insures that 



