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one growth is to be taken from tli6 plants they 

 should not be grazed off closely. 



Corn, since it does not sprout again, except 

 when grazed while quite young, should be allowed 

 to reach the hight of several inches before the sheep 

 are given access to it. If they should break much 

 of it down while pasturing upon it, they will con- 

 sume not a little of what has been so broken in the 

 cured form. 



The pasturing of sorghum should begin at an 

 earlier stage, relatively, than the pasturing of corn, 

 in fact, any time after the plants have become so 

 firmly rooted that they cannot be pulled up by the 

 sheep while being grazed. But it may be deferred 

 to a later period if circumstances should call for 

 such a course. 



Cabbage should be allowed to attain a maxi- 

 mum of growth before the grazing is commenced. 

 If matured before the desired season of pasturing, 

 a portion of the leaves on each plant will wither and 

 waste away, which means a loss of food in propor- 

 tion to the extent of the wasting of the leaves. 



When grazing down such of these pasture 

 crops as grow up again and again, more pasture will 

 be obtained when the grazing is done quickly and 

 in successive periods, with an interval between these, 

 than when animals are allowed to remain continu- 

 ously on the pastures. In other words, alternation 

 in pasturing such crops is better than continuous 

 pasturing. 



Comparative Yields. — The amount of pasture 



furnished by the respective crops, as was to be 



expected, varied from time to time and from year to 



year. The following, however, were the maximum 



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