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DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



kept for a month or two, or until the feed becomes short, then moved 

 to field No. 3, where it is kept until February 15, when it is moved 

 to the new pasture, field No. 4. The old pasture may be planted in 

 oats. The drainage should be from field No. 4 toward field No. 2. 



FIELD N0.2. 



CORN. 



COt^PEflS. 



MOVE THE HERD FROM 



THI6 FIELD TO FIELD 



N0.3. 



FIELD N0.3. 



COTTON FOLLOWED 

 0y CRIMSON CLOVEH, VETCH, 

 BUR CLOVER OR R^E. 



FEBFI. I5.M0VETHCHERD 

 TO FIEUD NO. 4-. 



FIELD NO.^. 



ORT^., 



COU/PE/IS, 

 BERMUD/I, 



BUR cLoi/en. 



BECOMES THE NEW 

 P/ISTU8E. 



FIELD NO. I. 

 P/ISTUnE. 

 OCT I5:M01/£ HERD TO FIELD NO.Z. 

 PL/INT IN O/IT'5 fiNO FOLLOW l^/ITH COl^PEfl^. 



Fi.;. 



-Plan for fi-p(':i)s cattle and pastures from ticks by rotation, requiring' four 

 luonths, witli aew pasture. 



The feed-lot or so'dhuj m-etlwdy requb-inr/ fom- and oiie-h(df 

 months. — In the plan given in figure 4 the feed-lot or soiling method 

 is made use of to free the cattle of ticks. In the spring fi<dd No. '^B, 

 located near the farmyard, is sown in corn for a soiling crop. The 

 area devoted to corn should be sufficient to supply feed for the herd 



