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more even distribution of the droppings. The whole 

 pasture may be gone over in this way. The plan 

 of manuring a field thus is certainly very cheap and 

 efficacious. The loss in fertility is not great if the 

 pasture is to be plowed the same autumn. If it can 

 be arranged to have the food thus spread on the 

 ground in the absence of the live stock, they will not 

 tread on it so much when turned in to feed upon it. 

 The ideal plan, when it can be carried out, is to have 

 two pastures and to spread the food in each alter- 

 nately when the live stock are in the other pasture. 



When the green corn is fed to horses or cattle 

 in manger or racks, for manifest reasons, it is well 

 to have it placed in these when the animals are 

 absent, unless when they are tied in stalls. It may 

 be most conveniently fed to sheep or swine in the 

 pastures, but there may be occasions when it will be 

 found advantageous to feed it in paddocks, feed lots 

 or sheds. The feeding of sweet corn to swine may 

 be continued after the crop has matured, but there 

 will be loss in feeding the stalks unless the ears only 

 are fed to the swine. The stalks may of course De 

 cured and fed to horses or cattle. 



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