'EMPORARY pastures for sheep may be used for 
makes it possible to fit the flock into the livestock 
farming system with very little change in the usual 
methods of producing feed and pasturage for cattle 
and swine. 
By the use of temporary pastures the flockmaster 
is able to maintain a uniform milk flow of the ewes, 
which insures rapid development of the lambs to 
market size. 
The use of temporary pastures assists greatly in 
the prevention of infection by stomach worms and 
other internal parasites. Frequent changes to new 
pasturage can be made and losses by death and 
lack of thrift prevented. 
A system of temporary pastures for sheep raising 
permits the use of lands of low fertility and at the 
same time insures a revenue from them without an 
expensive outlay for commercial fertilizer. Only 
lime, phosphorus, and inoculating material are nec- 
essary to enable poor soils to produce legumes. 
This bulletin explains the advantages and methods 
of using temporary pastures for sheep and gives re- 
sults of experiments conducted at the Bureau of 
Animal Industry experiment farm, Beltsville, Md. 
Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
Washington, D. C. March, 1921 
season. Their use 
