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Farmers' Bulletin 1181. 
FORAGE ROTATIONS FOR DIFFERENT SECTIONS. 
Although the crops described seem best adapted to the section 
near Washington, in which the farm is situated, it does not follow 
that they would be best for sections in which climatic conditions are 
very dissimilar. For instance, in New York and the New England 
States, rye, oats and field peas, and rape should form the principal 
part of the rotation, with alfalfa or permanent pasture to fill the gap 
between rye and oats and field peas, the last two being grown together. 
Plantings of rape following both of the crops would furnish feed 
in the autumn as long as the sheep could be left out. 
In the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast States a greater variety of 
forage crops is available from which to make selection. The follow- 
ing table indicates groups from which selection could be made, to- 
gether with the months which they would be most desirable for sheep 
pasture. 
Group. 
Crops. 
Time available for 
pasturing. 
1 
1 2 
3 
4 
5 
Wheat, oats, rye, Italian rye grass, or rape 
Lespedeza, Bermuda grass, carpet grass, ripe oats, alfalfa 
Early varieties of soy beans and co\vT)eas 
Late varieties of soy beans, co-\vpeas, velvet beans, sorghum and millet . . . 
Winter rye, oats, barlev, wheat, and rape 
Jan. 1 to Apr. 30. 
Mar. 1 to June 30. 
June 1 to July 30. 
July 1 to Nov. 30. 
Oct. 15 to Dec. 31. 
1 Group 2 could be cut later for hay. 
Group 2 consists of meadow or permanent pasture plants which 
could be pastured for a few weeks each spring without danger of 
serious infection from stomach worms. The choice of the crops from 
each of these groups should depend upon the degree of success with 
which they are grown in an}^ particular section. 
ROTATIONS WITH PERMANENT PASTURES, STUBBLE 
FIELDS, AND TEMPORARY PASTURES. 
When it is not practicable to use a system of temporary pastures to 
provide the change of pasture necessary for protection from parasites, 
an effective system can be arranged in the regular crop fields of most 
stock farms, provided there is a sufficient number of fields having 
sheep fence. It is necessary that the lambs, and so far as possible the 
ewes, should be moved to new pasturage at intervals of not longer 
than 2 weeks without returning to any land that has not been plowed 
since it was grazed by sheep. In freezing weather these frequent 
changes are not required from a health point of view. 
In a plan of providing a change of pastures in a stock-farm crop 
rotation, the earliest grazing is furnished by fall-sown wheat or vyQ. 
This can be used for 2 weeks in freezing weather even though the 
crop has been grazed previously during the winter. Following this, 
the flock is placed on permanent grass pasture upon which there were 
