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- Subject: Pasture FAQ
- From: Ronald Florence <ron@18james.com>
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- Summary: Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) on establishing,
- maintaining, and utilizing livestock pastures, for small
- producers and hobby farms.
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- http://www.18james.com/rural/pasture.html
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- It was last modified with additional or updated information and links
- on Tue Oct 30 13:10:08 2001 EST. This is the only maintained version of
- the FAQ. Older versions in archives, newsgroups, or on other WWW sites
- are likely to be out-of-date and incomplete. The Pasture FAQ and
- the table of contents listed below are ⌐ 1994-2001 Ronald Florence.
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- Pasture FAQ
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- Contents
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- 1. Why Pasture
- 2. How Much Pasture
- 3. Multiple Species
- 4. Making Pastures
- 5. Upgrading Pastures
- 6. What To Seed
- 7. Maintaining Pastures
- 8. Soil & Tissue Tests
- 9. Pasture Fences
- 10. Water, Salt & Minerals
- 11. Rotation Grazing
- 12. Pasture Yield
- 13. Seasonal Rotation
- 14. Weeds
- 15. Disadvantages
- 16. Unimproved Pasture
- 17. Credits
- 18. Copyright & Permissions
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- Ronald Florence http://www.18james.com
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