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Subject: Pasture FAQ
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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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The Pasture FAQ is available at

       http://www.18james.com/rural/pasture.html

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are likely to be out-of-date and incomplete.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.

                           Pasture FAQ
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   Contents

   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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