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Advantages of strip grazing

 Pasture is well used.

 Parasites and diseases are easily controlled

 It requires less labour

Disadvantages

 Maintaining strips is costly

 It is suitable for few animals

3. Tethering

This is the tying of animals to a peg or tree using a rope.

The animals tethered can be moved to a new place when nec-

essary.

Advantages of tethering

 It is cheap to maintain

 It does not require much attention

 Animals do not easily destroy crops

 Animals do not get astray.

Disadvantages

 It is suitable for few animals.

 Animals lack body exercises

 Animals may easily be stolen

 Animals may be restricted to one type of grass.

 Ropes may easily strangle animals

 Replacing ropes during the rainy season is costly.

 Animals may be easily killed by wild animals.