SHEEP CLEAN UP BRUSH LAND 



By George Y. Tedrow, Guysville, Ohio 



I would advise every farmer to try a small flock of ewes. They 

 make the most money for the time and capital invested of any 

 stock. I keep some stock cattle, some cows and hogs, and I 

 think sheep pay best. They do not hurt the pastures nearly as 

 much as some think they do. We could hardly keep this brush 

 land in southeastern Ohio under control if it were not for the 

 sheep. There are only a few kinds of weeds in this section that 

 sheep will not eat. / have had cattle pastures covered so 

 thickly with iron weed, cockleburs, and briars, that the 

 cattle could hardly be seen, and after pasturing with sheep 

 a few years there were no iron weeds in the field and very 

 few burs or briars. 



SHEEP EAT MORNING GLORIES 



Advise Your Neighbor to Kill His Dog and Get a Bunch 

 By A. H. McKellar, Waterloo, Iowa 



Give sheep a fresh pasture every year if possible. Sow rape 

 in your oat fields. It will make a fresh pasture and also a very 

 good one. Let them run in the corn fields. They will eat the 

 leaves, grass, and morning glories, and clean everything up fine. 

 Kill your own dog, and advise your neighbor to do the same. 

 Some of the parasite enemies of sheep come directly from dogs. 



KEEP DOWN NOXIOUS WEEDS 



By Walter Casler, Ovid, Michigan 



I always sell my lambs off of grass as soon as they are large 

 enough to bring the top price. The sheep owner should have 

 his farm fenced so that every field can be pastured. Not only 

 will the pasture pay for the fencing in a short time but the sheep 

 will keep down all noxious weeds, and change of pasture is one of 

 the most essential things in sheep raising. I plan to buy a few 

 new ewes every year or two, but if good ewes are kept it is a good 

 plan to save the best ewe lambs. 



SHEEP CLEAN UP CORN FIELD 



By David Needham, Virginia, Illinois 



I think it is profitable to keep a medium-sized flock of sheep on a 

 farm where there is plenty of pasture, so the flock can be changed 

 from one pasture to another. Use them to clean up stubble fields, 

 pastures, and corn fields, where they will eat weeds and the lower 

 blades of corn without damaging the grain to any extent. 



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