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bushes to die out in pastures where they have been 

 kept." 



Joel Hayward, says : " I am well satisfied that sheep 

 do materially improve pasture lands, not only from my 

 own experience but from what I have observed of 

 pasture land where they have been kept in this vicinity. 

 I have had sheep for nearly twenty years in one 

 pasture and am confident that it will keep one-third 

 more and keep them equally well, as Avhen first used 

 for that purpose. I remember an instance near here 

 where a piece of land had become quite thickly 

 covered with a growth of white birch ; these were cut 

 close with a scythe and then sheep were turned in which 

 (perhaps for want of better feed) kept the young 

 shoots fed down and cleared the pasture of brush." 



Mr. Hayward does not believe in compelling sheep 



to become " bush exterminators/' but says " give them 



clover and other sweet grasses, give them as good as 



you have, and if you have used proper judgment in 



the selection of your flock, you are well insured of 



a good profit." 



George Fox. says : " I believe in a mixed stock for 

 a pasture ; used to think it would not do to have sheep 

 and cattle go together, but now I am satisfied both will 

 do better, provided you give them plenty of feed. It 

 is cruel and unprofitable to keep sheep so short as to 

 compel them to eat bushes, but adds there is scarcely 

 a bush or plant, (except a few poisons) which sheep do 

 not love to eat I have many times seen sheep turn 

 from white clover, they like so well, to brakes and 

 bushes. My idea of sheep raising is this : A few 

 graded kinds of sheep, with as wide a range of pasture 

 as possible, and let the sheep be kept well enough to 

 raise twin lambs which will weigh 100 pounds each.'' 



