X TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER II 



Sheep as Scavengers and Improvers of Crop Yields 



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1. Sheep as Weed Destroyers 13 



(a) Weeds that sheep will not eat are rare. 



(b) The stage at which they consume them best. 



(c) Sheep as gleaners in pastures. 



(d) Sheep as gleaners amid the stubbles. 



(e) Sheep as gleaners in standing corn. 



(f) Sheep as gleaners in by-places. 



(g) Sheep as gleaners on the summer fallow. 



2. Freeing Land from Weeds by Sheep 17 



(a) When and how this may be done. 



(b) The crops best adapted for such grazing. 



(c) The benefits from such grazing. 



(d) The difficulties that may be encountered. 



(e) The Author's experience therewith. 



3. Sheep as Destroyers of Brush 23 



(a) The aid that they may thus render. 



(b) How far they should be thus used. 



(c) How to manage them when grazing brush. 



4. Improving Grain Yields Through Grazing with Sheep 24 



(a) The grain crops thus improved by grazing. 



(b) When and where such results may be looked for. 



(c) When and where such grazing may work harm. 



5. Improving the Stand of Grass Through Grazing with 



Sheep 27 



(a) How newly sown grass is thus improved. 



(b) When newly sown grass is thus improved. 



(c) Where newly sown grass is thus improved. 



(d) When such grazing would be injurious. 



6. Improving Clover Seed Yields Through Grazing with 



Sheep 28 



(a) How such improvement is effected. 



(b) Why sheep do this work most effectively. 



(c) When such grazing may do harm. 



7. Why Sheep Should be Kept on Nearly All Farms 29 



(a) Because of the service they can render. 



(b) A small flock kept almost without cost. 



(c) The conditions are favorable to thrift. 



(d) Why small flocks are not more numerous. 



8. Sheep and Fresh Meat on the Farm 31 



(a) They are specially adapted to furnishing such food. 



(b) The mutton they furnish is a delicacy. 



(c) The influence on the cost of living. 



