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amounts. There is no danger of their eating too 

 much, as there is with mature horses. When sheep 

 reject coarse stems they* may be fed to horses get- 

 ting grain with good results. 



Maintaining Fertility. — Hardly any other sort of 

 farming is so good for land as alfalfa farming, with 

 sheep to consume the hay. Sheep make good ma- 

 nure. It is easily saved and applied. Wherever it 

 is used bounteous crops are assured. In the eastern 

 states where sheep are fed mostly under cover, the 

 manure is especially valuable. It is said that "one 

 can not eat his cake and have it too." This is not 

 true of an alfalfa farm when the hay is fed to sheep 

 or lambs and the manure put back. One has his 

 fertility left after enjoying the profits of sheep 

 feeding. 



