. The Southern planter. iiise wooled shpeii fiom ;to thrive in Georgia. sheep to the acre grazing over a sod that would putour best Kentucky sods to shame. Again we wantsheep to clean up these weeds that are crowding every-thing else out. Sheep weie not made to live on weeds,but with every meal they will take a goodly supply asa sort of desert. I watched a lamb one after noon forone hour and in that hour I listed sixteen differentkinds of weeds that I saw her bite off. The heads of^x-eye, ragweed and carrot that she ate in this hour>tild certainly have run up close to one hundred. P. JH. HI
. The Southern planter. iiise wooled shpeii fiom ;to thrive in Georgia. sheep to the acre grazing over a sod that would putour best Kentucky sods to shame. Again we wantsheep to clean up these weeds that are crowding every-thing else out. Sheep weie not made to live on weeds,but with every meal they will take a goodly supply asa sort of desert. I watched a lamb one after noon forone hour and in that hour I listed sixteen differentkinds of weeds that I saw her bite off. The heads of^x-eye, ragweed and carrot that she ate in this hour>tild certainly have run up close to one hundred. P. JH. HILL I saw an interesting thing a few years ago. I hadjust walked across a field that was pastured withsheep. I noticed that weeds were almost rare in that. A Southdown. Property of the King of England. field. I came to a wire fence that separated thisfield from a cattle pasture. Just over that fence andright up to the wire weeds had run riot. It was asight. The cattle had mowed off patches in the earlyseason and confined their grazing to these mowedpatches. Two-thirds of the field had gro^^^l up inweeds and the grass in these untouched patches waschoked out and absolutely useless. The man thoughthe was grazing one steer on two acres. As a matter offact, he was grazing one steer on less than an of his pasture had gone to waste. Thisexplains the fact that large boimdaries are to-dayfattening hardly half the number of cattle that theyfattened years ago. There are some exceptions tothis, for on some farms the weeds have not yet gottencomplete possession, but they will do to watch. Sheepwill help you in the fight. Is not the foot of the sheepthe foot of gold to the farmer? 2. The great advantages that the South possessesfor sh
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