[TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure now sheep (ot)

[Grover Richardson]

I thought that the cattle/sheep wars were due to the fact (as I remember)
that sheep tend to eat grass down to the roots and kill it (if left to their
own devices), whereas cattle don't??

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:11 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure


Sheep. You want sheep for lawn mowers. Sheep are grazers, goats are
browsers. Simply put sheep like eating grass and other ground veggies where
goats prefer leaves, bark, etc. from off the ground plants, shrubs, trees,
etc.

Sheep also have a tendency to wag their tails when they eliminate, spreading
the berries. The berries are also okay for the lawn right out of the factory
being not very "hot."

Goats on the other hand can be turned from a tastey treat by a word from the
master/mistress while sheep are about as stupid as chickens and so aren't
likely to respond to much more than "come and get it." Well, okay most sheep
can be taught their own names.

It wasn't till sometime around the turn of the last century that mechanical
mowers took over lawn care from flocks of sheep. Prunning ornamental shrubs
on the other hand have never been willingly left to goats. <grin>

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Smith" <sos at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure


>
>
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> > ---Original Message: 10 ----
> > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:40:28 -0800
> > From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure
> >
> > Goats not only can eat poison ivy and oak, they think it's candy.
> >
> > Frosty
> >
> > ---Reply---
> > My wife says that if you drink the milk from goats after they feast 
> > on
ivy
> > it will help with your immunity.
> >
> > Our goats prefer thisels and multi-flora rose to clover.  They stick
their
> > heads through the fience to eat weeds while standing in knee deep
clover.
> >
> > If they get loose they'll strip our grape vines in nothing flat.
> >
> > Robert Ehrenberger
> > Shelbyville, Mo.
>
> People often suggest using our goats for lawnmowers. I'm always amused 
> telling them what would really happen--flowers, shrubs and trees 
> first, then we'll thing about grass.
>
> There was the time that the front gate blew open, and this line of 
> goats was halfway from the gate to the fruit trees. Jodi demonstrated 
> her rank; all she did was step out on the porch, yell "You get back in 
> there!". The line of goats meekly turned around and went back into the 
> pasture.
>
> Steve
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