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Show Sheep Rid Courthouse Lawn Of Noxious Dandelions Tho courthouse lawn In Elbert Counly, Colo., like many other lawns, was badly Infested with dandelions. Tho County agent suggested killing them by pasturing rather than plowing plow-ing under the sod. According to reports re-ports received by the United 8tates Department of Agriculture, the teat was approved by the commissioners. Sufficient hog wire to fence the lawn was purchased aad two pastures 100 feet long and 80 feet wide were mado, A fanner living near town furnished six old ewa, which were placed in ono pasture May 14, when the dandelions were at their best. A week later (four mor0 were added to the flock. The ewes were changed from one pasture to tbe other at one-week Intervals. In-tervals. They soon had the dandelions dande-lions and grass eaten down aad kept down. They ate blossoms aad bads readily, and the hearts out of the dandelion planta close to the ground. Better results would hare bean Ob- tajaed had U aheap been put la earlier, bat the experiment proved quite effective In ridding the laws of daadeUoas. |