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Show Sheep and Clover Sheep have helped to make Frank J. Dobmeier's system of farming more profitable. Mr. Dobmeier lives on the edge of the Red River valley in Grand Forks county, North Dakota, one of the principal spring wheat sections of the country. This section several years ago became so badly infested with sow thistles that the farmers thought they might have to give up wheat raising. Dobmeier found that he could control the sow thistles with sheep. He also found that sweet clover clo-ver made a good sheep pasture, that he could winter the sheep on sweet clover hay and that nitrogen that the sweet clover put into the soil helped to boost his wheat yields. "Sheep do not require much expense or labor," said Mr. Dobmeier. "They make it possible for us to grow legumes leg-umes profitably and to keep down our worst weed pest without resorting to any tillage method." Capper's Farmer. |