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Show a .,n,,.,..f.,l,,,.,.,,l,,n,.lknMHli I LIVE STOCK "FACTS "I SHEEP RID LAWN OF WEEDS Dandelions and Other Plants on Courthouse Court-house Square Eagerly Devoured De-voured by Animals, (Prepared by the United States DenartrrtftDt of Agriculture.) The courthouse lawn in Elbert county, coun-ty, Colo., like many other lftwns, was badly infested with dandelions. The county agent suggested killing them by pasturing rather thaq plowing under un-der the sod. According to reports received re-ceived by the United States pc")art-ment pc")art-ment o? Agriculture, the test was Approved Ap-proved by the commissioners, Sufficient Suffi-cient hog wire to fence the lawn, was purchased nnd two pastures 100 feet loqg and 80 feet wide were made. A farmer living near town furnished six old ewes, which were placed in one pasture May 14, when the dandelions were at their best. A week later four more were added to the flock, ; The ewes were changed from one pasture to the other at one-week in-trvals. in-trvals. They soon had the dandelions, dande-lions, and grass eaten down and kept it down. Tliev ate blossoms and buds I I s Sheep Keep Lawn Clear of Dandelion and Weeda. k readily, and the hearts out of the dandelion plants close to the ground. Better results would have been ob tuined had the sheep been put In earlier, but the experiment proved quite effective In ridding the lawn of dandelions. |