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"'did" <kadee@inorbit.com> wrote in message
news:2ab071tgo9264hirceqstod2jcplfnjk06@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:12:27 -0500, "RKB" <nadacorvus@adacomp.net>
> wrote:
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> Our neighbour's sheep got out when we were kids. The sheep got in with
> the cattle and the cattle went crazy. Cattle were let into the barn
> and were trying to run and jump all over the place. I've never seen
> anything like this. My brother ended up getting kicked in the head by
> one of the stampeding cattle. Perhaps there is a reason the cattlemen
> didn't like sheep?
>
> Sheep eat everything in their path. Cattle are more fussy. I think the
> cattlemen felt that the sheep ruined the rangeland as they ate it
> right down to the ground. Sheep can smell pretty strong too and the
> cattle ranchers didn't like the smell. ( I am not sure but I think
> cattle may not like to graze where the sheep smell is. Not too sure on
> that. ) Also there were nomadic herders who would cut fences and drive
> their herds across ranchers (cattle and sheep) lands eating a swath in
> their path.
>
> Sheep manure is preferred to cattle as the sheep digest the weed seeds
> whereas cattle pass them through. Putting sheep manure in your garden
> means less chance of weeds cropping up.
>
> 'did
Thanks 'Did. I did NOT know that---about the weeds.
'Another idea for busines: We could start shipping sheep s... into Pontotoc
County from Alabama for fertilizer. We could call it the Alabama SS
Company...ASSCO.
Adm, XXX.
Noni Inc.
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