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Janet Tweedy wrote:
Can't remember which one but I seem to recall that sheep farmers made
life very difficult for the cattle men in America because the sheep
grazed the grass too low for it to regenerate or maybe cattle need
taller grass?

Sheep chomp grass low, like a lawnmower, cows wrap their tongues around
longer grass and pull it up in clumps. I don't know why I know this, but
someone taught me the difference a long long time ago, and it's stuck in
a strange mental image in my head.
(goats eat like sheep, iirc)

Goats are primarily browsers, not grazers, but otherwise yes. Sheep
were used as lawnmowers for large areas of grass before mechanisation.
On suburban gardens, guinea pigs are pretty useful for that.



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.