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								KMP 							 
									
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								by KMP  Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:16 am 
			
			
			
			
			HOPLAND, Calif. - Call them mutton mowers. University researchers are training sheep to clean up vineyard weeds but stay off the grapes.  
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Seems like wooly thinking to me, but I bet it becomes a big hit in New Zealand!
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								Nayan 							 
									
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								by Nayan  Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:06 pm 
			
			
			
			
			rooview wrote: Trust a sheep with nothing but growing fine wool!
And making a good Sunday roast (though they struggle with making gravy, I've found)
BTW, if you doubt Adrian's assertion then you should read 
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								by El Josho  Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:19 pm 
			
			
			
			
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								by pstarr  Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:42 pm 
			
			
			
			
			Miniature sheep could work pretty well on some sites, as they only stand about 60cm tall, so can't reach the cordon wire. I've not been able to find a supplier in Australia though. Supposedly they make for one-bite cutlets as well.
						
			
									
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								by marsalla  Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:31 am 
			
			
			
			
			Why not just raise the cordon wire?