For those of us who are city dwellers, can someone please explain why there would be a controversy over having sheep graze with or near cattle. From what I can gather, they're both pretty dumb, non-threatening animals that both like to graze in a herd/flock.
shareThe cattlemen felt they were being invaded, and it became a turf war. Also the cattlemen felt that sheep eat plants down closer to the ground and make it more difficult for a field to recover. Here are a couple of links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_Wars
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=639515
Sheep's hooves also stir up the alkali in water, and it is poison to cattle.
"Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
Davy Crockett
Shirley MacClaine said something about polluting the cattle watering holes and something else.
share