Sheep are not at all partial to ryegrass after it has shot out into ear, and, if there is sufficient undergrowth to satisfy them, they will leave the heads alone until the seed begins to fill or ripen. At this stage, however, the sheep should be taken off because just before the seed commences to ripen the heads again become palatable to stock, and the sheep will leave the undergrowth and, eat off the heads in preference.
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Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1765, 1 June 1926, Page 6
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