And smaller sheep eat less, so if food becomes scarce, they have an advantage.

After the sheep ate a bit, I got up and our procession resumed.

The sheep eat salt grass and theirs is the best flesh of all.

The sheep have a strong preference for grass but also eat broad-leafed plants and small trees, he said.

During the summer when food is abundant, the sheep eat a wide variety of plants.

But when sheep elsewhere in the world ate the legume, they died.

Cattle, sheep, and horses eat it if nothing better is available.

Because, it was told, the sheep ate the grass too close.

Cattle and sheep will eat the young leaves eagerly, but leave the stiff, hard stems alone.