A Story of Golf and Sheep

Here is one of the pictures I would use in my digital story. I think this could make quite a story.

It is a postcard. In the picture, we can see some sheep grazing on the turf surface. Actually, it is a golf course at the Mt. Kineo House on the shore of Moosehead Lake in Maine. This picture is taken in 1900.It has a line on the bottom of the picture says Mt. Kineo House Lawn Mowers on Golf Links.

Before the invention of mechanic mowers, sheep are responsible for the mowing job on golf courses. In fact, sheep worked on the fairway department, while greens belongs to another department, which is occupied by rabbits.

The cutting surface by our animal colleague cannot be compared to the work achieved by machines, but there are still some high lights. First of all, it is 100% environmental friendly. sheep do not consume fossil fuel, neither do they emit greenhouse gas. Secondly, it is 100% labor-free. To operate mechanic mowers, we need at least one man for each machine. As to sheep, only a shepherd is needed. What is more, sheep will automatically remove the clippings for you and turn them into organic fertilizer. If you do not want to use sheep drop on your golf course, you can sell it at a nice price to farmers nearby.

There are so many advantages of sheep mowers, why do not we use them today? Surprisingly enough, we do. In the Silicon Valley, where most of the world's high intelligence and cutting-edge technique lays, you can see sheep there working as they used to be.

(For more information about Sheep of Silicon Valley, go to http://blogs.cisco.com/news/the_sheep_of_silicon_valley/)

Though we cannot use sheep mowers on golf courses any more, it is still a good idea to have them take care of our huge suburban grass land, where is too remote to be maintained well but still important enough so we cannot just let go. Sheep would be a significant option. They work hard and they love what they do. No need to worry about them being slack of work. What a good idea!