14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21,1971
Keeps Urging
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got 37 cents a pound for a small
group of 85 pound lambs at the
Lancaster Stock Yards. Herr
thinks more producers should
aim for the Christmas market.
The Herr flock drops lambs
in September, May and Decern
ber.
The September lambs are
kept for breeding stock, and
show and sale prospects.
The May lambs are ready for
market as wethers for 4-H and
FFA members as fattening pro
jects.
The December and January
lambs are geared to the Easter
market.
Herr noted that a larger
operator could have two flocks
going simultaneously, with
lambing every four months But
this would take much more
planning and labor to manage
Commercial Prospects?
Can sheep be pioduced on a
large scale economically 9 Herr
thinks they can be He has a
friend in New York who has 500
ewes But he notes that a one
ram flock is about 40 ewes
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which is necessary for best re
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As for the type of ewes, he
said he thinks there’s “more
difference within the breeds
.than between them.” The main
thing is to get good foundation
stock
Feeding Program
Herr stresses a controlled
feeding program
He believes that a feeding
program known as “flushing”
for three weeks before breeding
is vital in achieving high lamb
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pound of oats per day per ani
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both rams and ewes which are
from multiple lambings.
Herr noted that swine pro
ducers also have long been
aware of the importance of
flushing and have been doing it
for years to increase litter size.
For the 60 days that his lambs
are nursing, Kerr feeds them
one and a half pounds per day
of 12 per cent grain mixture.
After 60 days, they are weaned
and fed only pasture or hay.
He notes that after 70 days
there’s “no use putting feed in
to the ewe, because she’s giving
very little milk. You might as
well divert the feed into the
lamb.”
Except when ewes are giving
milk to lambs or at flushing
time, his ewes are on strictly a
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them in better condition for
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too fat.
Herr presently has 40 ewes
and 15 ewe lambs which will go
back into the flock. He creep
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He notes that many of his ani
mals will weigh over 60 pounds
at 60 days of age, some will go
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