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Quarryville, Pa.
N. Church St.
786-7361
MR. FARMER
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To Fit Your Needs In Fertilizer
Urging Farmers to Try Sheep
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between four worming materi
als, Thibenzole, Phenotluazine,
Loxon and Tramisol.”
He just recently started using
Tramisol, which is the only one
of the drugs effective against
the lung worm; it is also helpful
with tapeworm Herr considers
Tramisol one of the major
breakthroughs in recent years
in the sheep business.
Ewe Management
Some of his ewes are 10 to
12 years old. But he considers
seven to eight years as a typical
productive life of a ewe.
He notes that “you can’t look
at ewes and tell what kind of
lambs they’re going to have.”
He pointed out one ewe, which
he 'said is among his poorer
ewes m terms of appearance,
but consistently has among his
better looking lambs
Among key needs for sheep
production, Herr feels, are
Good fence. This includes
fencing off fields for rotational
grazing.
Dog control. While dog»
can be a major problem for the
sheep producer, Herr noted he’s
been “very fortunate” in never
having had a dog problem
Buildings Herr doesn’t
feel that much money should be
invested in buildings “If given
a choice, they’ll stay out most
of the time,” he said But Herr
emphasizes that one of the keys
to success is providing sheltei
and excellent care during lamb
mg
Detail and Records
Many producers go into the
sheep business with the idea
that sheep require less labor
and care than other livestock
Herr doesn’t think the success
ful sheep producer can have
this attitude; in fact, he thinks
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it’s lack of proper attention to
details all along the line which
has made sheep increasingly*
non-competitive in the U. S.
farm economy.
Herr says most farmers in
Southeastern Pennsylvania who
raise sheep do it as a secondary
enterprise. He adds that this
means management suffers and
adequate records often are not
kept.
Even though Lancaster Coun
ty is third in the state in sheep
production, this doesn’t mean
sheep production is a very big
phase of agriculture, since Lan-.
caster County dominates in
most phases of Pennsylvania
agriculture, he noted.
He said many local flocks
share the food supply from
another farm enterprise, which
makes it difficult or impossible
to keep adequate records on,
either enterprise.
Ephrata Adult Farmer
Picnic Slated Aug. 29
The Sixth Annual Ephrata
Adult Farmer Family Picnic
will be held at the Ephrata
Community Park at 12 30 pm
Sunday, August 29
The park is located near the
Senior high school at Oak &
King Streets
Reservation deadline is Au
gust 23 Each family should
b r mg a hot or cold coveied dish,
place settings, and a pitcher foi
serving the cold drink Ice
cream, cold drink, and hot cof
fee will be provided The pork
chops will be barbecued at the
park in tijne foi lunch
It is necessary for the com
mittee to know in advance how
many pork chops to prepare for
your family Adult servings in
clude 2-pork chops at a cost of
$1.25 each and child servings
include one pork chop at a cost
of 75c each Please enclose a
check with your reservation so
that money handling on Sunday
at the picnic can be kept to a
minimum If you have any com
ments or questions, please feel
free to contact one of the com
mitteemen John R. Zimmer
nan, chairman, 733-6812; Ray
Beyer, and Vernon Leininger.
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"Without excellent records,
Herr feels it’s impossible to
evaluate sheep as an enterprise
and to improve sheep as a farm
income producer.
Sees Opportunity Here
Overall, Herr recognizes the
U.S. sheep industry as a prob
lem-riddled industry. But he
thinks sheep men, if they will,
can change things.
In particular, he’s enthusias
tic about prospects in South
eastern Pennsylvania.
“This area has some of the
finest lamb markets in the east.
If we can’t make it in Lancaster
County, we’re not going to make
it anywhere else.”
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