Why Robert Herr, Dorset
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season breeding. Other breeds
with this characteristic are
Rambouillet and Merino.
Herr also maintains manage
ment practices which enable
him to get an average of at
jleast one and a half lambs per
ewe tar lambing. This means a
total of more than four and a
,-half lambs every two years for
each ewe or an average of over
two and a quarter lambs per
ewe per year. These figures
compare with the average sheep
An eye ball to eye ball look at one of three young rams
which will be a year old in September.
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owner who has difficulty main
taining an average of one and
one half lambs per ewe per
year.
He thinks the ability of ewes
to breed within a given time
span is inherited. He gets rid ofi
ewes which are late in breeding
more than twice.
, As part of his close lambing
program, he feeds his animals
well, worms them five to six
times a year, and conducts a
good health program. With this
kind of program he sees no
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Herr is pleased with the quality of these rams are probably even better. They are
three rams, which will be a year old in shown, left to right, by Christian, Barbara
September. Herr sold one young ram at the and Elizabeth.
Keystone sale for $530 and he says these
problem with intensive lamb
ing.
Lamb Timing
Herr doesn’t sell all his ani
mals for breeding. He also tries
to drop his lambs to meet
specialty markets. He thinks
hitting the market at the right
time is important for any sheep
producer, particularly for the
commercial producer.
Again, he emphasizes the im
portance of year around breed
ing, such as with the Dorsets, to
enable the producer to control
the market times for his sheep.
This year before Christmas he
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Calved
Total invested
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Weight (calving time)
Produced milk
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Profit status
at 30 months
Net profit advantage
at 30 mo
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Miss Average
Same weight
27 months
Miss Wayne
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$95.00 loss
$69.00 gain
$95.00 loss
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