Sheep industry must i stay
By JOAN LEES AU
HARRISBURG - More
ewes are needed for
replacements if the state
expansion programs are to
continue growing was the
general consensus of
representatives at the
Eastern Seaboard Sheep
Council meeting held in
Harrisburg, November 5.
Keynote speaker for the
evening was Richard Biglin,
executive director of the
American Sheep Producers
Council, Denver, Colo. Biglin
spoke in concern of the
importation of lamb to the
West Coast. “If we don’t hold
and build our own market,
they are going to take it
away from us” he said. “We
would like to get more
domestic lamb available.”
Eight now we are faced with
all kinds of crisis he said.
“We must step back and see
that the sheep industry stays
in pace with change.”
Biglin spoke of educational
materials the Council
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Walter Streightoff
prepares, “over one million
pieces of wool education
alone, have been sent out
this year.” The Council also
prepares lamb education
material, newspaper ad
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materials, and films.
Biglin reported on the
success of the “Tall Timber
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Various media have given
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they have attended. Two
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New York Times “Lambs a
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Walter Streightoff,
regional manager for ASPC,
indicated the East Coast
needs more commercial
lamb feeding so slaughter
plants won’t close down.
Streightoff said “grass in
September and October is
free feed for feeder lambs
out West. He suggested we
do more thinking about
feeding Western lambs
during those “free feed”
Fall months.
Strexghtoff indicated there
was a 12 cent spread (1.25
light weight, and 1.12
breaking size) between the
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“Next year I wouldn’t be a
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In a years time this type
(heavier lamb) should be the
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feeder lambs.
Lee Ann Nelson, director
of education for the Council,
presented three films. Two
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NEWARK, Del. - A
groundbreaking ceremony
was held, Oct. 14 on the
University of Delaware
campus in Newark, to mark
the official start of con
struction of George M.
Worrilow Hall, a new
research and laboratory
facility for the university’s
College of Agricultural
Sciences.
The new structure will
provide urgently needed
space for research
laboratories, to be used by
students and faculty m the
plant science, animal
science, entomology and
agricultural engineering
disciplines of the college. All
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at U, of Del,
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just north of Agricultural
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the two buildings will
provide sheltered access.
The building is named in
honor of Dr. Worrilow, who
had a long, varied and
distinguished career of
service to the state and the
University of Delaware. His
45 years at the university
were marked by service as
assistant county agricultural
agent, 4-H Club agent and
state leader, professor of
dairy husbandry, director of
the Agricultural Experiment
Station and Cooperative
Extension Service, dean of
the College of Agricultural
Sciences and vice president
for university relations.
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