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' Greg and Martha Lau of Loganville, Pa., look over a pen of
mature ewes at the tri-state ewe sale.
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KNOXVILLE, Maryland -
Maryland’s second annual tn-state
replacement ewe sale was held on
June 6, at Merry Peep O’Day
Farm. Approximately 120 people
from Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Virginia, and Maryland were
present.
The 110 commercial ewes
ranging in age from lambs to 8
years old, grossed $12,000. The top
selling ewe sold for $220 to
Bluemont, Va.; she was a fall born,
black, twin lamb a Comedale and
Dorset cross consigned by Dahl
Drenmng of Woodsboro, Md. The
lamb was one of only 7 black sheep
that sold in the sale with an
average of $167.
The top yearling was a Hamp
shire Suffolk cross from a highly
productive ewe sold by Merry
Peep O’Day farm, hosts of the sale,
to Charlestown, W.Va. for $lBO.
Two yearlings ewes with ewe.
lambs by side consigned by Clark
Jamison of Glenville, W.Va. sold
for $2BO each. The 33 yearlings
averaged $127 with twins bringing
an average of $l6 per-head more
than singles.
The 27 ewe lambs averaged $l2O
with twins bringing an average of
$37 higher than singles.
The 43 mature ewes ranging in
age from 2 years to 8 years, were
sold with detailed lambing records
available in the catalog averaged
$76. The top selling ewe was
consigned by Jonathan May of
Timbenalle, Va., she sold for $l4O,
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ewe sale
and was a twin western Suffolk
cross.
In addition to the sale some top
sheepmen from the Tri-state area
presented their approach to sheep
equipment, health, feeding, and
recordkeeping.
W. 6. Carpenter, a southdown
breeder from Jefferson, Maryland,
and Jack Price, a Hampshire
breeder from Westminster, Md.,
started off the workshop with
advice on the basic sheep equip
ment needed and health prevention
methods for the flock. The key
points stressed were economy,
foresight toward prevention versus
treatment, and management
techniques that work for the
producer.
Jonathan May, a commercial
sheepman from Timberville, Va.,
covered many aspects of feeding
the flock; emphasizing economy
for the producer and utilizing
Feed quality monitoring important
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important that chicken farmers
refuse to take feed quality for
granted.
After each delivery of feed take a
sample and place it in a small jar.
The following information should
be marked on the container. Type
of feed delivered, date and
quantity delivered, bin that it was
Milking parlors,
carousel
operations,
butterfat content,
haylage, silage, pro
tein supplements
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excess forage to compliment the
sheep’s main attribute con
verting roughage to red meat
efficiently!
‘‘lf you have too many sheep to
keep records, then you have too
many sheep!” stressed Clark
Jamison, a commercial producer
from Glenville, W.Va., who spoke
on the importance of recor
dkeeping and utilizing those
records. Recordkeeping should be
tailored for each flock’s goal
whether it be wool quality,
growthy lambs, or prolificacy. The
key point, Jamison emphasized, is
to utilize these in
replacement ewe selection and in
culling the flock.
Merry Peep O’Day farm is
managed by Bambi and Jim
Priegel. The auctioneer was
Robert Mullendore of Boonsboro,
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placed m, type of medication and
quantity, and -of course feed
company’s name.
In the event you bave a flock
problem, the feed sample will
serve as a very important
diagnostic took Once the birds are
sold, then the feed samples should
be property disposed of.
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