Sheep Management Tour
(Continued from Page C 6)
Myers explained.
Commercial production of
market lambs and purebreds was
viewed at Corriedale Farm, Oley.
Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hollenbush, the herd of 50
Corriedales are paint branded
accr to lambi r schedule and
"I always thought that there must be a better, easier way to
shear sheep,” stated Elmer Petersheim. Because of this, he
has researched pictures of a shearing table from Australia
and is currently building a similar model on his farm.
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and Dutch clover grow in the
pastures on Corriedale Farm and
“they thrive on it,” according to
Hollenbush.
“I had this fence up right aside of
that clover field,” he pointed out to
visitors, “and they didn’t touch it.”
Hollenbush likes to train the herd
to a fence when they are wet and in
wet weather for better electrical
contact when they touch the fence.
“I like to crossbreed,” Hollen
bush continues about his market
lamb practices. “You get more
vigor and more growth,” he states.
A Dorset ram is currently being
run with the herd and the
Hollenbushes are breeding for fall
lambing.
“I don’t want to put the lambs on
pasture,” Hollenbush said, noting
his reasons for fall lambing. “I
want to finish them and get them
out,” he continues. Less worming
problems are encountered this
way, according to the owners.
Ewes are also paint branded
according to when they lambed
and are numbered consecutively.
A strict deworming schedule is
also followed and ewes and lambs
are marked with red when they are
dewormed. Deworming with
thiabendazole and tramisol,
alternating drugs four times a
year, is recommended by the
Hollenbushes in their herd.
Corriedale Farm has also
utilized a bank barn that the
Hollenbushes have opened up to
provide better ventilation and less
health problems to their herd. “If I
have an open bam accessible to the
sheep in the summertime, they
want to come into the bam and in
the winter they want to stay out,”
Hollenbush revealed.
He also concluded, “By
crossbreeding, I can get an ex
cellent market lamb from these
wool-bred sheep.
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It was only fitting fo conclude the
day long tour with a view of an
operation where sheep are
maintained for their fine wool and
the wool is harvested and
processed in an on-farm shop,
Ewesful Spinnings, the sheep farm
and wool store of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Wade. The Wade’s
maintain over 60 head of Romney,
Scottish-Black Face, Lincoln and
Jacob’s sheep. Mostly a spinner’s
flock, the Wade herd featured fine
wool and careful processing
towards a high quality finished
product.
a spinning room where wool is
further processed or weaved into
various items.
“I am a strong proponent of
natural colors,” Mrs. Wade told
the visitors as she explained the
different processes towards a
finished product. Demonstrations
were given on washing a fleece,
carding the dry wool and passing
the wool through the roving
machine.
Vegetation was again discussed
and wool growers were repeatedly
advised to manage their herds so
that a minimum amount of matter
can fall into the wool on their
sheep. In pasture feed troughs and
low hay racks where sheep could
climb on to feed are used at
Ewesful' Spinnings to keep
vegetation at a minimum.
The tour was sponsored by the
Berks County Extension Service
and informational booklets
covering the topics of the tour and
the demonstrations were provided
to each participant. The tour is
conducted every three to four
years to keep current on the latest
techniques and profitable prac
tices of sheep and wool growers.
Northumberland County
Sheep & Wool Growers
“We’ve taken the benefits of the
Scottish Black Face and crossed it
with the Jacob’s who have a softer
wool, for a finer-type of wool,”
stated Marvin Wade conducting
the visitors through his facilities.
While he takes care of the housing
and feeding of the large herd, Mrs.
Wade oversees the processing of
the wool in her expansive shop.
The shop includes a store to buy
the finished yams and bats
produced from the wool, a
processing room where the fleece
is washed, carded, and roved, and
The Northumberland County Gu%t speaker James Sheeder,
Sheep and Wool Growers president of the Pennsylvania
Association held their annual Sheep and Wool Growers
dinner meeting Oct. 2at the United Association, talked about a tour to
Church of Christ, Selinsgrove. the Pipestone Lambing Project in
The group elected three new Minnesota this spring,
directors. They are: Carl Everett, Wool princess Pattie Snook
Harvey Brown and Archie Hilkert. discussed the nutritioual value of
They will serve with current lamb.
directors Kenneth Keefer, Fred The next meeting will be held
Styer, Lynn Laudenslager, Bruce Dec. 11 at Farmers Best
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