ilO-Lancamr Fanning, Saturday, March 11. 1995 LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) Inside her home, Yvette Stoltzfus plays the strains of “Mary Had A Little Lamb on her vioUn. When Yvette steps outside, not one but four lambs follow her around the farm. The four quadruplets were bom several weeks ago. “We were walking up the lane from school when Mother said that she had a surprise for us,” Yvette said of the day when the lambs were bom. “They were wet and slimy when we first saw them,” Yvette’s brother Jared said. The lambs are now a soft furry white. Although they are penned in the bam, the lambs prefer to run outside when Jared and Yvette play with them. The lambs appear to be identical Yvette and her sister Vonda bottl These are sewing projects that Yvette has made. “I’m lucky to have older sisters that help me sew,” Yvette said. ids Everywhere That Yvette Goes, Four Lambs Are Sure To Follow in looks until Jared and Yvette point out that one has a curlier tail. So it was named Curlicue. Another has smaller ears and curlier fur so it was named Curly. The markings on the lambs’ faces are a bit diffe rent so the one with the whitest face was dubbed Whitey. Of course, the one named Jumpy does a lot of jumping. All four lambs make a lot of noise. Their constant baa-ing is their way of talking. Yvette and Jared are the children of Judy and Jake Stoltzfus. Two older sisters, Vonda, 18, and Waft, 20, help out with bottle feeding the lambs. At first, the lambs were bottle fed five times a day, now they are fed three times daily. “We have 16 mommy sheep,” Yvette said of the mixed breed raised on the farm. The sheep keep about four acres of meadows surrounding the farm ise rambunctious lambs don’t like to pose for pictures. Jared and Yvette take some time to play with the sheep quadruplets named Curly, Curly Q, Jumpy, and Whi tey. The lambs look all the same to visitors, but Jared and Yvette can easily tell them apart. trimmed so that Jared doesn’t have as much mowing to do. A goat Lieza chomps the thistles in the meadow since sheep prefer the taste of tender grass. Lieza doesn’t stick to thistles. Once a feed salesman laid a bill on top of Lieza’s pen. She jumped up and ate the bill. Maybe Lieza thought that she was doing the Stoltzfus family a favor; but, unfortunately, they still needed to pay the bill. Although both Yvette and Jared are 4-H members neither have sheep or the goat as a 4-H project “We should get a better breed sheep if we do that” Jared said. Jared prefers to make wood working projects. “I have a band saw that I learned to use on my own,” Jared said. He also likes to help his dad saw wood for use in the wood stove. Recently Jared completed a model of his dream car a 1994 deep blue Mustang. “I like Mustangs because they go fast and they have a cool design,” Jared said. “I guess I’m Ford-minded.” In addition to mowing around the farm, Jared has two mowing jobs that he does for other people. He also cleans out the hog pens and helps with feeding. Jared plays soccer at Manheim Central Junior High School and is a member of his church youth group. Yvette is in fourth grade at H.C. Burgard Elementary School. She’d rather play the violin or sew than go to school. Recently she com pleted two quilts that she hand knotted. She also stitched two dolls. orfce Her dream is to be able to sew dresses for people. The Stoltzfus family has a 1,300 hog finisher operation on their Nine-year-old Yvette plays “Mary Had A Little Lamb.” V \s 11 'A -acre farm in Manheim. They have one dog named Rainbow and five cats, Tigger, Fluff Ball, Ale xander, Mikey, and Licky.
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