Behind The Scenes
(Continued from Page B 4)
and breeding their daughters.”
“Unfortunately, artificial inse
mination still isn’t feasible cost
wise with milking sheep.”
Each milking, twice daily from
April through autumn, produces
about 20 pounds of milk. Cheese
yield is about 25 percent Sheep
milk sells $55 to $75 per
hundred pounds and the cheese
sells for $lO a pound.
The sheep lactate for about 150
days total with milking being done
for three months. Lambs stay with
their mothers for 40 to 45 days.
Sheep milking dairies must be
inspected and the Thomsens have
the only inspected sheep dairy in
the state of Pennsylvania.
It takes only I'A to 2 minutes to
milk each sheep.
Milk is frozen immediately af
ter each milking and transported
Grassi
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Since arriving in Bedford
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“You have to learn to take the
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“And. this year, I was able to get
my sweet com in especially early
and was glad to see it came up
despite the dry spring weather.”
The Grassi family was also glad
to see Shawnee State Park open
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Fresh lamb is another product
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reasons why milk can only go to
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