Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
Now that the mornings are cool
and the evenings too, we know
that fall has really arrived. The
chestnut burrs have opened and
thrown nuts in the tall grass. They
can be roasted or boiled before
eating them.
We didn’t see very many col
ored leaves on trees as we drove to
the Bloomsburg Fair. But when
we got there we saw many dis
plays of fruits, flowers, an veget
ables. One winner was a very
large 458-pound pumpkin. The
second-place one was only three
pounds less. What a disappoint
ment that must have been to the
grower. There certainly are many,
many kinds of chickens and rab
bits. As the day was rainy, we
postponed going to the races and
by so doing, we missed them
entirely.
My daughter-in-law and I
attended a Homemaker’s School
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here in the County. There were
over a thousand people from a
large area as many prizes were
given away. They ranged from
bags of groceries to cash and
appliances.
Of course, they advertised
many well-known brands of food
in the recipes that were prepared
for the audience. In fact so many
used prepackaged food, that I fear
that not many will appear in my
kitchen.
For 45 years I could say that I
never bought a cake mix.
Although, recently I’ve used a few
when I was rushed with veget
ables and fruits to be preserved.
So far this year I’ve frozen more
than 250 quarts of food that I grew
and I have canned more than 100
quarts of fruit and tomatoes. So
with all of this, my recipes will
contain basic ingredients and not
prepared food from the store.
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Spring shearing 1997 atSheepber
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and Lynn Zerphey were very
pleased with the health and quality
of the wool from their 200+ sheep
flock. The assessment was eon
firmed after showing a dozen
fleeces at the York Interstate Fair,
recently. The new Targhec ram,
the Zerphey’s purchased from
University of Wisconsin, placed
first in fine wool category, a
White Border Leicester ram
placed first, and a Natural Color
(Black) Border Leicester Ram,
received a first place and Reserve
Champion Natural Color Fleece.
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Fleece was captured by a Sheep
berry Farms’ Border Leicester
Ewe. The other eight fleeces
received the following prizes: two
- second place, three - third place,
two fourth place, and one fifth
place award.
The Zerpheys have been raising
wool sheep for 12 years, and have
received many awards from fiber
shows and livestock fairs. Over
the years many people have
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beautiful white, grey, and brown
wools grown by the Sheepbeny
Farms’sheep flock. The Zerpheys
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Fleeces From
were intrigued about having ‘Dau
phin County Grown' yams for
people to purchase for weaving,
knitting, and other crafts.
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run wool spinning mill in New
York State that would process
several hundred pounds of Sheep
berry Farms wool into lovely
natural color yams. The sheep
fleeces were graded and sorted, as
only the best wools were selected
for the yams. Lynn Zerphey is a
Rams graze in the background as Lynn Zer
phey holds a basket of yarns made from the
wool grown at Sheepberry Farms. At her side
are two natural color fleeces, which won
champion and reserve champion natural color
fleece awards at the York Fair.
Level II Wool Classer, certified by
the American Sheep Industry,
after classing 100,000 pounds of
wool. It was that knowledge, Zer
phey used to select wool suitable
for the yam.
To compliment their sheep and
wool production, the Zerpheys are
now licensed to cany the Ashford
line of spinning wheels and looms.
The Ashford craft products are
made in New Zealand.
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