Powell Rambouillets
(Continued from Page A 29)
on the ground for consideration
for next year’s show. “We’ve
had about 3S fall lambs and will
be having lambs again in Janu
ary, February, and March. Most
are due in February,” said
Powell.
What’s the secret to having
champions? Strausbaugh noted
that you have to get the lambs
on the ground and get them
growing.
“We try to feed as good of
feed as we can to get the lambs
growing and healthy,” he said.
‘The other thing is figuring out
which rams to breed to which
lambs or ewes to try to get some
consistency.”
Although the supreme cham
pion has been sold, Powells al
ready have some of his offspring
on the ground. In February, they
expect to have some of their
other champion ram’s offspring
bom.
“It takes a while to see what
will be your good lambs. You
have to look at your growthi
ness. Later on, you can tell what
kind of fleece they have on
them,” said Strausbaugh.
Each breed of sheep places
different emphasis on different
parts of the animal. The Ram
bouillet score card emphasizes
conformation with 60 percent of
the points with the type of fleece
totaling 40 percent. Among
FARM FANS
C-2100 Series Grain Dryers
Low Profile,
Hieh Ga
The C-2100 Series Grain Dryers are specifically designed
for Low Profile, High Capacity performance. They are
built to accent a specially designed converter package
which allows a quick and effective conversion from Full
Heat to Dry and Cool drying right in the field.
Installation includes everything down to the heavy duty
steel structural supports they stand on. Buy from a leader.
Farm Fans...a proven name in grain dryers.
/"N PHONE
717-432-9738
FAX NO.
■ 717-432-8389
1248 SOUTH MOUNTAIN RD. DILLSBURG, PA 17019
www.tamsystemsmc com.
I” I can't see you at the PA Farm Show or Keystone Farm Show, "1
I but I’d like to know more about grain dryers I
I NAME I
I ADDRESS I
| CITY ST J
J ZIP PH j
D Please send me literature O Please call me for an appointment j
meat breeds, the fleece may be
only worth five to 10 percent.
“The difficulty in the Ram
bouillets is that you have to
choose for good fleeces as well as
size and scale and correctness.
You’re basically trying to put
three different pieces of the
puzzle together to get a good
sheep,” said Strausbaugh.
“There are some sheep with
good fleeces that aren’t quite big
enough and then you have some
that are really big, but their
fleeces aren’t as nice.”
At Powell Rambouillets, the
emphasis has always been on
fine fleece. Judges look for uni
formity in the fleece and the di
ameter of each fiber. The
thinner the diameter, the better
the fleece.
“We save some of our nicer
fleeces for some area hand
spinners. I don’t spin,” said
Powell. “I have a spinning wheel
in the corner, but I don’t have
the time.”
While Powell and Straus
baugh are away at the shows,
Powell’s sons, Rich and Geoff,
man the farm. Powell’s father,
Kenneth Moore, who is 90 years
old, still gets out every day to
check on the sheep. In fact, he
still owns four animals.
“My Dad always had horned
Rambouillets and he always put
a lot of emphasis on fleece.
We’ve just continued with that,”
said Powell.
Ml We, de#*e 9 ****
Wm 3 FARM FANS
Division of ffi CORPORATION
For more information call
SCI
Access To Argentina Complete
National Pork Producers
Council President (NPPC)
Craig Jarolimek announced re
cently that early in the new year,
U.S. pork producers will have
the opportunity to ship bone-in
as well as boneless pork prod
ucts to Argentina.
The Argentine market just re
cently opened to boneless pork
exports from the U.S. Now,
bone-in products from the U.S.
will also be accepted. The Ar
gentine market for imported
pork is estimated at 30,000
metric tons a year.
While it will take time to build
Lancaster
Farming
Check
Out
Our
Web
Site
w « « l.ijiL.isd'i i.inning mi
For U.S. Pork Producers
market share in Argentina,
opening the market to U.S. pork
is another victory in a world
wide effort to eliminate barriers
to free trade.
“Step by step, we are making
steady progress toward a world
market for pork that is free of all
tariff and non-tariff barriers,”
said Jarolimek, a pork producer
from Forest River, N.D. “The
U.S. pork market has been wide
open for many years and every
one is free to compete openly
with us. We practice and en
courage open competition be
cause we have confidence in the
Pasture Mat
\ The Golden Standard In Cow Comfort
Why Pasture Mat? Reduce Sand • Increase Cow Comfort
Pasture Mat is tightly stuffed with . The perfect complement to any sand
rubber and sewn every 4" to prevent stall
shifting. . Owners report sand savings
Proven most durable top cover up to 80%
Least abrasive top cover on the market • Yielding surface does not allow sand
Fits any stall to compact
Proven performance * Prevents “digging out of stalls
For details and installation with over 7 years experience, call.
Petersheim’s Cow Mattresses
117 Christiana Pike (Route 372), Christiana, PA 17509
U S Pat. No. 610-593-2242
5653195 >)s/c For Merrill or Sam
incaster
InflT
quality, consistency and value of
U.S. pork.”
Full approval for U.S. pork
shipments to Argentina comes
on the heels of direct meetings
between Argentine officials,
Jarolimek and other officials of
NPPC and representatives from
USDA. Jarolimek pointed out
that U.S. pork producers are
principled in their support for
allowing sound science to deter
mine whether a foreign product
was safe for importation and ex
pected Argentina to do the
same.
Jarolimek thanked U.S.
Trade Ambassador Charlene
Barshefsky, Agriculture Secre
tary Glickman and members of
Congress led by Sens. Charles
Grassley (R-IA), Max Baucus
(D-MT) and Rep. Doug
Bereuter (R-NE) for their sup
port in the effort to gain ap
proval for U.S. pork shipments
to Argentina. Jarolimek also
said that USDA Under Secre
tary for Marketing and Regula
tory Programs Isi Siddiqui
deserved high praise for the time
and effort he dedicated to the
issue on behalf of U.S. produc
ers.
h
pdate?
r standard.
& construction.
:ilities
MEMBER
m
30 Years
lonais
•(717) 721-3535
ic com