A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,2003
Socializing, Learning, Watching
Farm Show Provides All Three For Sheep Exhibitor
(Continued from Page A 23)
market lamb for the ring, Jaymi
enjoys showing the breed.
“They have a different attitude
than other sheep,” she said.
“They’re easier to work with.”
In addition, they are easy
keepers. “Last year Cotton had
her lamb on her own, and we
didn’t even know it” until they
found the little lamb that Jaymi
showed as a market lamb at a
local fair.
Several cattle join the sheep at Thistle Rock Farm. The British White Park (at right),
“Libby,” is a family favorite.
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The work aspect is a consid
eration, however.
“For market lambs, you just
shave the wool, but for Corrie
dales you trim the wool, then
wash up to the stomach line,” she
said. Then exhibitors make the
rest of the wool dirty to show the
whiteness of the wool underneath
and the crimp.
Clay mixed with water, mill or
grain dust, or even some paints
are used to make the newly
trimmed wool look “dirty,” the
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When Jaymi got her lamb
from the Corriedale association,
she attended a clinic they spon
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sheep a process that is still on
going, she says.
The sheep must be trimmed to
show height, a wide rear end and
smaller front end. “It’s a lot more
than just slicking them down,
when what you see is what you
get,” such as in the market lamb
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Jaymi McMichael hopes to build on “Cotton’s” win last
year at the Farm Show.
competition, according to Julie.
In addition to sheep, she owns
three head of cattle herself. How
ever there are eight head in all,
since the family also raises beef to
sell.
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Farm is rented out for com pro
duction. The McMichaels also
use the land for pastures and for
growing the strawberries and
raspberries that they sell at road
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