Sheep
ELVERSON (Chester Co.)
If you have sheep and/or are in
terested in learning more about
sheep production and manage
ment, this course will provide the
essentials plus experiences/
expertise of other sheep produc
ers.
Through a combination of lec
tures, demonstrations, hands-on
learning experiences, a farm visit
and a producer panel discussion,
you will acquire the basics of
sheep production and manage
ment.
Sessions will be conducted in
the agriculture department of the
Twin Valley High School on Rt.
23 east of Morgantown. The farm
visit will be conducted on the
Brubaker farm, south of Robeso
nia, Berks County.
Fee for the course is $3O per
person and $4O per couple. This
fee will cover printed materials,
course costs, and refreshments. A
Management Short Course Set
couple will receive one notebook
and one set of handouts.
Enrollment is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Only individu
als with the first 25 paid enroll
ment forms received will be ac
cepted. If more than 25
individuals register, we will ask
couples to send only one from
their family.
Send the enclosed registration
form with your check made pay
able to Berks County Ext. Special
Account. The deadline is Feb. 24.
For questions or more informa
tion, contact the extension agent
in Berks or Chester Counties.
Class Dates, Topics
•March 6—U.S. Sheep Indus
try, Breeds, Types of Production,
Records, and Evaluation, Cheryl
Fairbaim and Clyde Myers.
•March 13—Health and Dis
eases, Dr. Aliza Simeone.
•March 20—Reproduction,
Buildings and Facilities, Rod Gil
bert and Cheryl Fairbaim.
•March 27—Nutrition, Forage
Selection, and Pasture, Clyde
Myers.
•April s—Field5 —Field Trip: Basic
Handling Skills, Hoof Trimming,
Deworming, Giving Shots, ABC’s
of Lambing, Clyde Brubaker and
Tim Fleener.
•April 10—Tax Considerations
Marketing, Farmer/Land Preser
vation Wrap-up, Cheryl Fair
baim and Clyde Myers.
•Shepherd Panel: Roger Bow
man, Robert Holmes, and An
nette Lovell.
Program Participants
•Roger Bowman. A sheep pro
ducer for 29 years, his present
flock has 35 reg istered Dorsets
and Cor riedales. Wool produc
tion is emphasized because Bow
man has exhibited wool in local
fairs and at the Farm Show. The
farm consists of 25 acres of pps
tureland. He is vice president of
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the Berks County Sheep and
Wool Growers and has been a
4-H sheep club leader for many
years.
•Clyde Brubaker and Tim
Fleener. Owners of Blue Acre
Farm, Brubaker and his family
have raised sheep since 1959.
Today, with help from the entire
family and especially son-in-law
Tim Fleener, the flock consists of
90 ewes of which 40 are purebred
Hampshires. The farm consists of
60 acres of which 40 are used for
grazing.
•Cheryl Fairbaim. An exten
sion agent for 24 years in Chester
County, Fairbaim conducts pro
grams for the livestock, horse,
crop, and forage producers. She
also manages the 4-H livestock
and horse programs.
•Rod Gilbert. Gilbert is an as
sistant Professor of animal sci
ence at Delaware Valley College
in Doylestown. He has been with
DVC for 30
years. Gilbert
manages the
beef, sheep,
and swine op
erations at
DVC. The
flock consists
of Hamp
shires, Dor-
set, and commercial breeding
ewes.
•Robert Holmes. The Holmes
family runs 150 commercial ewes
using the Star system of acceler
ated lambing. The family also
uses intensive grazing and green
houses for lambing.
•Annette Lovell. Lovell is a
Penn State graduate who is the
shepherd for Hollystone Farms in
Paoli. They run 100 purebred
Dorset ewes and utilize an inten
sive grazing system. They have
been very successful in the show
ring and sell breeding stock to
other producers.
•Clyde Myers. An extension
agent in Berks County for 25
years, Myers’ responsibilities in
clude dairy and other farm ani
mals, home and farm water sys
tems, land preservation, and
agriculture public relations.
•Dr. Aliza Simeone. A veteri
narian with Brandywine Veteri
nary Services in Coatesville, Sim
eone is a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
and specializes in small rumi
nants. She works with a number
of sheep and goat producers in
Chester County.
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