[Jacob-list] Neck / mane /

[WenlochFrm at aol.com]

Edd, now that's interesting. I've always attributed the mane and guard hair 
to primitive stock. Janine Fenton told me the trait was a primitive 
characteristic. We were discussing a ram that had the mane and guard hair and 
she commented that it was common in the older rams from the primitive lines.

Joan Franklin


In a message dated 4/27/00 5:09:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bissell at usit.net 
writes:

> I think I just sent Mary's question about mane back to the sender and not 
the 
> list.  Luther and I have talked in the past about this - and we think it 
came 
> in with the English/Hescock importation.  I have never really noticed it in 
> the early years - Mary Ellen, look in those old pictures that I sent to you 
> and see if you can see any on some of the ewes!!  I know that sounds 
strange 
> but do remember seeing some of them with a neck ruff - maybe not the excess 
> hair type mane but at least extra growth.  I never did get a ram from Mazie 
> but Luther and I bought 20 ewes - and I used one ram from Janine - which 
was 
> from S. Davies - fairly pure Hescock.  Also Bill Jones would be a good 
person 
> to ask about it since he has Hescock, Fenton [Rockefeller], and Leaseu - 
all 
> going back to the Scottish Importation Also the mane seems to be a hair 
> instead of wool growth. 
>