[Jacob-list] just sentimental

[Edd Bissell]

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>I have been doing some reading early conversations we had on this list 
>regarding the early lines, who had what, where they got them, etc.  I 
>wanted to just say how much I MISS those early days of searching, digging, 
>learning, going out and studying each sheep and coming back to talk about 
>specific traits we saw from one side of the country to the other....that 
>sense of wonder and absolute THRILL of learning.
>Mary Ellen

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You miss it!!!!!  One of the reasons that Patrice has my "primitive" flock 
now is exactly what you have said - the " thrill" of finding a forgotten 
flock, i.e. Evan Meyers,  or a new ram at an Exotic Sale, or even better a 
small flock that had been around for 15 years, or some of stock that 
filtered down from Canada.........Now everyone has to have a linage 
certificate at least 5 generations, the breed coefficient has to be with a 
certain percentage, the wool perfect, no bleeding, no quilting, no 
freckling,  - the sheep that I see on the list are really beautiful - but 
they should be.  Not that anything is wrong with where the Jacob Sheep are 
today but when you get to a certain point for me I guess it surpasses what 
we strived to accomplish.  I really do not personally know of anyone except 
Bill Jones that is trying to conserve/preserve certain old 
lines.  Perfection to me is not the answer to all aspects of a breed.

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