[Jacob-list] RAIN!!!

J Thomas shepherdofspots at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 24 10:43:42 EST 2001


We started to get rain about midnight! YIPPEE! It's
still cloudy and raining lightly on and off. Even the
sheep look relieved!

Joy

--- Gary Tomas Fay <fayg at mebtel.net> wrote:
> Neil
> 
> *** Praise GOD, I am getting a soft rain this
> morning! ***
> 
> Gary
> 
> Grose wrote:
> 
> > Thank you for your comments, Jim. The problem is
> that we routinely
> > sell corn at a loss. $2 corn doesn't make any
> grower rich, but it sure
> > keeps feed cost down. The main point that I would
> like to make is that
> > if we expect to deliver consistent lambs to our
> consumers, we need to
> > provide consistent feed. It really doesn't matter
> at the consumer's
> > end how we get it there; we need to provide a
> total ration of 70% TDN
> > and 16% protein. This means that lambs are going
> to have to be kept on
> > pastures that are in an early vegatative stage of
> growth...difficult
> > to do when we have not had rain in 3 months. Lambs
> are grown out in
> > one growing season, calves generally take about 15
> months. I wonder:
> > if calve
> 


=====
Joy Thomas, Son-Rise Farm
Home of Jacob Sheep
http://home.infospace.com/sonspots1

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