[Jacob-list] crowing :-)

[Linda Bjarkman]

Well, Thom,

I'd say you had a right to crow!  Congratulations!!!

Linda

On Sat, 10 May 2003 14:45:53 -0400, Thomas Simmons wrote:
>OK, I know its really tacky  to crow about ribbons and such, but I need to
>tell *someone,* don't I?
>
>Many of you know that we  severely downsized our flock this past year, but the
>few Jacobs I kept are ones  born on our farm as the result of our own "planned
>breeding" process.  I  have never entered fleeces for judging before, but I
>decided that I would enter  three of them in this weekend's New Hampshire
>Sheep & Wool Festival. Of  course, *I* was getting all annoyed that the
>fleeces weren't as perfect as I  would have liked them, and *I* saw a speck of
>vm here and there, and   thought maybe I skirted too heavily, and finally
>wondered "why am I  bothering with this?"  It only got worse as I heard the
>judge analyze every  single fleece in front of the public, including on topics
>I didn't even know  existed.
>
>Well, the end of the story  is, the judge loved the fleeces, complimented the
>"anonymous" producer, and  remarked that they were some of the finest Jacob
>fleeces he had seen.   We're coming home with blue and red ribbons for one ewe
>and our remaining flock  sire, but more importantly, grades of 7's and 8's in
>all fleece categories  and a lot better understanding of what constitutes a
>"good  fleece."
>
>So, thanks for listening to  this braggart, but gee, it's my first fleece
>contest :-)
>
>Thom


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