[Jacob-list] ALBC website

[Katrina O Lefever]

Maybe we could offer ALBC a link to an American Jacob?  Strange that they 
would direct people to a picture of a British Jacob.
-Katrina Lefever



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert May" <newjerseyjacobs at yahoo.com>
To: "Linda" <patchworkfibers at alltel.net>; <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] ALBC website


> Linda...the Brits were notorious for "breeding" up
> their Jacobs, usually crossing them with Dorsets, to
> get a "bigger" animal.
>
> Regards,
> Bob May
>
> --- Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:
>
>> I was just browsing the ALBC website.  I'm
>> interested in getting some rare breed chickens.  I
>> took a look at the  quote "Jacob (American)" link
>> http://www.albc-usa.org/wtchlist.htm#sheep
>>
>> The link takes you to this site:
>>
>>
> http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/SHEEP/jacob/index.htm
>>
>> A few quotes:
>> The Jacob sheep is indeed a unique breed in America.
>> Slight of build, with the narrow, lean carcass
>> typical of some of the ancient British breeds
>> The Jacob is an old, unimproved breed. As a result,
>> it is slight in build, with ewes averaging only
>> about 100 to 120 pounds.
>>
>> Is it just me or is the photo of the two horned ram
>> (provided by a photographer in London) not what
>> you'd call primitive???  That ram sure looks like he
>> might be more than 180 lbs and that's sure not a
>> short scrotum.
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> www.patchworkfibers.com
>> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun
>> Yarn
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