[Jacob-list] AGM

[Robert May]

Hello Linda...I meant to send this to everyone on the
"List".

Regards...from a Hot & Humid New Jersey.

Bob

--- Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Bob, for your input.  My email shows that
> the message only went to
> me and not the list. I'm very interested in the
> impact of showing on the
> breed as a whole.  Edd Bissell once told me (when I
> asked him (7 years ago)
> if he thought that an emphasis on fleece might
> change the breed) that
> anything that makes people want Jacobs couldn't help
> but be beneficial for
> the breed.  A number of JSBA members are concerned
> that JSBA seems to be
> moving more towards a show sheep.  I'm glad to hear
> that breeders that show
> are more interested in educating judges as to what
> constitutes a Jacob than
> in breeding towards what the judges think
> constitutes a Jacob.  
> 
> Linda
> 
> Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert May [mailto:newjerseyjacobs at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:54 PM
> To: Linda
> Subject: RE: [Jacob-list] AGM
> 
> Hey Linda, Robin, et als...
> 
> Every Judge is "different" with respect to how
> he/she
> judges Jacobs.  The Judge at the Jacob Breed Show in
> conjunction with JSBA's AGM, (in my opinion)
> definitely over did it a bit with regard to straight
> legs.
> 
> I've never let the results of a particular
> show/judge
> influence my breeding program.  I know what I like
> in
> my Jacobs!
> 
> Robin, your ram lamb has adjusted well to a group of
> our Jacobs (mostly lambs) that I put him with.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob
> 
> --- Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder how many of the Jacobs in the first JSBA
> > flock book the judge would
> > have liked?   I'm happy to hear that those
> breeders
> > that show are not
> > breeding specifically for show and I confess to
> have
> > only seen two breed
> > specific classes.  The winners were lovely.  Some
> > were a bit stockier,
> > taller, and generally larger than what I'm used to
> > seeing in primitive
> > Jacobs - but I don't get out much :-)  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Linda
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Patchwork <http://www.patchworkfibers.com/>  Farm
> > Jacob Sheep 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
> > [mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On
> Behalf
> > Of Robin Lynde
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 6:17 PM
> > To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
> > Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] AGM
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The judge didn't like my sheep as much as I
> do--but
> > that's OK. I am very
> > happy with my fleeces, and I know that some of my
> > sheep are not as
> > straight-legged as the judge wanted. From
> listening
> > to his reasons, I think
> > that he had read the new scorecard--30% wool, 30%
> > conformation, 30% breed
> > character, 10% "showmanship". He also stated that
> > leg and feet structure is
> > at the top of his list. Oh well! I have a few
> sheep
> > at home with nice
> > straight legs. It's fun to show anyway. I thought
> it
> > was interesting to see
> > the diversity of Jacob sheep in the show.
> > Congratulations to the winners! 
> > 
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