[Jacob-list] Hoof and mouth

[Victoria da Roza]

Juliet,
   I think of you when I hear about the hoof and mouth
break out again.  I know it is in England but do the
counter measures affect you?  Victoria
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> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:15:06 +0100

> From: "gordon johnston"

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> Subject: [Jacob-list] sleeping dragons

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> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 07:08:34 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Robert May <newjerseyjacobs at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] sheep show concerns

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> Hello Mickey, et als....

> 

> The Judges' Packet was approved by the JSBA Board of

> Directors and was printed in May 2006. Peg Bostwick

> spent a tremendouc amount of time on this project

> and

> we all owe her our thanks.

> 

> Linda Bjarkman, JSBA's Webmaster, and a member of

> the

> JSBA BOD, is in the process of putting the Judges'

> packet on the JSBA website--so that it will be

> available to everyone.

> 

> Regards,

> Bob May

> --- Schmick54 at aol.com wrote:

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> > The JSBA Board has been working on a Judges'

> Packet

> > to give the judges  

> > who've never seen a Jacob, a guide to the Jacob

> > Standard. I'm not sure if it was  

> > ever printed(I'll find out). Then all you "Show

> > People" will have the right  

> > stuff(at least the judge will) when you enter the

> > ring.

> >  

> > Mick

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> Message: 3

> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 07:31:31 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Meg Steensland <beegal7 at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Judges

> To: Sue Roenke <oliveoyl_123 at hotmail.com>,

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> Last year we had a good judge at the Knox Co Fair -

> even tho we did NOT win, he expalined he was doing

> our (all other class 40% on fiber and 60% on

> conformation - and in the ewe lamb class a Shetland

> won and took Ch ewe over the Merinos!

>    

>   The next  fair was Ok but we had no others in our

> class and the judge just thanked us for bringing the

> unusual sheep!  The last fair, the judge did not

> show up until late and everything was rushed and a

> mess!

>    

>   This year at Knox we had a meat judge from Bucyrus

> who ALWAYS put the Shetlands last and us next to

> last.  A tunis won one class, and Merinos won the

> rest.  There were some nice looking natural colored

> in our class as well - looks like they need a meat

> all others and fiber all others.

>    

>   Fri is the Richland show and the Morrow show will

> be later.  I sent a ewe to the Ohio State Fair to be

> in a 20 different breeds educational exhibit and she

> will come home Sat, not having been judged of

> course.

>    

>   2 vs 4 horn - I avoid taking 4H ewes anywhere due

> to ease of horn breakage, even moving from barn out

> is a risk,  Last year I had a nice pair of 4H

> yearling ewes but this year only 2H girls are being

> exhibited.  I will keep a coupe 4H lambs for NEXT

> year's fair, unless someone coms along and HAS to

> have them in their flock.  Today I am selling a

> starter flock of 2 2H and 2 4H ewes to go with a 2H

> ram offspring of a 2005 4H ram lamb I sold someone

> else. 

>   Donna Grassick is chipping in her 4H ewe that had

> triplets this year - this is to an experienced sheep

> guy that is trying Jacobs for the fiirst time

> (otherwise, I would be more careful about including

> a prolific ewe such as this).

> 

> Sue Roenke <oliveoyl_123 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   Our experience at our 4H Fair the end of July was

> very good as far as the 

> judge was concerned. He was the same judge we had

> the year before and didn't 

> seem to know much about Jacobs last year, he

> bascially picked the biggest 

> one (same as our experience at the NY State Fair),

> but this year, the judge 

> studied up on Jacobs and he knew so much more of

> what is standard for 

> Jacobs! We were judged againist Border Leisters. So,

> Marie actually won 4 

> trophies with her Jacobs this year - never expecting

> that at all! Marie 

> went up to the judge afterwards and he said he

> didn't know what she did 

> different this year but her sheep looked much

> better. She ahs been grazing 

> them with Premier electric fencing so maybe that

> helped, but I think also 

> having him study about Jacobs made a difference too!

> One of the questions 

> he asked Marie was where was the secetary of the

> JSBA live, which of course 

> she knew. :-)

> Sue (and Marie)

> 

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Victoria
Castle Rock Farm
Jacob Sheep & Nigerian Dwarf Goats
www.castlerockfarm.net


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