[Jacob-list] shearing

[Sue Roenke]

Marie (17 yo) has Premier which she likes as it is light weight, but she said she found another pair that she likes even better but doesn't know what they are.
Sue, Marie's mom, who finally got back on this list after trying for a long time!

From: lambfarm at sover.net
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:54:05 -0500
Subject: [Jacob-list] shearing










I vote for my shearer!  I tried shearing once, 
three lambs headed for the butcher anyway, in case I butchered their skin 
shearing them.  Well, I didn't...but didn't cut low enough to get much 
fleece.  They looked horrible when I'd finished, I'd lost three fleeces (at 
that time, about $75!) and so I decided that David was a great investment: He 
comes, a crew of friends come, we spend a few hours, and when they leave, the 
fleeces are all in bags on the porch, skirted and properly rolled and weighed, 
and ready to take to the NH Sheep festival to sell...which they almost always 
sell out at...so I'm happy.  If I sheared myself, I could never get the 
price I get for them, I'd ruin part of them, and probably mess up my back in the 
process, being an old bat!  Yea, David!
 Betty, in Vermont,who now has a blog, thanks 
to help from Walter and Linda.  See Betty's blog at http://sheepwoman.wordpress.com. 		 	   		  
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