[blackbelly] RE:wooliness

[Rick Krach]

Sue, I kinda doubt that what you read concerning "more wool in colder 
places" is accurate.  Consider the native American wild sheep--you never see 
any wool on them despite the high altitude, very cold climates they live in! 
 And secondly, right here in CA I see Barbado sheep with all different 
degrees of wool.  So, genetics probably plays a much bigger part than 
climate.

Rick Krach
  8725 Hubbard Rd
  Auburn CA 95602
     (530) 889-1488

From: "Sue Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 16:05:19 -0600
Subject: [blackbelly] Hair on sheep
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Lorenzo,
From all I have read on these sheep, the amount of wool or what
we refer to
as 'Knit' that they have depends largely on what climate they
are raised in.
Our Barbados sheep do put on a knit under the hair in the winter
months. On
some it is light and on others it seems somewhat thicker knit....
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