I figure do what the alpaca people did In other
words-- create a demand!!! But not on the Alpaca
scale--Quite frankly, I like Alpaca. llamas, etc-- but
I am NOT going to pay the equivalent of what, for me,
is two years of income for one animal!
I will visit my extension office tomorrow and see if
maybe I can get a foot into the 4-H door. There is not
a lot of real animal agriculture going on in this
county-- but the two neighboring counties are pretty
much nothing but rural. A friend passed on to me, via
e-mail, an article on how the mini-cows can actually
be used to produce more beef per acre than a
full-sized cow, and I am thinking that would be a
great way to sell the smaller hair sheep to the
bigger is better mentality. Sheep are a bit smaller
boned, proportionately, and they reproduce a lot
faster!!!
Terry
--- Susan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Terry, County Fairs and State Fairs from my
understanding do the
exotic/different breeds exhibits.
I wish you luck with 4-H. Sue
From: Terry Wereb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] for sale
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:56:29 -0800 (PST)
Okay-- when I get my sheep-ses- I will see what I
can
do for sheep! I am also considering rare breed
rabbits. Maybe I can go through the ALBC membership
directory, and Borrow a few other breeds/species
for
display purposes only for my local fairs-- there
are
four on four consecutive weekends here-- and one of
them is THE GREAT GEAUGA COUNTY FAIR!!! ( Last fair
of
the year in Ohio. Always well attended-- AND the
one
of the two local ones that the AMISH attend. And I
already know that those communities are looking for
something to help with their farm economics- a few
are
already raising goats for the ethnic markets, but
have
few resources to get them there! And I can help
with
that!
Terry
--- Susan Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree that is a great idea Terry! Speaking
from
my own experience about
puting up an exibit like that at a 4-H Fair, I
ran
into a bunch of well,
we'll have to ask the fair board, or there is no
monies for extra exibits,
etc. There was so much of that I just quit
trying.
Not that you all
should quit, but after 3 years of it I just
decided
to quit trying. I even
tried to give preimuns to the children who won
in
all breed classes as an
incentive to show other breeds of sheep,
including
Blackbellys and
4-H wouldn't let me. If you could get a lot of
people together who have
different breeds of anything animal wise then go
for
it. I still believe
there is a place for Blackbellys at the fairs.
Sue
From: Terry Wereb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: Re: [blackbelly] for sale
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:19:56 -0800 (PST)
Would county or state fairs have objections to
exhibits that were not competeing? I noticed
at
my
county's fair last year that there were no meat
goats-- just dairy breeds. All the sheep were
woolies.
One lady had a Scottish Highland cow and her
calf
there-- but I believe it was entered as a beef
contender. There is one person who brings Irish
Dexter's-- and has a stand-up display of them
working
under yoke.
Getting a bunch of rare breeds together
under
one
tent, so to speak, may be a great way to spread
the
word about other issues-- to more than just
agricultural people! And if the animals have
been
handled so that they are docile (with and
without
horns)and socialized to the experience, then
that
is
all the better for ambassadorship.
Terry W
--- Rick Krach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I learned from him that lambs at our fair
had to
meet the minimum
requirement of 80 pounds! No wonder kids
can
never
show Blackbellies!
Rick Krach
Auburn, California
(530) 889-1488
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