tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57183202011-04-21T10:51:45.418-07:00My Random SurfingsA place for me to add what I think are my interesting thoughts or information that I read and want others to read.Don't forget to check out the Archives (monthly) for more great posts and reading!
To Read The Full Article Click The Coloured Headingmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1154334395532243382006-07-31T01:26:00.000-07:002006-07-31T01:26:35.576-07:00New Zealand rural news on Stuff.co.nz: Farming lobby in doghouseNew Zealand rural news on Stuff.co.nz: Farming lobby in doghouse: "Farmer lobbyist Federated Farmers could be finding it is not welcome at meetings of agriculture industry movers and shakers in Wellington these days. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1142237046061771322006-03-13T00:04:00.000-08:002006-03-13T00:04:06.106-08:00Soil CharacteristicsSoil Characteristics: "Soil characteristics important to management Farmers must be familiar with several soil characteristics if they are to manage their soil effectively: texture, structure, organic matter content, porosity and water- holding capacity, and some aspects of chemical fertility and fertiliser management, as well as plant nutrient requirements."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1133213739883545892005-11-28T13:35:00.000-08:002005-11-28T13:35:39.883-08:00Managing Pastures Managing Pastures: "Managing pastures to prevent weed invasion Weed-free pastures are more productive and give better animal performance. They require less herbicide control, reducing the development of herbicide resistance. Chemical and non- chemical methods of preventing weed establishment in new pastures, and managing weeds in older pastures aremarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1133213650590910452005-11-28T13:34:00.000-08:002005-11-28T13:34:10.590-08:00GorseControlGorseControl: "Gorse: control methods Gorse is New Zealand�s most prevalent weed, occupying about 20,000 ha of pasture land. It forms thick, impenetrable thickets that prevent pasture growth, severely restrict the movement and control of stock, harbour vermin, and are a serious fire hazard. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1133213514627489832005-11-28T13:31:00.000-08:002005-11-28T13:31:54.626-08:00Concern about bird flu was already lifting demand for lambBird flu boost to meat producers: "Concern about bird flu was already lifting demand for lamb as an alternative protein source. British lamb prices peaked at �1.48 (NZ$3.68) a pound early this year and are now about �1.30 a pound, much higher than they were two years ago.
If bird flu spread further, BNZ suspected lamb prices would be pushed even higher. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1133213394239261842005-11-28T13:29:00.000-08:002005-11-28T13:29:54.270-08:00Lamb kill set to rise but returns to fallNew Zealand rural news on Stuff.co.nz: Lamb kill set to rise but returns to fall: "Up to 700,000 extra New Zealand lambs will end up on dinner plates around the world this season but the farmers who grew them will probably have to take a pay cut. "
Keith Cooper, chief operating officer of PPCS-Richmond, said a cut in the lamb price was imminent, holding to $4 a kilogram only till Christmas and markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1125104965471281432005-08-26T18:09:00.000-07:002005-08-26T18:09:25.470-07:00Farmers urged to limber upSTUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "South Canterbury farmers are being urged to lose the southern man tough act and limber up for the lambing season.
Timaru physiotherapist Sara Lister said that during the lambing season farmers needed to treat their bodies like athletes because of the strain which could be placed on the body.
Farmers often put their markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1125104892127630232005-08-26T18:08:00.000-07:002005-08-26T18:08:12.166-07:00Environment Canterbury (ECan) is considering charging farmers for water22 August 2005
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is considering charging farmers for water to encourage efficiency. ">STUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "ECan considers charging farmers for water
22 August 2005
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is considering charging farmers for water to encourage efficiency. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1122978898783109892005-08-02T03:34:00.000-07:002005-08-02T03:34:58.820-07:00Rural News -- Rural News.co.nzRural News -- Rural News.co.nz: "AgResearch scientist Dr Jenny Juengel is studying sheep with naturally-occurring genetic variation affecting fertility, to find out exactly what causes differences in fertility and ultimately, how it can be controlled.
While such fertility treatments are still many years away, the unique aspect of the sheep research is attracting world-wide attention, and Dr markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1117879019787074392005-06-04T02:56:00.000-07:002005-06-04T02:56:59.786-07:00SheepbreedingSheepbreeding: "A ram lamb, at just five or six months of age, is quite capable and willing to get sheep in lamb. Even his own mother will be fair game so any ram lambs that you keep should be kept separate from females by the time they are 3-4 months old. While an older, more experienced ram might mate with up to 250 ewes in a month a ram lamb can easily service up to 70 in his first year, so markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1117878925693349092005-06-04T02:55:00.000-07:002005-06-04T02:55:25.693-07:00Ovita - Muscle GrowthOvita - Muscle Growth: "Ovita's Muscle Growth R&D program is focused on developing products that can identify animals with superior muscling qualities and modulate and improve muscle growth in intensive livestock production systems.
Ovita is developing DNA markers to be able to identify livestock that carry genes which cause increased muscling. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1117878842870875742005-06-04T02:54:00.000-07:002005-06-04T02:54:02.870-07:00Ovita - Sheep Breeding using InverdaleOvita - Sheep Breeding using Inverdale: "The number of lambs weaned per ewe wintered is a key driver of on-farm profitability. Inverdale�; is a naturally occurring change in the genetic code of the sheep X chromosome that boosts pregnancy scanning percentage and the potential number of lambs weaned. Ovita has developed a DNA test for animals with the Inverdale� gene that allows individual sheep markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1117878613662708142005-06-04T02:50:00.000-07:002005-06-04T02:50:13.663-07:00Clear Hills Southdown Sheep Stud AustraliaClear Hills Southdown Sheep Stud Australia: "The Hooper family have been on property at 'Clear Hills',Goorambat East, Victoria, Australia for 5 generations. The Southdown Stud was founded by Les Hooper at age 15 in 1928. The next year Les won his first Champion Ram at the Benalla Agricultural Show."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1117878531379282252005-06-04T02:48:00.000-07:002005-06-04T02:48:51.963-07:00Julia Downs :: Southdown Sheep StudJulia Downs :: Southdown Sheep Stud: " He told me that the best meat he ever saw from lambs were Southdown x lambs. I had never heard of the breed and soon investigated into acquiring a southdown flock ram."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1103805098456389282004-12-23T04:31:00.000-08:002004-12-23T04:31:38.456-08:00Breed Sought After As A Terminal sireCountry-Wide Publications Ltd.: "That commercial focus was uppermost in the mind of Chris Medlicott, Bill�s son, when he founded Tasvic stud in 1977 with a ewe from the Punchbowl dispersal, while still at school, and began his commercial farming career.
�My dad and grandfather (Jack) were also commercial farmers first, and stud breeders second,� he says."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1102886177346331082004-12-12T13:16:00.000-08:002004-12-12T13:16:17.346-08:00SOUTHLAND TIMES - STORY : Royal Show 2004SOUTHLAND TIMES - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Weather steals the show
13 December 2004
By DAVID COSGRIFF
It was more like a raincoat and gumboot convention than a summer Invercargill A&P show and, royal or not, all people could talk about was the bloomin' weather. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1101897970518931122004-12-01T02:46:00.000-08:002004-12-01T02:46:10.516-08:00Southdown sheep Breed Back In FavourCountry-Wide Publications Ltd.: "Southdown breed back in favour
by Not Specified
Categories: Livestock; Sheep;
Publication: Country-Wide Northern; Date: 2003-12-01
Southdown rams are being increasingly used by commercial sheep farmers as terminal sires for early-maturing lambs and for hogget mating. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1101897524206734972004-12-01T02:38:00.000-08:002004-12-01T02:38:44.206-08:00Southdown breed sought after as terminal sireCountry-Wide Publications Ltd.: "Breed sought after as a terminal sire
by Not Specified
Categories: Lamb Production; Trade;
Publication: Country-Wide Southern; Date: 2003-11-15
Southdown rams are being increasingly used by commercial sheep farmers as terminal sires for early-maturing lambs and for hogget mating. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1100512135239193542004-11-15T01:48:00.000-08:002004-11-15T01:48:55.240-08:00Canterbury A&P Show Stock Breeders SupportSTUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "A&P shows in the North Island were not getting the support from stock breeders or the public that South Island shows were, he said.
'Word is getting out that anyone who shows sheep is not the right person to buy rams from.
'The culture in Canterbury encourages people to go to the show. In the North Island the culture markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1100511544005422832004-11-15T01:39:00.000-08:002004-11-15T01:39:04.006-08:00Lamb Productionfarmonline: "Primary focus on lamb production
BY DIANE BISHOP
Tuesday, 9 November 2004
SOUTHLAND farmer Adrian Lawson is pushing the boundaries of production with his traditional Romney flock.
He's proof that to survive in the competitive world of sheep farming, you don't have to tread the composite path.
'I am getting the results, so what's the point in changing?' he asks."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1099805120757342772004-11-06T21:25:00.000-08:002004-11-06T21:25:20.756-08:00Southdown Lamb - Fit for a QueenThe Southdown Sheep Society Brochure: "Southdown Lamb - fit for the Queen
Fifty years after the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Monday 2nd June 2003, the Prince of Wales hosted a dinner for the Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh at which a saddle of Southdown lamb was the main course."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1099285201099113092004-10-31T21:00:00.000-08:002004-10-31T21:02:15.136-08:00STUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Finding New Zealand's top rams among the country's recorded sheep flocks has become much easier thanks to a big joint-venture genetic evaluation project. "
markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1099285118207661472004-10-31T20:58:00.000-08:002004-10-31T20:58:38.206-08:00230FarmBusPlan230FarmBusPlan: "How does it work? Goals and ambitions may differ considerably but the principles of planning and monitoring are the same for all farms. Farm monitoring involves taking regular measurements at key points in the process of converting grass into meat, milk or wool, or crops into produce. This provides the information needed to improve performance by markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1099284991535669022004-10-31T20:56:00.000-08:002004-10-31T20:56:31.536-08:00: "How much do your pastures grow?
Monitoring growth is important to identify which paddocks need renovating, and from the best paddocks, what are the possible benefits. Monitoring can be direct (eg. by rising plate meter) or through recording stock days (possibly stock production) of paddocks."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1099284929345233012004-10-31T20:55:00.000-08:002004-10-31T20:55:29.346-08:00: "Are you managing the number one commodity in your business - your money? Without money your farming business will not be viable and you can lose not only peace of mind but also your farm. That's an extreme circumstance, but managing your financial affairs correctly is a key to running your business successfully. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1098611293447673372004-10-24T02:48:00.000-07:002004-10-24T03:02:05.203-07:00XTRAMSN: homeandliving: Home Design: Paint and Paper: Five Tricks With Colour: "Five Tricks With Colour
Leanne Moore
The trick to choosing colour with confidence and creativity is learning how to work magic with paint.
Colour is important - it can transform an environment and set an ambiance. The correct combinations can also significantly alter your perception of a room.
Here's some colourful markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1087863223504487012004-06-21T17:13:00.000-07:002004-06-21T17:13:43.503-07:00Medlicott name HEM discussion: "Now to go back to the place so named, Medlicott - the cradle of the race - is a hamlet or township in the Parish of Wentnor, lying on the western slope of the Longmynd Hill, or Forest, in Shropshire. It was so called when Llewellyn held the name 'de Medlicott' as recorded in Eyton's History of Shropshire, in 1190"markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1087862713035383742004-06-21T17:05:00.000-07:002004-06-21T17:05:13.036-07:00Southdown: "Classification:
Meat breed used as a terminal crossing sire. Short Down wool.
Found:
The most widespread of any Down breed in New Zealand."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1087862251274029832004-06-21T16:57:00.000-07:002004-06-21T16:59:12.906-07:00Shrek heads for NZ parliament to meet the PM: "Clark was left impressed by the sheep's temperament.
'What's amazing me, having grown up on a sheep farm, is I cannot think of any romney or southdown sheep that I grew up with, having been out in the run for six years evading the shearers, being as calm as this,' she told reporters.
'It's as if he's been someone's pet for years.' "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1086046068135930252004-05-31T16:27:00.000-07:002004-05-31T16:27:48.136-07:00Fencepost.com - Expert Farming: "Block Vs Paddock Wintering
20-May-2004
Traditionally, the most common method of wintering dairy cows is to have them in large mobs in a paddock, with a daily ration of grass being allocated by shifting an electric fence every 24 hours. Usually the break of grass is also supplemented with hay or silage as required."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1083499781708277912004-05-02T05:09:00.000-07:002004-05-02T05:14:39.670-07:00The only people allowed water from the Waitaki: "Taking water from the Waitaki River and pumping it up into the adjacent Hakataramea Valley has been a positive step for Garfield and Helen Hayes, who farm 865ha of flat and hill country at Normanvale.
'One of the driest and, at times, least productive areas of the farm is now the most profitable,' Garfield says. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1083499078351056912004-05-02T04:57:00.000-07:002004-05-02T05:01:06.763-07:00Welcome to No 8 Wired Online: "New Zealand's favourite agricultural-business programme is now back on your television screens.
This year we have a slightly different name, but even though we're now Stihl No8 Wired, the direction and the aims of the show haven't changed. Stihl No8 Wired will continue to inform and entertain farmers and even townies who are interested in what's going on behind markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1082895291686838372004-04-25T05:14:00.000-07:002004-04-25T05:21:32.950-07:00:: Far Fetched :: New Zealand Possum Fur Lambskin Calfskin Products.
I have just been reading how many possum fur sites are out there and especially from NZ...wow...here's a favourite :: Far Fetched :: New Zealand Possum Fur Lambskin Calfskin Products.: "Far Fetched NZ Ltd are an established New Zealand owned and operated company, utilising the fabulous natural resources of our beautiful country markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1079987191717446812004-03-22T12:26:00.000-08:002004-03-22T12:37:01.733-08:00Medlicott Design Website design and SEO optimisation homepage: "People are not sure if they want a website because of the cost. Yet, this is the cheapest form of advertising, with the widest coverage that has ever existed."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1075261883838249022004-01-27T19:51:00.000-08:002004-01-29T15:35:24.733-08:00Benefits from milking once a day STUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Mr Boyce said the benefits from milking once a day extended past the lifestyle aspect. The life of the shed and the milking life of the cows are doubled, and less electricity, detergents and other paraphenalia are used.
'There are a lot of cost savings as well. They are not really markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1073989333775307682004-01-13T02:22:00.000-08:002004-01-29T15:36:18.856-08:00Revival of the Southdown: "the few remaining dedicated Southdown breeders were aware of the problems. Specifically, the Craigs of Ringmer, near Lewes, spear-headed the drive to restore size in their sheep. The Southdown Society then turned its gaze on New Zealand and made an importation of fourteen selected rams.
But New Zealand and the United States were themselves already drastically markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1070216944452934322003-11-30T10:29:00.000-08:002004-01-29T15:35:57.186-08:00Business News - Farmers to be paid for meat according to yield: "Carcasses will be graded on a scale ranging from one (very low yield) to eight (super yield), and Rouse suggested that if a farmer was getting a score of more than four there would be extra payments. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1069060948616424512003-11-17T01:22:00.000-08:002003-11-17T01:22:50.983-08:00:::::::::: Pandasport.com :::::::::: "Goodbye John, your journey has ended.
You failed in a quest which began two years ago and where everything was laid at your feet.
Along the way you showed scant regard for many of the modern icons of the game. You chose to alienate the New Zealand public. Your condescending treatment of the media was appalling. Your choice of robotic automatons was doomedmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1068685733176948252003-11-12T17:08:00.000-08:002003-11-12T17:08:50.620-08:00THE PRESS : LOCAL NEWS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Greenpark farmer Fergie McCormick had to call on the fearless tackling style that made him a great All Black fullback several decades ago, when a Dexter cow he was leading around the judging ring threw a tantrum and kicked a loudspeaker stand over."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1068685538345366932003-11-12T17:05:00.000-08:002003-11-12T17:05:35.826-08:00STUFF : RURAL - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "An unusually cold spring, which has curtailed lamb growth rates, is causing headaches for the meat industry in trying to meet sales targets for the traditionally strong pre-Christmas British trade. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1068033743002153522003-11-05T04:02:00.000-08:002003-11-05T04:02:21.576-08:00Nelson Marlborough Farming - Rural News from New Zealand: "Local breeder Colin Gibbs of Lone Oak Southdown near Wakefield founded his stud in the 1946 in partnership with his father"markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1067860872000068282003-11-03T04:01:00.000-08:002003-11-03T04:01:10.833-08:00Hopscotch House - Stylish Children's Bedroom Furniture made in New Zealand: A link to my sister-in-laws new business selling children's bedroom furniture. Have a nosey "Hopscotch House is an exciting new range of children's bedroom furniture that is both stylish and affordable. All the furniture is made to order and is designed with safety in mind – rounded edges and metal drawer runners."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1066256222669842642003-10-15T15:17:00.000-07:002003-10-15T15:17:02.580-07:00Country-Wide Publications Ltd.: "Year-round lambing under investigation at Massey
by Not Specified
Categories: Lamb Production;Research;
Publication: Country-Wide Northern; Date: 2003-09-01
Increased production in the sheep farming sector in recent years has been achieved through increasing fecundity and lamb survival rates. But year round lambing could be one answer to further lifting markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1066256011626111462003-10-15T15:13:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:44:15.496-08:00AgResearch News: "Facial eczema tolerance is strongly heritable, with each ram estimated to pass on about 40 percent of the trait to his offspring. Identifying and breeding from animals that tolerate the disease gives permanent gains, adding value to flocks and reducing animal health investment. "markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1066255867210521792003-10-15T15:11:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:43:50.403-08:00Meat NZ Home: "25 August 2003
New Zealand Lamb tops in the UK
It’s official – the Brits prefer lamb from New Zealand more than lamb from any other country."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1062473744076388232003-09-01T20:35:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:43:31.763-08:00Meat & Wool Innovation provides information and technology to make New Zealand sheep farming more profitable: "Moore et al (1983) mated a total of 529 Romney, Coopworth and Perendale hoggets to Southdown rams in 1979 and 1980. They reported:
Hoggets that lambed were 2 � 4kg lighter at weaning in mid-December than hoggets that did not lamb. However, there was no difference in two-tooth pre-mating markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1062472701646223412003-09-01T20:18:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:43:10.996-08:00Early Faming: "At first transport was definitely a problem and sheep could be moved to and from the district only on the hoof. The transport of the wool clip for a large part of the journey by sledges was a difficult and tedious process. Nowadays the better roads and the use of motor transport to the railhead, has revolutionised the problem, with the development of a definite industry in raising markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1062472400147822042003-09-01T20:13:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:42:46.700-08:00Wrightson KNOW HOW: "This year Kapenga is running 1200 ewe hoggets (about 200 more than usual) - partially to compensate for a higher mortality rate from hogget lambing.
Ewe hoggets are mated to a Southdown ram. 'I hadn't seen Southdown for years,' says Meade. 'But we wanted a sire that would produce a small lamb (for lambing ease) that would mature quickly once it hit the ground.'
The choice markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1062288411183112072003-08-30T17:06:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:42:23.076-08:00Selecting your Southdown Sheep Flock -- ASBA Web Site: "The most important sheep a person ever buys is their first. The sheep selected in your initial purchase will be the genetic nucleus of your flock and will set the tone for your future success."markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1062288000851554322003-08-30T17:00:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:42:05.686-08:00Southdown sheep. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001: "
mutton breed of sheep originated on the South Downs of Sussex, England, and now raised throughout the world. It is a small sheep, the most thickset of all breeds, and it is valued for the meatiness of the lamb carcasses. The wool is of medium length and fine grade; it varies in color from gray to brown on the face and feet. The markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1061682436802504392003-08-23T16:47:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:41:52.090-08:00Queen of Calves: "
Queen of Calves
�The best thing in dairying since dairying�
A totally new system of raising healthy calves
Instead of the conventional system of milk, more milk and pellets, Queen of Calves is a high carbohydrate/probiotic rearing formula designed to be incorporated into the milk, with the aim of enabling significant milk and grain savings. The result; more milk in the vat, markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5718320.post-1061680194319252242003-08-23T16:09:00.000-07:002004-01-29T15:41:36.780-08:00this is the first of my ramblings in a 'blog' ..I expect to actually add useful pieces to this soon as I wander around the netmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854198540300324639noreply@blogger.com