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The Shropshire Voice is the official publication of the American Shropshire Registry Association. With issues in February, May and October, this periodical gives breeders a direct channel to the happenings with the breed. All active Shropshire breeders receive a subscription to this publication with their paid annual service fee to the association. The Shropshire Voice is also used for promotion of the breed, being distributed at Shropshire events and mailed to new owners and other interested parties.
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~ The ShropShire Voice ~Volume 28, Issue 3 October 2008
Board of DirectorsAmerican Shropshire Registry
Association
Mark McCabe – Pres. (2009) 5154 Nickelson Road Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 494-2969 [email protected]
Darrell Dockter – V. Pres. (2010) 19411 S. Carpenter Rd. Snohomish, WA 98290 (425) 334-9130 [email protected]
Re Call (2009) 964 Mohawk Trail Shelburne, MA 01370 (413) 625-2436 [email protected]
Robert Dinsmore (2008) 5842 Broad Run Road Jefferson, MD 21755 (301) 371-4483 [email protected] Cody Hiemke (2010) 2324 Webster St., Apt. B Berkeley, CA 94705-1970 (FamilyflockisinWisconsin) (415) 302-8025 [email protected]
Norbert Jackson (2008) 4125 W. State Route 28 Alexandria, IN 46001 (765) 754-7057 [email protected]
Robert Johnson (2009) 569 State Highway Marshfield,MO65706 (417) 859-4452 [email protected]
Roger Snyder (2008) 2537 U.S. Hwy. 67 Monmouth, IL 61462 (309) 734-4446 [email protected]
Ralph Lovely (2008) 292 Cold Stream Farm Rd. Madisonville, TN 37354 Cell: (865)-604-5747 (423) 442-7076
Randy Rife (2008) 2423 Clifton Road Yellow Springs, OH 45387 (937) 767-1871 [email protected]
Tim Roberts (2009) 27954 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, OK 73093 (405) 485-9255 [email protected]
Carol Rueber (2009) 24632 210th Street Sumner, IA 50674 (563) 578-8663 [email protected]
Bill Seals (2008) 2360 B Shafer Morgan Hill, CA 95037 (408) 779-1789 [email protected]
Brad Slutz (2010) 1144 Oxford Circle Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 899-0366 [email protected]
Sandy Cross(2008) 198 Shaws Mill Road Gorham, ME 04038-2233 207-839-8717 [email protected]
Official Publication of The American Shropshire Registry AssociationPublished in the interest of Shropshire Breeders each February, May and October
Becky Peterson, ASRA Secretary Rinda Maddox, Voice Publisher
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The American Shropshire Registry Association office is now running in full capacity. All registrations and payments are to be made through that office.
ASRA Office Hours:Monday-Thursday
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST Monday & Thursday evenings
8-11 p.m. EST
The secretary will be near the office at most other times and will return calls as soon possible. She will make the best effort to process registrations and transfers within a day or two of receipt. Contact her at:
American Shropshire Registry Association Becky Peterson, Secretary 41 Bell Rd. Leyden MA 01337 Phone/Fax –(413) 624-9652 [email protected]
Shropshire Voice & Website If you need to place an ad or news item in the Shropshire Voice, or on the website, shropshires.org., contact Rinda Maddox, Voice Publisher/Web Coordi-nator or her husband, Steven Maddox, advertising manager. Steven and Rinda Maddox P.O. Box 475 Sidell, IL 61876 shropshirevoice@ thesidellreporter.com (217) 288-9365 (office) (217) 288-9493 (home)
Junior Activities For questions on any of the junior events for the Shropshire Association, contact Mark McCabe or Tim Roberts.Mark McCabe 5154 Nickelson Road Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 494-2969 [email protected] Roberts 27954 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, OK 73093 (405) 485-9255 [email protected]
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From the President One of the Shropshire events I am most passionate about is our Futurity Program. This is the seventh year and it has grown every year. This year we had 92 ewe lambs nominated with 24 of those being shown for points. This is also the most ewe lambs being shown and will be the largest pay out for these lambs with $1840 distributed to the winning ewe lambs. Only points from five shows will count with the Junior NAILE show points counting double and these placings will break ties. The Shropshire breeders that consign ewe lambs to the Classic, Spectacular and Sedalia have made the Futurity program work and grow. The 2008 state fair circuit has seen Shropshires as the largest number at quite a few fairs this season. At the
Ohio and Indiana fairs for the second straight year, the Shropshire breed had the largest junior and open shows.
At the Missouri State Fair, the Shropshire breed also had the largest open show. This November 20th, the National Shropshire Show is in Louisville. The open show is on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. The Annual Meeting will be held at 7
p.m. on Wednesday. 2009 will mark the 125th Anniversary of our Shropshire breed in the USA. The committee for this event has been working and planning so watch The Voice and website for updates on special events making the milestone for the Shropshire breed. Especially plan to be in Louisville at the 2009 NAILE to be part of this grand celebration.
Submitted by Norbert JacksonDirector, Indiana District
The plans are moving forward for the American Shropshire Registry Association 125th anniversary show to be held in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky in 2009. The 125th Anniversary celebration will start with a Midwest Regional Show at the Indiana State Fair in August. The Louisville event in November will start with junior activities followed by a National Junior Show. A 125th Anniversary Banquet and program planned for Sunday evening will be held for all our members. The National Shropshire 125th Anniversary Show will
125th Anniversary Show in 2009conclude our anniversary celebration. We plan to host a hospitality area for all our members and guests during the junior and open show days in the sheep barn. Our first fund raiser for the 125th anniversary show was held at the Shropshire Spectacular this past June. Several state association baskets and other Shropshire items where auctioned to start the fund raising. We plan to have a silent auction this year in Louisville to continue the fund raising. All state Shropshire Associations can put a basket in the silent auction. We hope all our Shropshire members will plan to attend this major event for our breed in 2009.
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The busy registration season is wind-ing down now. As of August 28, 2168 Shropshire have been registered in 2008 and 8029 have been transferred. The office has been running pretty smoothly. Work has been turned around in a day or two for the most part. Some work has been delayed while obtain-ing additional necessary infor-mation and there is occasion-ally confusion as to the current owner of mother ewes. These matters are usually resolved quickly by telephone or email. We’ve covered some ground in get-ting the association back on its feet. The Non-Profit status has been reinstated. The accounts are getting sorted out and an accounting system is in place. An accountant has been hired to shepherd the transition and incidentally, he enjoys reading the Voice. There have been some long standing debits and credits and we hope to settle them by the end of the year. There is a bit of work to do yet but we anticipate having things pretty well in line by the beginning of 2009, the 125th Anniversary year. One of the issues in the registration office is the constant request to change the names of the people in a registra-tion membership. The Board of Direc-tors has deemed it permissible to add or remove names from a membership, such as in the case of a marriage or the sometimes inevitable junior member leaving the sheep program. It does cre-ate a problem, though, in subsequent sheep registrations as the member name will appear different on the front
of the more recent papers. A more com-mon problem arises when an individual ASRA member within a family wishes to permanently transfer his or her animals
to another family member. The normal transfer process must still occur in this case. The back of the paper must be filled out and the paper must be sent to the office to be recorded, signed and stamped. In an effort to encourage members to consolidate their
records in this case, the Board has rec-ommended that this procedure can be done at a reduced rate. This does not apply, however, to the changing of own-ership for the purposes of exhibiting the sheep at your local, county, state or higher level fairs. In this case, the normal transfer fee will be incurred. For more information, contact the secretary for the interpretation of these situations. The summer here in Massachusetts has been very wet. Only in the past 14 days has there been any weather suit-able for making hay. There were five nice days twice in June and then six weeks or more of rain and humidity. Mid-western breeders would call me about registra-tions and tell me how dry it has been there. I always offer to share the rain but can’t figure out how to get it to them. I had the opportunity to travel to Il-linois and Missouri for the first time. It has been a good show and sale year for our breed. Shropshires had the largest shows of all the breeds at more than one state fair. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Shropshire breed-ers. Everyone has been very kind, un-
From the Secretary
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Official notice is hereby given to all members of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. that the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Members will be held Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in Louisville. The purpose of said meeting is to hear and approve the reports of the President and Secretary/Treasurer to ratify the acts of the Board of Directors since the last annual meeting of the members; to act on any old or new business which may be brought before the meeting; and to elect directors for districts having directors whose terms expire in 2008. Article VI, Section 2 of the By Laws allows for the direct election of a director for a district if that district has an active, recognized Shropshire association. Directors whose terms will expire at this time are: Norbert Jackson – Indiana District Robert Dinsmore– Pennsylvania-South District (Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
LEGAL NOTICEANNuAL MEETING Of ThE MEMbErs
Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.) Roger Snyder – Illinois District Ralph Lovely – Pennsylvania-South District Randy Rife – Ohio District Bill Seals – West District (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.) Sandy Cross – New York-New England District (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.) Each membership in the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. is entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting of the Members. Such vote must be cast in person. Those members attending the Annual Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association. All members are encouraged to attend and participate. Becky Peterson,
Secretary
derstanding and encouraging. State fairs are ongoing. The reports of the Shropshire show have shown qual-ity running deep in the classes. In sev-eral cases, Shropshires were the high-est-numbered breed shown. Preparations are underway for the 2009 125th Anniversary Celebration. One of the activities this year has been to sell at auction a few of the remaining “First Hundred Years” Centennial His-tory Book. One copy has been sent to
my office. It is loaded with information and history. My appreciation goes out to those who worked hard to assemble that material, especially Doug and Vivian Chambers. I understand a supplement to that book is in the works. Again, I continue to meet good Shrop-shire folks in my travels. I’m beginning to be able to recognize callers by their voices. Everyone has been kind and un-derstanding. I’m beginning to feel like part of the group!
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The North American International Sheep Show will run from Nov. 14-21 in Louisville, Ky. at the Kentucky Exposition Center. A host of event for Shropshire enthusiasts, young and old, is planned. Other junior division events begin on Friday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. with both the market lamb showmanship and the lamb lead contest. The junior wether show begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday and will run all day. Allen Hybsha of Binger, Okla. will serve as judge for this contest. The ASRA will sponsor a junior quiz bowl at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Teams shall consist of three persons, one of which shall be under 14 years of age and also shall contain at least
one boy and at least one girl. Cash awards are as follows: $15 per team member for first place, $10 per team member for second place and $5 per team member for third place.. A pizza party and meeting for all youth to discuss future plans will follow the quiz bowl at approximately 4:30 p.m. The National Junior Shropshire Breeding Sheep Show will be on Sunday, Nov. 16. Shropshires will be the first breed of the day and will be judged by Shawn Ramsey. The ASRA provides special awards to all of the class winners. The National Shropshire Show Open Division will be at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. These sheep will be judged by Jim
2008 National ShropshireShow to be held at NAILE
Do you have a collection of old registration certificates, the kind on the small sized papers? Do you have many of the new, current style papers with generations of non-information? Maybe we can help each other. Those blank lines on the pedigrees are that way because their parents are not in the current database. They had been registered in an older system but not in the current method. Now it seems that the “ewe records” or the index card copies kept on ewes and their progeny by the past registry offices were lost, leaving us without a way to do research for extended
Old papers are neededpedigrees. There is a way you can help. Gather together your older papers, especially the ones of ewes or rams that you know you have had progeny from. Send the originals, or photo copies, to the secretary’s office. The individuals on the paper will be entered into the current database as a “non-restricted”, “non-billable” registration. It won’t cost you anything except the postage. And eventually, we’ll be able to fill in the blanks. Extended pedigree research will be possible once again. Papers can be mailed to: ASRA, 41 Bell Rd., Leyden MA 01337.
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Matching Funds Program required at ’08 NAILE In order to healthily maintain the increased support of the open and junior shows at NAILE, the ASRA is requiring participation in the Matching Funds Program. In addition to the normal entry fee paid to NAILE, open show exhibi-tors should remit $10 per head and group class to ASRA secre-tary Becky Peterson. Payment of theses fees is re-quired prior to show day, Nov. 20. Please note that these funds will be retained by the ASRA in order to fund the classes added this year. Thank you for your co-operation in this policy.
Brandt of Anna, Ohio. Please note that the ASRA has added extra funding to both the junior division and the open division in 2008 and offers a total of $2806 for both shows. The yearling ewe class has been split for both shows as has the spring ewe lamb class which is now split by month of birth. The Matching Funds program continues in 2008 but has been revised in order to fund the premiums provided. A fee of $10 per head and group class will be required from each exhibitor in the open show. These fees will be payable to the ASRA prior to show day and should be sent to the secretary. These fees will be retained by the association in 2008. In conjunction with the 2008 National Shropshire Show, the Annual Meeting of the Members of the American Shropshire Registry Association will also be held in Louisville. This meeting is scheduled for the evening before the open show. See the meeting notice on Page 5. For more information regarding the Shropshire shows or any other aspect of the Exposition, go to www.livestockexpo.org
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Thursday June 19, 2008Springfield, Illinois
The meeting was called to order by President Mark McCabe at 7:01 p.m. in the Illinois Extension Building on the grounds of the Illinois State Fair. The following board members were present: Mark McCabe, Darrell Dockter, Re Call, Sandy Cross, Cody Hiemke, Bob Johnson, Norbert Jackson, Randy Rife, Tim Roberts, Carol Rueber, Brad Slutz and Roger Snyder. Members Robert Dinsmore, Ralph Lovely and Bill Seals were not in attendance. Also present were Rinda and Steve Maddox representing the Voice. Becky Peterson attended as secretary.Secretary’s report: The minutes of the last Board of Director’s conference call on March 30 were handed out and discussed briefly. Bob Johnson moved, and Tim Roberts seconded, that the minutes be accepted as presented. Mark read a list of guidelines for board meetings as a suggestion to the conduct of such a meeting.Treasurer’s report: Becky handed out a report of the activities from Jan. 31 to June 17. The current checking account balance is $33534.34. Total income has been $30043.25. Total expense has been $31116.78. It was noted that there have been expenses that actually apply to 2007. Also noted that the expenses include office start-up and equipment purchase and the cost of an interim treasurer for 2007. The net loss over this time is $1073.53. Becky asked about hiring an
Board of Director’s Meetingaccountant to handle the legal aspects of the finances of the association. Carol Rueber noted that there had been $500 in past budgets to cover such expenses. Becky had spoken with her accountant about the possibility of his shepherding the ASRA through this financial transition and to look over the books periodically. It was agreed to hire him for a fee of $25/hour. Mark noted that he had recently reinstated the non-profit incorporation status in Illinois and that the current registered agent is Rinda Maddox. When the By-law changes at the special meeting of the members (to be held the day after this meeting), Becky will be able to get the incorporation work done for Massachusetts and Illinois will dissolve. There was no more treasury business and Randy Rife moved to accept the report as presented. Norm Jackson seconded. Committee Reports 125th Anniversary - Norm Jackson This committee met by teleconference on June 8. The schedule for the 2009 125th Anniversary show was discussed. We will petition NAILE for a Monday morning show. The committee is trying to append the last 25 years of history to the First 100 Years done by �
Quasqui what! Didyouknowthenamefora 125th year celebration iscalledaQuasquicentennial? Thatispronounced:kwos-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uhl
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Doug Chambers. There will be a hospitality booth at the show. There should be regional shows next year also. Darrell Dockter’s group is planning a Northwest regional at Oregon State Fair. Norm Jackson has something in the works for Indiana. Hopefully, one can be planned for the East Coast. We will need a budget prepared to be approved at November’s meeting. Fund raising will be very important. There will some baskets to be auctioned at several sales, as well as some Centennial booklets. The Logo Contest will hopefully produce some new artwork for the celebration. Darrell suggested getting some shirts and hats made up that we can sell to help the cause. Budget – Re Call: Re and Becky have done some budget work but it is still incomplete as the records from last year were received when registry work picked up. Becky will have the 2007 and 2008 work all categorized by the Louisville meeting in November. Youth – Tim Roberts: Tim spoke about a Leadership Contest of some sort for the youth. He would also like to prepare to have a junior board. It had been tried before. Directors should promote this in their areas and try to get a sense of what the youth need from the association. Many of the young people sit back and don’t speak up. Brad Slutz thinks that Rebecca Roberts might spearhead this effort. Mark McCabe noted that there have been eight scholarship applications and the committee has narrowed it down to three. He will pass those on to the secretary to look at. The futurity is progressing well with 55 ewe lambs nominated for 2008.
Randy questioned whether the futurity nominations should be extended to other sales. There was some discussion but no motion for a change in the sales accepting nominations. The tattoos are not used anymore but lambs are recorded by their scrapie tag number. Becky suggested tattooing a symbol in the ear instead of a number so that a lamb’s nomination in the futurity program can be verified. Advertising (Voice) - Darrell Dockter: The Advertising Committee had reviewed the cost of the cover ads for the Voice and wants to consider reducing the price as they are hard to sell. The cost of producing the Voice was discussed. Approximately $3200 was generated in the sale of ads for the last issue. Production, including postage, was about $4200. Randy noted that there was about $2400 generated by the Breeder’s Index. Postage has risen and will continue to increase each year in May by the United States Postal Service. The mailing list was discussed. Dale Blackburn had kept a list and the Iowa office had provided it last year. Rinda Maddox has been compiling one, also. Becky supplied a list of people that had done any registry work in the past two years. It might be possible to reduce the mailing cost dramatically by using third class mail but it would take longer in transit. The books had been mailed by third class before but time was getting to be an issue so Dale had begun mailing first class. Becky had done some bulk mailing and had some suggestions. Rinda stressed the importance of maintaining a deadline for submitting material for the Voice and that would make a difference in the success of bulk mail.
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Bob Johnson moved, and Cody Hiemke seconded, that the deadline for submission be adhered to and first class mail continued to be used. The Advertising Committee should look at the possibility of a general ad price increase for later issues. The upcoming issue (October) will remain as before. The price of the front cover ad was suggested to be $350 and the back and inside covers will be priced at $250. This motion passed. The deadline for the next issue will be Sept. 1. Performance – Cody Hiemke: Cody Hiemke presented some information on the National Sheep Improvement Association (NSIP). NSIP compiles and compares performance data of different breeds. He discussed two options. Option 1 would involve submitting data with other small-numbered breeds at $3.25 per ewe. Option 2 would submit Shropshire data separate from other breeds at a varied price, depending on the volume. Cody recommends that the ASRA join NSIP as Option 1 and go to Option 2 if involvement grows. Cody would act as the data coordinator for ASRA. Bob Johnson moved with a second from Sandy Cross to support the concept of NSIP. Cody will get more detailed information together for the next Voice issue. This motion passed. Cody also will be weighing sale entries at the National Sale and also measuring by ultrasound fat thickness and loin size of any sheep presented for measurement.Old Business: Louisville requests and report: The secretary had submitted to NAILE a request to split the yearling ewe class in both the open and junior shows and
to add a third spring ewe lamb class in the open show. The NAILE Executive Board accepted the class additions but declined funding. Becky had talked with several directors and submitted a premium scale to NAILE adding $430 to the open show and $155 to the junior show for a total of $585 funded by the ASRA, in addition to the $1977 supplied in 2007. Some premiums have been reorganized to use the money more efficiently. The Matching Funds Program was discussed. In the past, exhibitors were “required” to pay $10 per head and group class and were supposed to get it back if they did not receive a premium. However, follow-up had not been done and funds were not collected or paid back. Becky had been instructed to bill for the 2007 extra entry fees and had gotten mixed results. The total outstanding is approximately $800, enough to fund the additional premiums. After more discussion Sandy Cross moved and Darrell Dockter seconded that the American Shropshire Registry Association will retain the $10 matching funds fees. These will be used for supplemental funding for the added classes. The vote was unanimous. Brad Slutz then moved that collection of the funds be enforced prior to the show. Randy Rife seconded this motion. This motion passed. Notice of this will be made on the website and also in the Voice. NAILE Sale for 2009: Becky had requested of NAILE permission to hold a sale in 2009 in conjunction with the 125th Anniversary. The show was excited that we wanted to hold our celebration there. A fee would be charged but perhaps it could be shared with �
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another sale. Roger Snyder suggested that the sale be tabled until this November when more information would be available. Photo Contest: The deadline for the 2008 contest is Sept. 15. So far, nothing has been received. All submissions should be sent to the secretary. By Law Amendments: Office Location: A Special Meeting has been called for Friday at the Spectacular Sale to allow the members present to change the By-law to move the office to the residence of the secretary, ie. Massachusetts instead of Illinois. Slick Shear Rule: Re Call moved to table the decision on the slick shearing. Norm Jackson also distributed a letter from the Indiana Shropshire Breeders Association outlining their view on this issue. There was much discussion from both sides of the topic. Roger Snyder seconded the motion to table the discussion. The motion passed with three members opposed. New Business: Membership Names and Family Transfers: Becky had been receiving requests to change membership names. There was discussion about various situations. She was instructed to allow names to be added or removed from a membership name without incurring another membership fee. However, the Board is recommending that the ownership records of sheep be updated to reflect the member name change. If there needs to be a transfer in this situation, it can be done at half price. It should be noted that ownership transfers for the purpose of exhibition be done as usual at the full fee. Roger Snyder moved and Mark McCabe seconded to allow the secretary to use
her discretion in allowing the reduced rate transfers. The motion passed. Total By-law revision: Revisions need to be done for Louisville in November. Cody Hiemke will chair the By-law Revision Committee. Norm Jackson will assist. Mark will also try to get some past presidents to help. By-law changes and amendments will be done according to By-law procedure. Old debt and credits: There is approximately $5000 on the books as old debt and about the same as credits. Becky is not sure if they are accurate. It may be possible that some of these debts and credits belong to deceased members. She will try to get it sorted out by Louisville. Notes for the Banner: Becky has asked for a little help in getting the breed notes done for each issue of the Banner. Mark offered to do the July issue. It would be nice if the members of the board could write for every other issue. Rinda also asked for human-sheep interest material for the Voice and website. Website: Rinda has been asked to have a classified ad section. She and the webmaster, Amanda Rull, will work out the details and fee. Promotional materials: Becky needs input on promotional items. Roger moved and Tim Roberts seconded to have Sandy Cross and Re Call work with her on that. Adjournment: Roger Snyder moved and Cody Hiemke seconded to adjourn the meeting at 9:52 p.m. The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be Wed. Nov. 19, the night before the open Shropshire show in Louisville.
Respectfully submitted,Becky Peterson,
Secretary
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By Cody Hiemke, Director Wisconsin-Michigan District
At the June board meeting in Springfield, the American Shropshire Registry Association (ASRA) Board of Directors approved the breed’s inclusion into the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP). NSIP is a program that allows purebred sheep and goat breeders to compare performance traits within an individual flock/herd and across the breed. The program evaluates particular production traits over generations to develop Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs). EPDs show the difference in genetic potential between individuals. Specifically for Shropshires, NSIP will develop EPDs on all individuals within a flock for three maternal traits: (1) number of lambs born per ewe lambing, (2) maternal milk, and (3) Milk+Growth and two growth traits: (1) 60-day weight and (2) 120-day weight. To obtain an accurate evaluation of genetic merit for each trait, producers will record information on all ewes exposed for breeding and all lambs born in each production cycle. Cross-flock linkages (connecting genetics from different flocks enrolled in NSIP) are a key to across-flock comparison. These linkages and the statistics used to compare performance across flocks reduce the effect that differing flock
management styles may have on performance. The cost to have a flock evaluated with NSIP will be $3.25 per breeding ewe. Cody Hiemke, the Wisconsin-Michigan ASRA Director, will serve as the Shropshire data coordinator for NSIP. Production data from spring 2009 will need to be submitted to Cody in June. If data is not yet available for the recording production cycle (i.e. 120-day weights on March-born lambs), data can be submitted in the following production year. Cody will proof the data, compile it with all other Shropshires and forward the compiled document to NSIP. By entering NSIP, Shropshires will now join many major breeds that utilize EPDs: Columbia, Dorper, White Dorper, Dorset, Hampshire, Katahdin, Polypay, Rambouillet, Romney, Suffolk, and Targhee. Each of the participating flocks within these breeds is able to incorporate EPDs into their selection schemes and use them to advertise and sell breeding stock. If you are interested in enrolling your Shropshire flock in NSIP, it is recommended you contact Cody prior to lambs starting to drop this winter at [email protected] or 415-302-8035. Cody will explain the production data that needs to be recorded, share the NSIP Data Entry Form, and answer any questions you might have. Additional information about NSIP can be found at www.nsip.org.
Shropshires to join National Sheep Improvement Program
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Also breeders of Dorset, Suffolk and Hampshire club lambs and slick sheared breeding sheep.
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See our show flock at the naiLe Junior Show!
Congratulationsto Monica on winning theShropshire Top Gun at theAll-American Junior Show.
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Need help in defining breed standards
I just wanted to share my apprecia-tion of the Shropshire Voice. I am new to the breed and love feeling connected to other breeders through the articles in the Voice. As a new breeder however, I was hoping to express my view point some on the issues of the breed standards and the slick sheering regulations. We started with the breed as a 4-H project and fell in love with it’s gentle manner, intelligence and easy to afford productivity. Our flock is resembling the more hardy frame, shorter, more muscular, short ears, wider muzzle, etc. When we started showing them at the local fairs we noticed the vast differences in appear-ance among the breed and became very confused. We used the judging standards produced by this Association in making our choices when we bought our flock and then came to find out those standards were virtually ignored in the show ring. We were told by some judges that you just have to decide what “you” like and breed for that. At first I liked that idea, thinking the freedom in choice was fun, but then I realized how lost it made me feel! I don’t know what I like! I supposed the efficiency of the breed and the heritage frame it carried was good, but any choice to preserve the heritage and maintain proficiency standards seemed to be losing in the show ring. This lead me to believe this idea of do whatever you choose
is not good for this breed. It is not fun as a new breeder to be left alone with little knowledge of what makes a Shrop a Shrop, and it will devastate the breed to leave so much up to a matter of opinion. Can Shrop breeders unite and clearly define the breed standards and uphold them in the show ring? I am begging as a new breeder for help in this area, because I love the breed and don’t want to give it up due to the frustration of not knowing what to breed for. A good place to start is by posting on the website what the judging standards are, what less desirable qualities would be...like black spots, long ears, etc. It is needed and appreciated. Personal preference can still be exhibited within these standards, it is not like I’m proposing we become slaves to the standards. But honestly, what is the point of competing if there is no clear cut goal to achieve, if anything goes? And for the breeders who want the Shrop to look more like Hampshires or to be fitted like Romneys, can I just ask why they don’t just move to those breeds in-stead of trying to re-invent the Shropshire? Why not preserve and uphold the breed for what it’s been deemed as, a heritage breed. I like the honesty behind the slick shearing. I understand the desire to want the breed to be acknowledge for it’s wool too, but I believe you can show the wool apart from the animal. Anyway, I realize as a new breeder I probably have no right to be so straight forward about this issue and I might get laughed at and dismissed as a moron, but if I made even a little sense to some of you over my concerns then it’s worth it. I know I am not the only new Shropshire breeder who feels this way. I have to say I found it a little funny that we are searching for a newlogo at a time when the breed is so �
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confused in this area. Maybe it should be the “anything goes breed” or “the indis-tinguishable breed” or “a breed of many opinions.” I wonder if that would attract new people to this breed?
Christopher StedmanPutnman, Conn.
Indiana votes in opposition of mandating slick shearing
To the American Shropshire Association and all Board Members:
The Indiana Shropshire Sheep Association held its annual meeting Sunday, May 18, 2008. During our meeting the topic of the Proposed Amendment to the By-laws to mandate that ALL fairs require Shropshire sheep to be slick shorn was thoroughly discussed. Included in our discussion was the fact that only 18 members voted in favor of this amendment. Questions were then raised about the legality of this vote and exactly how many people who cast votes actually had a national membership and were eligible to vote. From our discussion among Indiana members who were present at the meeting in Wisconsin it was concluded that members voted at the National Meeting who were not national members. A handful of Indiana Association members were present at this meeting; however, Indiana representative Norbert Jackson was unable to attend. As a result there was great concern expressed that our National By-laws could be changed at such a remote meeting with a vast majority of Shropshire breeders not present. The purpose of this letter is not to
place blame, but it must be admitted the National Meeting in Wisconsin simply got out of hand and contained many improprieties. The Indiana members who were not present at the National Meeting in Wisconsin, including Norbert Jackson, were shocked to learn exactly what happened at this meeting. As a result of the air of uncertainty surrounding this National Meeting and the resulting concern and apprehension expressed in two letters (one from a member of the Board) of the May 2008 Shropshire Voice, we, as a state association, decided to vote on the Proposed Slick Shearing Amendment. At our meeting we had a good turnout representing the Indiana Shropshire Association, and it is unlikely many of these members will be able to attend the National Meeting in Louisville, Ky. to vote on this amendment. The Indiana Shropshire Association UNANIMOUSLY voted in opposition of the amendment to mandate ALL fairs require Shropshires to be exhibited slick shorn. As a result we believe that all state associations should be able to choose on their own how they wish Shropshires to be exhibited. The Indiana Shropshire Association has voted to exhibit our sheep slick shorn at our state fair, the key here is this is our choice and we have voted to exhibit this way. We believe this is the best approach and the National Board should not make mandates when the state associations can handle this decision. If exhibitors and purchasers on the East Coast (or anywhere for that matter) want to purchase or exhibit a trimmed sheep they should be able to vote as an association and make their own choices. Our association believes, and voted unanimously, that the National Board
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should not mandate how Shropshire sheep are exhibited at local fairs and sales such as county fairs and local sales. However, our association did vote that the By-laws remain the same and the current set of rules remain in place, allowing the National Board to determine that national sales and shows be slick shorn. Also, in light of the National Meeting in Wisconsin the Indiana Shropshire Association requests a copy of the current By-laws for our state association. We would also like to recommend the Board send a copy of the By-laws to all state associations. The reason for this request is the confusion that stemmed from the Wisconsin National Meeting. A few of our questions that might be answered by a copy of the By-laws included who can vote at a national meeting? What are the requirements to become a national member? It is one vote per family in memberships who have “and family” in the name? Also, what are the requirements to become a member of the Board of Directors? Must you actually live in the state you are representing? Must you have registered or own a Shropshire sheep? The Indiana Association believes owning a copy of the National By-laws would allow our association to answer these questions our members have asked. In conclusion, this letter states to the National Board of Directors that the Indiana Shropshire Association voted unanimously in opposition to the proposed amendment that ALL fairs require Shropshire sheep to be exhibited slick shorn. The Indiana Association also requests the National Board to provide it with a copy of the National By-laws, and any other information required to answer the aforementioned questions our state members had at our local meeting.
Respectfully,Indiana Shropshire Sheep Association
Association needs to fund Shropshire divisions
In response to Director Sandy Cross’s article in the Voice:
Mr. Cross has proposed that the ASRA support both slick shorn and fitted Shrop classes at shows and fairs. This will not happen without funding from our associa-tion. I am a junior in the West and it would do a lot for promoting the breed out here if the Association were to fund a Shrop division at California State Fair or at the Grand National Rodeo, a National Show. It is very difficult to show here, compet-ing in “AOB” classes against fitted sheep and sheep that are difficult to compare to Shrops. Additionally, I think that staying with our slick shorn standard is a good example to other non-wool breeds. The Southdown breed has developed into a much more desirable sheep at the packers, and there isn’t the disconnect between the sheep you show and the sheep you eat. The Suf-folk breed is also looking to go slick shorn, which will be a difficult transition, since the trend is to make a sheep that can have its flaws hidden by fitting. A return to fitting may discourage other breeds from making the switch, which, so long as it is promoting breeding better sheep, can only be a good thing. Thank you for hearing my thoughts on the matter,
Sincerely,Sydney Johnson, Windsor, Calif.
West District
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The following article is reprinted at the request of the ASRA President. It originally ran in the May 2008 issue of the Shropshire Voice.
Is the baby being thrown out with the bath water?
By Sandy CrossDirector
New York-New England District
I’ve agonized for a long time over the rather emotional topic of “Slick vs. Fit-ted” for the Shropshire breed. I guess one of the advantages, or dis-advantages depending on your perspec-tive, of being 62 years of age and having
registered Shrops since the late ’70s al-lows me to remember when wool was a valuable product and a definite factor in the judging of Shrops at local and re-gional fairs. I can remember with much regret when one of our Shrop yearling ewes lost a class at the “Big E” when she appeared to have too much black fiber. I can remember when Shrops were promoted as a “dual purpose” breed, when meat and wool went hand-in-hand through history. Sheep and wool seem synonymous. I can remember discussing in history class (I taught school for 28 years) the reasons for cultures expanding their empires. Julius Caesar made note in the book Gaulic Wars that agricultural land in Gaul, present day France, would allow the Roman sheep flocks to pros-per and the great Roman wool trade would prosper as well, i.e., Roman Toga. So what am I trying to say without rambling on? Can we as a breed association just ignore and disregard, figuratively and philosophically, wool not only in the show ring but also in the market place? I know since wool incentives have gone away that wool has been less than profitable, but does that mean forever? The Asian market is certainly making wool profitability more attractive. I’ve looked at past directors’ meet-ing notes pertaining to this issue. Con-cerns have ranged over a variety of is-sues, including: • Expense of professionals to trim show flocks. • Juniors will find it easier to slick shear.
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• Confirmation faults are easily hid-den when fitted. • Shropshires will be set apart from Oxfords and Hampshires by slick shearing. Personally, I’m aware from my chil-dren’s experiences that it’s not an easy experience to really fit a sheep well, but good things are not always easily learned at first. (Remember having to memorize the times tables in math? Today you don’t have to memorize be-cause of the use of calculators.) I know professional fitters who will help juniors free of charge. Sarah Kuyk-endall helped my children. Just because something is easier does not necessarily make it better. Are Shropshires just a breed of sheep to be present in the show ring like a wether type? Can’t competent judges tell if rumps slope or shoulders need tightening even if Shrops are not slick sheared? If an unethical exhibitor is going to put a Hampshire or Oxford in a Shrop-shire class, is a slick sheared sheep go-ing to look any different? Are our fairs at all levels only for the benefit and enjoyment of the breeder/exhibitor? A lot of great public relations take place on the trimming stand between moms and dads with their children asking questions about what they are doing. I know of many lambs sold and children getting into 4-H through those conversations. Ask yourself which product looks better in the ring: a fitted or slick sheared Shropshire? Finally, at the last Annual Meeting held in Wisconsin in 2007, 18 members voted what all Shropshire exhibitors
must do now at their local fairs. Why not adopt a policy which will allow the different regions to decide whether they want slick sheared and/or fitted classes? Why not adopt a policy to support both fitted and slick shorn classes at all shows, fairs, etc? This will give associa-tion support to breeders of both frame sheep as well as wether-type sheep. If all national shows sanctioned by the Shropshire Association required slick shearing, I don’t believe most peo-ple would object. But, local fairs like the Fryeburg Maine Fair (Maine State Fair) being forced to tell all Shropshire exhibitors that they must show slick sheared is a bit much. Why not have a national vote ei-ther by mail or email by all Shropshire members? It is obvious that the vast majority of the membership do not have the time available or can afford to attend a meeting half way across the country to participate in the decision making for the association. Other than the exhibitors at NAILE there are very few other Shropshire breeders present. Conducting a mem-bership vote on such an important by-law change at the Annual Meeting to be held at the NAILE in 2008 is just not right. Will you be able to attend this fall? If there is enough interest in at least having the option of showing slick sheared and/or fitted in local and re-gional shows, it might be worth while to petition the Association in writing for that variance.
Sandy CrossNortheast Director,
American Shropshire Association
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Look at the facts!By Randy Rife
DirectorOhio District
The Shropshire breed made the decision to slick shear after a trial year of 1996. Just before the start of this transition the junior show at Louisville was put on probation for lack of numbers and we were at risk of losing our breed show. Slick shearing is greatly responsible for the steady climb to the 130 head shows of the past two years. Roger Snyder, one of the National Shropshire Board members from Illinois, cited at the June board meeting that all breeding sheep registries have lost annual registrations over the past 10 years. He stated that Suffolks were down the most, with an 85% drop. Southdowns were down the least at 10% and Shropshires were second least with a 12% drop. Why? Southdowns and Shropshires are the only two meat breeds to be slick shorn for the show ring. Seems like a no-brainer! Slick shearing is popular. I visited on the phone with Tim Roberts, the Oklahoma Director. He had shown at Missouri where he said Shropshires had the largest show of any breed. He went on to share that he passed out two to three business cards each day while at Missouri to folks interested in Shropshires. The enthusiasm and participation by youth with Shropshires from the Pacific Northwest to Maryland, from Tennessee to Wisconsin, and in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York, where now, in show after show, year after year, Shropshires have the most numbers represented is deep rooted. Consider the dedication of families in Maryland, Tennessee and elsewhere that
hauled their kids, with their Shropshires, way out to Sedalia this summer for the All-American. What a commitment! Why has our breed experienced this vibrant turnaround? I feel the majority of the credit goes to “slick shearing.” Young folks feel they are competing on a level playing field and not against a professional trim job. Everyone can see the correctness, the quality and the true style and breed character when the wool is off. Size becomes less important. As a general rule, the bigger the animal, the more faults they have. Most of these problems can be hidden under a professional fit job. The sheep in our breed have definitely improved. Young families see this and want to raise high quality, attractive, and low maintenance sheep. The last time the Illinois Shropshire Spectacular Sale allowed fitted sheep the champion ewe �
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sold to a young fellow for a considerable sum. He showed her at a major slick sheared show that fall and was 17th out of 18. What a disappointment for him and what an eye opener to many. Shropshires now, after a dozen years of slick shearing, have become better sheep, and people want to raise them. When they go to their barn to feed or drive by their pasture and glance over at their sheep, they want to like what they see and to be proud of them. The modern Shropshires are truly something to be proud of. I’m extremely disappointed that our new board member from Maine, Sandy Cross, who is against slick shearing, was not out and about the past several years to have personally witnessed our breed’s advancement. He needed to go further than the Freyburg Fair and the Big E where a handful of fitters are truly discouraging young families from becoming Shropshire breeders. The same scenario exists in the state of Illinois where the persistence of a few fitters has resulted in much less interest and participation from their state’s youth. Consider the dismal numbers in this last summer’s Spectacular Junior Show. The facts are out there…where Shropshires are slick shorn our breed is flourishing. Let us all rally as breeders to make slick shearing universal so that our outstanding futurity and scholarship programs might be expanded to support even more of our deserving youth. I will be retiring from the Shropshire board after 18 years in November. During my tenure I have missed only one meeting and have fully witnessed the rejuvenation that slick shearing has brought to Shropshires. My passion for Shropshires has not and will not wane. My genuine enjoyment has been associating with the fantastic group of people that raise them!
McCabe receives Shepherd’s Award
MarkMcCabereceivestheShepherd’sAwardatthe2008OhioStateFairfromGregFogle,AssistantSuperintendentofthe fair. Greg created the award afterobservinghowMarkisalwaystherewithhis smile in the show ring helping theyoungpeople.“Everytimea sheepgetsawayfromitsyounghandler,Marknabsthe sheep right off,” Greg said. So hepresentedMarkwithashepherd’shookfor his “skills, expertise and efficiency!” Mark is thecurrentpresidentof theAmericanShropshireRegistryAssociationandhasworkedwiththeyouthprogramsfor several years. His reputation forhelping the youth in the show ring faroutreachestheOhioStateFair. Congratulations on this honoredaward, Mark!
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Sheep ShowsThey are foolish.
They are a lot of nonsense.They ruin a lot of good sheep.
They take a lot of time and hard work.
They are necessary!
By Farrell M. Schultz
ReprintedfromtheDecember1963editionofSheepBreederandSheepmanMagazine.
We might as well face the fact that without our shows the purebred sheep industry would be practically dead. If you, as a purebred sheep breeder, were to eliminate all of your sales that were made directly or indirectly as a re-sult of the shows, you would have lost the bulk of your better sales. A very few breeders could produce all of the rams necessary for commercial flocks and with the majority of the replacement ewes being furnished by western range crossbred ewes, the demand for pure-bred breeders would be small. I have always been prone to criticize 4-H club boys and girls paying $40 to $50 for wether lambs when the odds are 50-to-1 that they will only get $20 to $25 for it at show time. Yet, where else could you spend such a small amount and get the fun, the experience, and training you get by fitting and showing the lamb? How many fathers have spent $15 to $25 or more taking his son to a ball game, a circus, fishing or camping and yet has anyone in the family gotten the thrill from any of these they get out of watching that boy or girl show his or her lamb at the fair? When showing sheep, we are always trying to beat someone else. As people we like competition and competitive
games. If you don’t believe this, think of all the money that has been spent this fall on football. First – the cost of out-fitting the teams in high school, college and professional. Second – the time and expense in training and conditioning the team. Third – the mount of money spent for admissions, it is estimated that each Ohio state home football game will gross over one quarter million dollars. Add this all up and you will have figures that run into the billions of dollars. So showing sheep is foolish? Just what does a football game prove? Last season some of our shows re-quired that the sheep be shorn, in a sense, I think the [idea] was good, simply from the standpoint that it reflects that the breeders are not hidebound by tra-dition and are willing to make changes in the hope of advancing and promoting the industry. In fear of appearing to be getting old and set in my thinking, I do believe some of the reasons advanced for making this charge are a little silly. A good sheep judge will not make any more judging sheep with the wool on than judging them shorn. The criticism that fitting and trimming plays too large a part in the way the sheep place is also ques-tionable. Not that fitting and trimming isn’t important, because a good fitter will win over a poor fitter nine times out of 10. However, maybe that’s the way it should be. I showed sheep for 14 years before I won a blue ribbon at the Ohio State Fair, largely because it took me that long to acquire the skill to properly fit and trim the sheep. In the case of standard bred horses where speed alone is the measure of abil-ity, how many times did you ever hear of a major race being won by a horse �
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that was not trained and driven by a top man who had years of experience? Also by comparison, why shouldn’t skill and knowledge acquired by years of hard work and experience be of some value in winning sheep shows? I am afraid, if it were made too easy so that it was merely a matter of luck who the winner would be, then we would lose some of our competitive thrills and we might just as well roll dice or play cards. It seems rather ironic that not too many years ago, at the Ohio State Fair, they were setting the show sheep on their rumps to examine the complete-ness of the wool covering in the flanks and on the inside of the legs. I can also remember when the more enterprising show men were sewing stockings made from pelts on the legs of their show sheep in order to have more complete
leg covering. This fad for wool covering undoubtedly led to the extreme face covering which became a handicap for some breeds of sheep. So, I think we should be cautious that showing sheep sheared does not lead to the development of some undesir-able characteristics which will cause difficulty in the future. I definitely think sooner or later the show ring will be supplemented by car-cass cut out values and by productive ability as a basis for selecting breeding stock. However, both of these meth-ods of selection need a lot of research study and standardization before they can be relied upon to be used as a yard-stick for determining the value of the animal. Even then, it is doubtful in my mind if these methods can ever replace the glamour, the excitement, the com-petitive thrills of the sheep shows.
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Funds will benefit 125th YearCelebration
Submitted by Karen Johnson
The Committee for the American Shropshire Association’s 125th celebra-tion in 2009 is encouraging exhibitors going to Louisville to help put together baskets to be auctioned off by silent auction. The proceeds will go to help pay for the show in Louisville in 2009. Gather up items from your area or any theme idea. A beautiful basket from
the North-west As-soc i a t i on was auc-tioned off in Spring-field, Ill. in June. There were also
baskets from Re Call and Becky Peterson reflecting the Northeast area; and Ma-rie Gillett from Illinois and RoKaJo from Missouri. You may be able to get businesses to donate but if you don’t, maybe they will give you a good deal on items to make up a basket. If you do not, think about this special event for 2009 and lend your support by putting together a basket. This has been very success-ful for the Suffolk Association and the Southdown Association. “We all need to provide support for this show. It will be one for many of us to remember and very special for our
young exhibitors as they will see other shows such as this in years to come,” said Karen Johnson. To celebrate the 100th year back in 1984, a yearbook was made and a few copies have sold in live auctions at sales this summer. There are just a few of these left and to be sold at events before the 2009 show. Matthew Ander-son is working on one for Louisville in 2009. These will be sold at the show. The committee also wants to put to-gether a yearbook of current breeders. Information wanted from each breed-er is how your family got involved, your breeding program and your family in-volvement. “The champions and such are cov-ered in show results and are available in other publications. We hope to fo-cus more on families and their involve-ment,” Karen Johnson said. “There are several flocks that are into third and fourth generations. Let’s emphasize this aspect of our breed. If you have pic-tures, that would be great as well.” Photos will be scanned and it is hoped to have a slide presentation going in Louisville in 2009. If you have old photos, let Johnson know. Photos will be returned to you after they are scanned. “We are excited about this event and want all of you to catch the spirit. What an event!” Johnson said. There will be more information com-ing to you as the committee progresses toward this history-making event. Jump on the bandwagon and support the as-sociation in this venture.
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By Becky PetersonASRA Secretary
Sale day dawned clear, warm and bright after two days of rain in Eaton, Ohio May 9 and 10, 2008. It was a great place for Shropshire sheep and their enthusiasts. One breeder quot-ed that it was the largest gathering of Shropshire sheep at a public auction since the mid- 1980s in Bloomington, Ill. One hundred fifty-four head were cataloged to sell. Judge Steve Myers of Rushsylvania, Ohio did an admirable job putting the entries in sale order
2008 Shropshire Classic draws enthusiasm with 154 entries
on Friday. Prior to the sale on Saturday, the sheep were brought out by class and displayed for review in sale order. Buyers had an excellent opportuni-ty to look at the animals they were interested in. The Ohio Shropshire Breeders Association provided morn-ing refreshments during the preview. Directly after the sale preview, three yearling ewes purchased as Fu-turity lambs at the Classic in 2007 were shown in a “comeback class” judged by Bob Johnson of Missouri. The winner of the class was Paxton
BuyerslookoverthelotoframstobeofferedduringthesaleattheClassicinMay.
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By Becky PetersonASRA Secretary
Springfield, Illinois provides an excellent venue for Shropshire sheep. The weather was good. The Illinois Shropshire
2008 Shropshire SpectacularBreeders Association provided morning refreshments during the show and sale mornings. The junior show classes were interspersed with the sale sheep on Friday. Both shows were judged by Steve Reid of Houstonia, Missouri. �
Wenger with her yearling ewe, S Bar S 638. This ewe placed third in the Shropshire Ewe Lamb Futurity last year. (See Paxton with her ewe) on page 44. According to the preliminary sale report issued by Banner Sale Man-agement, 130 head were sold at an average of $478.27 each. The cham-pion ewe was a yearling consigned by Pennsylvania’s Rolling Hills Farm. She sold to Hallie Walker of Williamstown, Mass. for $1400. The reserve cham-pion ewe, a January ewe lamb from Randy and Julie Rife of Ohio, sold for $1600 to Tyler of Tennessee. The champion ram was a yearling consigned by High Life Farm. He sold to Avery Shropshires and Erik Mroz-inski of Indiana for $3000. The reserve champion ram was a Mitchell Mrozin-
ski January ram lamb that sold to the Melvin Family of Mt. Sterling, Ohio for $700. Prices held up well in the top end of the classes with the Early January Ewe Lamb Class posting a respectful preliminary average of $667.86 on 14 head. Thirty-five yearling ewes sold along with 11 fall ewe lambs, 14 early January ewe lambs, 13 late January ewe lambs, 23 February ewe lambs, 2 March ewe lambs. In the ram de-partment, 9 yearling rams sold along with six fall ram lambs, 10 January ram lambs, six February ram lambs and one March ram lamb. Fifty-six ewe lambs were nominated to the 2008 Shropshire Futurity. Hats off to the Futurity Committee for creating that enthusiasm amongst the consignors.
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According to the preliminary sale report issued by Banner Sale Management, 69 head went over the sale block on Saturday at an average of $457.25 per head. The grand champion ram was a yearling consigned by Tennessee’s Emily Trew. He sold to J.N Dirlam and Sons and Matt Dirlam of Indiana for $1300.
The reserve grand champion Ram, a, January ram lamb from Adams Shropshires of Illinois, sold for $1300 to Bishop and Bishops Shrops of New York. The high-selling ram was a fall ram lamb from Rife’s Shropshires that sold for $1400 to SS Shrops of Iowa. The grand champion ewe was a yearling consigned by Brockmann Shropshires of Illinois. She sold to Verduin’s Apple Hill Farm of New York for $900. The reserve grand champion ewe was Rueber’s yearling ewe that sold to Bishop & Bishop Shrops for $550. The high selling ewe was a Rife yearling ewe that sold for $1500 to Emily Washburn of New York. Ten yearling ewes sold along with six fall ewe Lambs, 15 early spring ewe lambs, seven intermediate ewe lambs and seven late spring ewe lambs. In the ram department, five yearling rams sold along with four fall ram lambs, six early spring ram lambs and nine late spring ram lambs.
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BuyerslookoverthesheepbetweeneachclassoftheshowattheSpectacular.
Jerry Pardus shows his lamb to potentialbiddersasheheadstothesalering.
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By Becky PetersonASRA Secretary
The Shropshire breed boasted the largest numbers at the Ohio State Fair this past August with 103 junior show sheep and 150 open show sheep. The weather was pleasant without the swel-tering heat of other years. ASRA secre-tary Becky Peterson flew to Columbus for her first Midwest state fair and was not disappointed. Agriculture promotion was every-where as it should be in spite of the now too common budget cuts. The sheep show featured excellent quality and it ran deep in many classes. The open show even received a visit from Ohio Senator Democrat Sherrod Brown. He arrived with his entourage in the middle of the one of the yearling ewe classes. One of his aids was Joe Shultz, son of Bill Shultz. Senator Brown observed the show, spoke to the crowd and mingled with the exhibitors in the ring. Everyone
was pleased to know that he has an ag-ricultural background. It generated lots of picture-taking and the ring was abuzz for a little while. When the open show was said and done, High Life Farm had been presented with the C. Emil Hartzell Memorial Award for the Best Pen of Lambs. This exhibitor also won Champion Ram, Champion Ewe, the Flock Class and was Premier Exhibitor.
Open Shropshire ShowJudged by Mike Stitzlein
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Yearling Ram - 12 shown 1. Sean Bryant, Fredericktown, OH 2. John Melvin Family, Mt. Sterling, OH 3. Molly Creamer, Prospect, OH 4. Mark McCabe Family, Prospect, OHFall Ram Lamb - 1 shown, 1. Morgan Johnson, Wooster, OHEarly Spring Ram Lamb - 18 shown, 2. High Life Farm, McDermott, OH 3. John Melvin Family
Shrops top numbers at Ohio Fair
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4. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt, Anna, OH 5. Glenn & Joan High, Lexington, OHLate Spring Ram Lamb - 21 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt 3. Megan Hardesty, New Bremen, OH 4. High Life Farm 5. Sarah Nichols, Quaker City, OHPair of Ram Lambs – 9 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt 3. Sarah Nichols, Quaker City, OH 4. Sean Bryant 5. John Melvin Family,Grand Champion Ram High Life Farm (Early Spring Ram Lamb)Grand Champion Ram John Melvin Family (Early Spring Ram Lamb)Early Yearling Ewe 1. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt 2. Glenn & Joan High 3. Sean Bryant 4. John Melvin Family 5. Molly CreamerLate Yearling Ewe – 16 shown 1. High Life Farm, 2. BWB Farms, Martinsville, OH 3. Sean Bryant 4. Isler Shropshires, Prospect, OH
5. Barnes Farms, Radnor, OHPair of Yearling Ewes - 11 shown 1. Barnes Farms 2. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt, 3. Sean Bryant 4. High Life Farm 5. John Melvin FamilyFall Ewe Lamb - 3 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. John Melvin Family 3. Megan Hardesty �
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Early Spring Ewe Lamb – 9 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. Schoolhouse Shropshires, Xenia, OH 3. Jordan Kaeck /Brandt 4. Sean Bryant 5. Pence Farms, Tiffin, OHIntermediate Spring Ewe Lamb – 29 shown 1. Barnes Unlimited LLC, Ashley, OH 2. High Life Farm 3. Megan Hardesty 4. Mark McCabe Family 5. Mark McCabe FamilyLate Spring Ewe Lamb – 20 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. Jordan Kaeck/Brandt 3. Sean Bryant 4. Barnes Farms 5. Glenn &Joan HighPair of Ewe Lambs – 13 shown 1. High Life Farm 2. Sean Bryant 3. Jordan Kaeck/Brandt 4. Glenn & Joan High 5. Mark McCabe Family
Grand Champion Ewe High Life Farm (Early Spring Ewe Lamb)Reserve Grand Champion Ewe Jordan Kaeck (Early Yearling Ewe)Set of Twin Lambs - 7 shown, 1. High Life Farm 2. Barnes Unlimited LLC 3. Sean Bryant, 4. Schoolhouse Shropshires, 5. Glenn & Joan HighBest Pen of 4 Lambs - 8 shown 1. High Life Farm, 2. Jordan Kaeck/Brandt 3. Sean Bryant 4. Glenn & Joan High 5. John Melvin Family Flock - 8 shown 1. High Life Farm, 2. Jordan Kaeck/BrandtPremier Exhibitor High Life FarmMax Bryant Award for the Best Pair Barnes Farms
Frank Lacko was 10 years old in 1957 when he posed behind the barns at the Cobleskill fairgrounds in Cobleskill, N.Y. for this photo. Elaine Jaycox says her father only raised sheep for a few years as a 4-H project and then it became a crop fair. “The ironic thing is that my husband and I have recently moved back to his farm and I have moved my Shrops back into the barn and pasture where he had his shrops 50 years ago,” shares Elaine.
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4th Place ewe lamb in a class of 29 at the 2008 Ohio State Fair.
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Illinois State Fair The Illinois State Fair Champion Ram was shown by Brianna Brockmann on her yearling ram. Cameron Snyder won reserve with an early junior lamb. The two exchanged places in the ewe show with champion ewe being shown by Cameron Snyder on a year-ling and Brianna Brockmann receiving the reserve on a yearling ewe. Brianna Brockmann also won the Premiere Exhibitor award.
Indiana State Fair The champion ram at the Indiana State Fair was a yearling shown by Mike Elsbury and Family of Indiana. Tom Slutz of Illinois showed the reserve on an early spring ram lamb. The champion ewe was a yearling shown by Jaedyn Slutz of Illinois. Re-serve champion ewe was on a spring ewe lamb shown by Mike and Karen Elsbury.
Missouri State FairSubmittedbyKarenJohnson The Shropshires were the largest breed show at the Missouri State Fair. There were 86 head of Shrops shown. Slick shearing has had a positive impact on this show. We were getting very low in numbers and that is certainly not the case today. Ron Guenter of Ohio was the judge of this show. Champion Ram was a yearling shown by Long Branch Ranch/Bartholomew of Missouri. Reserve champion ram in the open class was Tim Roberts of Oklahoma and reserve champion ewe was on a yearling shown by RoKaJo, Missouri.
Tim Roberts won champion ewe and reserve champion ewe in the open class, Missouri champion went to Ro-KaJo and JBJ Livestock had reserve. RoKaJo also had First Place Missouri Flock and were Premier Exhibitor.
Ozark Empire Fair The quality of animals in this show was outstanding. The 13 yearling ewes were outstanding and anyone could have started a fantastic flock with them. These sheep went on to Missouri State Fair and were very competitive. RoKaJo of Missouri showed both the champion ram and champion ewe on yearlings. J & B Livestock exhibited the reserve champion ram, which was also a yearling. Owen Walker’s yearling ewe was reserve champion ewe.
Wisconsin State Fair City Limits Sheep Farm of Illinois showed the grand champion and re-serve grand champion rams, both year-lings, at the Wisconsin State Fair. They also showed the grand champion year-ling ewe. Kipp Farms of Wisconsin exhibited the reserve grand champion ewe, a yearling.
Pennsylvania Farm Show Champion ram was a yearling exhibit-ed by Derek Spayd. Denise Hardisky re-ceived reserve champion on her yearling. Denise Hardisky also showed the champion ewe, a yearling and R&R Brown was reserve champion ewe with an early spring ewe lamb. R&R Brown was also Premier Breed-er and Premier Exhibitor.
Shropshires on the fair circuit
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Midwest sale results A total of 37 Shrops sold for an aver-age of $338.51 at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale in Sedalia, Mo. in June. Champion ram was an early spring lamb consigned by Morgan Cabaniss and sold to Buck-ham Farms, Mich., for $750. The reserve champion ram was on a late spring lamb by Rife Shropshires and sold to Oscar Sweet, Wash., for $1000. Eli Sample consigned the champion ewe which sold for $800 to Walker Shropshires, Mo. Buckham Farms had the reserve champion ewe which sold to Heineckes of Mo. for $375. Highest selling head was an early spring ram lamb by Morgan Caban-iss that sold for $1200 to Emma Joy Hawkins of Or. For a complete listing of sales visit shorpshires.org.
Calvert tops PA Performance Test Bob Calvert of Mercer, Penn. had a ram lamb top the Pennsylvannia Performance Test. The ram was top gaining ram of the 78 on test. He had a ADG of 1.45 for the 77 day test and a lifetime gain of 1.25 (this was second to a Hampshire ram). Calvert 803–A Feb. 17, 2008 twin, weighed off at 177 lbs. and his pen feed conversion was the best – 4 pound per pound gain. “He is a good correct meaty ram – a little more wool on face than I like but a complete buck,” Calvert said. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Annual Ram Test concluded on Aug. 2 with the Ram Lamb and Meat Goat Buck Sale in Pennsylvania Furnace, Penn. Gary Saylor of Belle Center, Ohio sold the sale. Bob’s ram sold for $250 to Harry Herron of Georgetown, Penn. Bob’s other ram sold for $200 to Tom Hopkins, also of Georgetown. Bob also had two ewes entered in the sale. Both ewes sold to Harry Herron at $150. More information about the Ram Test Program can be found at www.agriculture.state.pa.us/lec or contact Glenn Eberly at (814) 238-2527.
Get the holidays behind you and then make plans for the next issue of The Voice. Deadline Jan. 15.
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The Shropshire Sheep Package–Size and Scale
By Cody Hiemke, Director Wisconsin-Michigan District
Fuel and commodity prices have many people in a variety of industries evaluating their business costs and the products they produce with scrutiny. As Shropshire sheep producers, we too should be scrutinizing what we produce. This evaluation should be done within the context of our own operations and also how they relate to the sheep industry as a whole. Improved from English hill sheep into a moderate sized breed that is efficient,
hardy and grows fast, a true Shropshire is ideally suited to produce fast-growing lambs that flesh easily without an abundance of grain, if any. Compared to large-framed sheep, moderate-framed Shropshire flocks require far less supplemental feed to maintain condition. This results in lower feed costs. It is undeniable that the frame size of the Shropshire national flock has increased considerably over the last 25 years. The 1983 Standard of Excellence for the American Shropshire Sheep states that mature Shropshire rams should weigh 225 to 275 pounds and mature ewes from 160 to 190 pounds. Progeny from these Shropshires within these standards would be ready for slaughter at approximately 120 pounds. This increase in frame size still
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produces a fast-growing Shropshire; however a greater mature size requires these lambs be grown to a heavier weight in order to achieve the appropriate finish for slaughter. This heavier weight will require a greater amount of time and feed to reach slaughter weight. The ewe flock will need considerably more feed to maintain condition than it would under the 1983 standard. How big are your rams and your ewe flock? At what weight would your lambs achieve a yield grade 2 carcass? Even though the average frame size has increased, there has not been a proportional increase in capacity and muscling. Less capacity in a large-framed sheep is counter-productive: less forage can be consumed by the larger sheep and therefore more grain must be supplemented to maintain condition. Harvested feedstuffs and the time required to put them in front of the animals are becoming increasingly costly. It should also be mentioned that this change in “type” and management style (more feed needed) has possibly bred out much of the hardiness that Shropshires had originally inherited from the old English hill sheep. The reduction in musculature can be proven by comparing past American Shropshire Registry Association (ASRA) programs and current data collected on Shropshires at public sale. In 1968 the ASRA announced the qualification standards for a CERTIFIED MEAT TYPE SHROPSHIRE RAM. To qualify, rams needed to sire 10 lambs (or 75% if testing more than 10 lambs) whose carcasses finished and muscled well. There were a variety of carcass weight categories lambs could qualify under. The heavier qualifying standards
required at least a 2.5 square inch loin muscle area from 56-60 lb. carcasses or a 2.7 sq. loin area from 61-65 lb carcasses. These carcass weights equate to 112-120 and 121-130 pound live lambs, respectively. Ultrasonic fat and muscle measure-ments were collected during the 2004 and 2008 Shropshire Spectacular events in Springfield, Ill. The 21 lambs evaluated during these years averaged 2.4 square inch loin muscle areas when adjusted to a common weight of 135 pounds (the low was 1.96 and high was 2.99 square inches). A 135 pound lamb equates to a 67 pound carcass. In the 1960s and 1970s we were capable of producing Shropshire lambs that fleshed easily with greater than 2.5 square inch loin muscle areas at low weights. Today we are growing a Shropshire that, on average, will not achieve a 2.5 square inch loin on a much heavier lamb. Has the Shropshire breed made positive changes to size and scale in the past two and a half decades? What is the optimum size for Shropshires to fit the desires of the commercial industry without disparaging the assets of the breed? Shropshire rams can have a place in the commercial sheep industry. Although the sheep industry is considerably fragmented between purebred and commercial producers, there remains great potential for the sale of rams to large commercial sheep producers if the purebred producer can provide the type of rams that the commercial flock needs. Western range breeders will buy upwards of 20 rams per year to cover a band (1000) of ewes. Commercial lamb producers will �
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pay premium for a steady, reliable and consistent supply of rams that: have adequate testicle size and no structural faults, live past their third birthday, and will sire a thrifty and fast-growing lamb that will be ready for slaughter at 130 to 140 pounds. Most terminal sire rams do not last into year two because they cannot maintain themselves under grazing conditions when breeding ewes; they are too big and can’t consume enough feed to maintain health, much less condition. Many of these commercial growers maintain ewe flocks with average weights between 155 and 185 pounds. Table one below is a tool that can assist in the management of average mature flock weights to target specific lean lamb slaughter weights. This table can be used to match optimum mature
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This table is adapted from "Strategies for Producing USDA Yield Grade 2 Lambs," by Dr. Dave Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Animal Sciences Extension Sheep Specialist.
Mature Ram Weight, lbs
Mature Ewe Weight, lbs
Table 1. Target slaughter weights a to produce YG2 carcasses from ewe and wether lambs produced from sire and dam breeds of varying mature weights.
aTarget slaughter weight = ((sire mature weight*1.30+ ewe mature weight)/2) * .65
Shaded areas indicate desired live weights for market lambs in most commercial markets.
weights within a purebred flock to meet a certain lamb slaughter weight or, similarly, by evaluating weights of purebred rams to be bred to commercial white faced ewes. To conclude, I would like to assure you that this article is not written to tell anyone what kind of Shropshires they should raise. I prefer to offer this article as something that is thought-provoking; in part, to comment on the change in size and scale of the Shropshire breed, but mostly to prompt us to evaluate the type of Shropshire we are raising, if it fits into our own production goals, and if it makes sense within the greater sheep industry.
Respectfully submitted,Cody Hiemke
Wisconsin-Michigan DirectorNiman Ranch Lamb Program Manager
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All-American Junior Show A fine time was had by all in Sedalia for the 15th All-American Junior Show. 190 exhibitors from 19 states brought 870 head representing 13 breeds. Shropshires boasted the fourth largest contingent with 92 head. In addition to the class results that follow, we congratulate other winners: Ohio’s Jacob Fowler and the winning 3-3 basketball team, Maryland’s Ashley Fuss with her Shropshire fleece, Erik Mrozinski and his success in the Senior Skillathon, Hallie Walker and her Group 2 Judging Contest victory, Tyler Bruhin’s Photo Skills in the Intermediate Class and also Tyler’s Essay. The ASRA received support from BWB Farms – Rick Whiting, Steve and Rinda Maddox, Tim Roberts, Whitte Family Shropshires and Becky Peterson. The 2009 All-American Junior Show will be held in Greenville, Ohio on July 3-5. Financial support, of course, is al-ways needed. For more information see
www.allamericanjuniorshow.com.
All American Junior Show ResultsMissouri State Fair Grounds
Sedalia, MissouriJudge- Steve ReidSenior Ram Lamb – 1 shown 1. Tyler Bruhin, TNJanuary Ram Lamb – 3 shown 1. Kaitlin Whiting, OH 2. Tyler Bruhin 3. Nicholas Cross, TNFebruary Ram Lamb – 10 shown 1. Erik Mrozinski, IN 2. Tyler Bruhin 3. Nicholas Cross 4. Erik Mrozinski 5. Monica Ebert, KSMarch Ram Lamb – 4 shown 1. Dalton Hicks, OK 2. Erik Mrozinski 3. Jared Frieze, MO 4. Monica EbertChampion Ram Erik Mrozinski–February Ram LambReserve Champion Ram Kaitlin Whiting–January Ram LambYearling Ewe – 21 shown 1. Hallie Walker, MA
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2. Kaitlin Whiting 3. Caleb Fritz, TN 4. Chris Whittaker, IL 5. Ashley Fuss, MD 6. Tyler Bruhin 7. Erik Mrozinski 8. Tyler Bruhin 9. Dalton Hicks 10. Caleb FritzPair of Yearling Ewes – 8 shown 1. Tyler Bruhin 2. Caleb Fritz 3. Erik Mrozinski 4. Ashley Fuss 5. Nicholas CrossSenior Ewe Lamb – 2 shown 1. Tyler Bruhin 2. Nicholas CrossJanuary Ewe Lamb – 12 shown 1. Tyler Bruhin 2. Logan Van Horn, KS 3. Kaitlin Whiting 4. Chris Whittaker 5. Caleb FritzFebruary Ewe Lamb – 18 shown 1. Kyle Verhaeghe, IN �
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2. Erik Mrozinski 3. Chris Whittaker 4. Erik Mrozinski 5. Tyler Bruhin 6. Monica Ebert 7. Kaitlyn Fuss 8. Nicholas Cross 9. Monica Ebert 10. Kaitlin WhitingMarch Ewe Lamb – 11 shown 1. Nicholas Cross 2. Monica Ebert 3. Erik Mrozinski 4. Caleb Fritz 5. Jared FriezePair of Ewe Lambs – 13 shown 1. Erik Mrozinski 2. Tyler Bruhin
3. Kaitlin Whiting 4. Caleb Fritz 5. Monica EbertYoung Flock – 10 shown 1. Erik Mrozinski 2. Tyler Bruhin 3. Kaitlin Whiting 4. Caleb Fritz 5. Dalton HicksBest Four Head of Ewes – 8 shown 1. Tyler Bruhin 2. Erik Mrozinski 3. Caleb Fritz 4. Kaitlin Whiting 5. Chris WhittakerChampion Ewe Hallie Walker – Yearling EweReserve Champion Ewe Kaitlin Whiting – Yearling EweTop Gun Winner Monica Ebert
Junior activities schedule for NAILEfri., Nov. 14 � p.m. Sheep Lead Contest � p.m. Market Lamb Showmanshipsat., Nov. 15 � a.m. Junior Wether Show � p.m. Quiz Bowl (see details below) after Quiz Bowl Pizza Party & meeting for all Shropshire youth.sun., Nov. 16 TBa National Junior Show Quiz Bowl — � Per team. Must include one member �� and under as well as one boy and/or one girl. Cash awards will be given at the conclusion of the quiz bowl. each �st place team member will receive $��, each �nd place team member will receive $�0, and each �rd place team member will receive $�. The cash will be awarded before the pizza party.
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21 Sheep 14 exbitorsFall Ram 1. Katie SchimmSpring Ram 1. Brianna Brockman 2. Tom Buckland 3. Jaedyn Slutz 4. Chris Whittaker Yearling Ewe– 1. Brianna Brockman 2. Julie Elsbury 3. Chris Whittaker 4. Jaedyn Slutz 5. Chris Whittaker 6. Sarah Nyen (1st Futurity) 7. Sarah Nyen (2nd Futurity) 8. Duane Elsbury (3rd Futurity)Fall Ewe 1. Breanna Brockman 2. Katie Schimm 3. Katie SchimmSpring Ewe 1. Jaedyn Slutz
2. Breanna Brockman 3. Chris Whittaker 4. Breanna Brockman 5. Chris Whittaker
ShowmanshipJuniors Austin Brockman, winner Jaedyn Slutz Logan Flaxington
2008 Spectacular Junior Show
Intermediate Chris Whittaker Breanna Brockman Sarah NyenSenior Eric Morinski Molly Creamer John Whittaker Mitchell Gillett
Thejudgespeakswiththeshowmanshipclass,fromleft,ChrisWhittaker,BreannaBrockmanandSarahNyen.
JuniorShowmanshipClass,fromleft,LoganFlaxington,JaedynSlutzandclasswinnerAustinBrockmann.
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Place Points Name State Ewe Lamb Shows Scrapie No 1. 44 Tyler Bruhin TN Rife 08-060 4 OHO933-0577 2. 42 Jaedyn Slutz IL Elsbury 1102 5 INH58374-30015 3. 39 Kaitlin Whiting OH Buckham 08-10 5 MI1136-8010 4. 35 Kaitlyn Fuss MD Bryant 08-39 3 OHA-49385 5. 30 Sean Bryant OH Brandt 8015 3 OHO146-8015 6. 29 Logan Van Horn IL Rueber 148 3 IA1038-0855 7. 28 Kyle Moshier IL Rueber B141 5 IA1038-0854 8. 24 Nicole Martin OH Rolling Hills 8015 5 PA3282-0146 9. 23 Kaitlin Whiting OH Rife 08-046 5 OHO933-057410. 20 Chris Whittaker IL Rife 08-101 1 OHO933-059910. 20 Tylere Majchrzak MD Rife 08-039 3 OHO933-0576 12. 17 Ashley Fuss MD Rife 08-115 3 OHO933-0584 13. 16 Caleb Fritz TN BWB 8002 1 OH3165-080213. 16 Kaitlin Klair DE Bryant 08-06 3 OHO592-7031 15. 14 Tyler Bruhin TN Brooks 07-135 3 IN61013-002316. 13 Mary Evans OH McCabe 812 4 OHO382-812 17. 12 Nicloe Martin OH High life 8029 5 OHO694-8029 18. 10 Monica Ebert KS Rife 08-080 3 OHO933-060319. 07 Kaitlin Klair DE High Life 8025 3 OHO694-802520. 06 Molly Jo Woods IL Crago 1280 2 MT1850-014421. 05 Mariah Shearer IN Rife 08-015 3 OHO933-057222. 04 Ashley Fuss MD Bryant 08-63 1 OHA-4938622. 04 Mariah Shearer IN Anderson 08-03 1 ILMLA022124. 02 Kaitlyn Fuss MD Creamer 2816 1 OHO376-2816
Ewe Lamb Futurity
2008 Shropshire Futurity Standings as of 9-17-08 The futurity for 2008 once again has the most ewe lambs nominated. The 92 head nominated will make a purse of $1840. The 24 ewe lambs being shown for points are the most ever. Points are updated on a weekly basis and can be viewed at shropshires.org. Questions about points can be directed to Mark McCabe. (740)494-2969 or e-mail [email protected].
Futurity competition began at the Shropshire ClassicYearlingEweFuturitywinneratthe2008Shropshire Classic was PaxtonWenger.Her yearling ewe is S Bar S 638 andwas purchased at the Classic last yearwhere it placed third in the ShropshireEweLambFuturity.
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Oregon State Fair
Junior ShowSubmitted by Chris Peppmeier
Secretary, NorthWest Shropshire Breeders Association
Senior Showmanship (ages 15-21) 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Brett Deedon 3. Laurie KochJunior Showmanship (ages 6-14) 1. Luke Hawkins 2. Tatiana Thompson 3. Palmer DeedonYearling Ewe 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Palmer Deedon 3. Emma/Luke Hawkins 4. Stephanie Barker 5. Brett DeedonSenior Ewe Lamb 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Stephanie BarkerJunior Ewe Lamb 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Emma/Luke Hawkins 3. Emma/ Luke Hawkins 4. Tatiana Thompson 5. Laurie KochBest Pair 1. Stephanie Barker 2. Emma/Luke Hawkins 3. Palmer DeedonChampion Ewe–Spring Ewe Lamb Stephanie BarkerReserve Champion Ewe:–Yearling Ewe Stephanie Barker
Juniorexhibitorsat theOregonStateFair,from left– Luke Hawkins, Brett Deedon,TatianaThompson,PalmerDeedon,LaurieKochandStephanieBarker.
California Champion Sydney Johnson, 16, showed her yearling ram, Anderson Farms 149 (aka: Slick) to the Champion All Other Meat Breed Ram title at the California State Fair. Slick won his class and division, competing against Cheviots and Oxfords. Sydney owns a small flock of Shropshires, Rafiki Farms, in Windsor, California.
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Ohio State Fair Junior ShowShowmanship – All Breeds Together Age 9 and 10 1. Jacob Fowler 5. Jacob WennerAge 11 and 12 4. Taylor Darby High 5. Jordan KaeckAge 15 and 16 3. Katherine Wenner 4. Meghan Hardesty 5. Nicole MartinAge 17 and 18 1. Katelyn Melvin 2. Sara Nichols 4. Molly Creamer
Junior Shropshire ShowJudged by Dave Cook
Yearling Ram – 8 shown 1. Sean Bryant, Fredericktown, OH 2. Molly Creamer, Prospect, OH 3. Alyssa Pence, Old Fort, OH 4. Katelyn Melvin, Mount Sterling, OH
Junior Ram Lamb – 14 shown 1. Jordan Kaeck, Wapokoneta, OH 2. Taylor Darby High, McDermott, OH 3. Taylor Darby High 4. Molly Creamer 5. Katelyn Melvin 6. Alyssa PenceLate Ram Lamb – 14 shown 1. Taylor Darby High 2. Taylor Darby High 3. Trevor High, McDermott, OH 4. Jordan Kaeck 5. Sarah Nichols, Quaker City, OH 6. Sarah NicholsCHAMPION RAM Sean Bryant – Yearling RamRESERVE CHAMPION RAM Molly Creamer- Yearling RamYearling Ewe – 26 shown 1. Taylor Darby High 2. Sean Bryant 3. Mary Evans, West Mansfield, OH 4. Katelyn Melvin 5. Katelyn Melvin 6. Paxton Wenger, Marion, OH 7. Sean Bryan 8. Kaitlyn Whiting, Martinsville, OH 9. Molly Creamer
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Taylor Darby High’s Champion Ewe wasalsonamedSuprememChampionEwe.
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10.Molly Creamer 11. Alyssa Pence 12. Taylor Darby HighSenior Ewe Lamb – 3 shown 1. Katelyn Melvin 2. Meghan Hardesty, New Bremen, OH 3. Taylor Darby HighEarly Ewe Lamb – 18 shown 1. Taylor Darby High 2. Meghan Hardesty 3. Molly Creamer, Prospect, OH 4. Taylor Darby High 5. Sarah Nichols 6. Ashley Morgan, Lebanon, OH 7. Molly Creamer 8. Trevor High, McDermott 9. Nicole Martin, Xenia, OH 10. Sean Bryant 11. Ellen McDevitt-Stredney, Sunbury, OHLate Ewe Lamb – 20 shown 1. Alyssa Pence 2. Taylor Darby High 3. Sean Bryant 4. Mary Evans 5. Ellen McDevitt-Stredney 6. Katelyn Melvin 7. Alyssa Pence 8. Sean Bryant 9. Sarah Nichols 10. Molly Hardesty 11. Jacob Wenner, Lewis Center, OHCHAMPION EWE Taylor Darby High – Yearling Ewe (This ewe was also named Supreme Champion Ewe)RESERVE CHAMPION EWE Sean Bryant - Yearling EweFlock – 9 shown 1. Taylor Darby High 2. Sean Bryant 3. Molly Creamer 4. Jordan Kaeck, Wapokoneta, OH 5. Katelyn MelvinBest Three Head
Sarah Nyen places 2nd Sarah Nyen placed second in the Ladies Lead class at the Stephenson County Fair in Freeport, Ill. this summer. She is shown here with Carolyn Dezell who is widely known in the area for making the wool outfits chosen by the young ladies.
Darby HighBest Headed Ewe – 7 shown Meghan HardestyBest Headed Ram – 5 shown Sean BryantPremier Exhibitor Darby High
Junior Market Lamb ShowJudged by Allen Hybsha, Bingen, OK
1. Hunter Shoemaker, London, OH 132 lbs. (7th Place Overall Carcass)2. Kyle Burton, Camden, OH 126 lbs. (First Place Overall Carcass)3. Jake Westlake, Marysville, OH 125 lbs.4. Megan Hunker, Bellevue, OH 125 lbs.5. Stacey King, Pettisville, OH 132 lbs.
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Indiana State Fair Junior ShowSubmitted by Lori Brown
The 4-H Shropshire breeding ewe show at the Indiana State Fair was one of the largest breed shows of the fair featuring 73 ewes. Champion ewe was shown by Austin Bechtold with Trent Bechtold earning Reserve Champion honors. Nathan Avery showed the Best Pair of Yearling ewes and exhibited the Best Three Head. In the showmanship contests, junior showman was Logan Elsbury, intermediate was Trent Bechtold and Austin Bechtold was named senior showman. Austin went on to be named the Overall Senior Showman of All Breeds. Also earning awards was Blaze Brooks,
Champion Ewe and Res. Champion EwewasshownbyAustinandTrentBechtold.
JulieElsbury,left,wasawardedthePremiereBreederplaquebyIndianaRoyalty.
BlazeBrookswasthewinnerofaewelambdonatedbyMikeandKarenElsbury.
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herdsman and champion trimmer; Julie Elsbury, premier breeder; and Mariah Shearer, champion fleece. Each year a Shropshire breeder donates a lamb to be donated to a 4-H member. Each exhibitor receives one ticket for each ewe that he/she shows. This year Blaze Brooks was the lucky winner of a ewe lamb donated by Mike and Karen Elsbury family. There were 27 exhibitors with six being first-time exhibitors at the Indiana State Fair. New exhibitors were Jacob Rogers, Matt Dirlam, Mekenna
Mrozinski, Rylie Miller, Marty Edwards and Matt Hardy. These new exhibitors received a Shropshire T-shirt. The exhibitors were treated to a pizza party before the ewe show, courtesy of the Indiana Shropshire Association. In the market lamb show, there were 18 lambs exhibited. The champion was shown by Brittany Thompson and reserve was Courtney Gray. Junior showmanship winner was Aris Moreno; intermediate was Jacinda Thompson and senior was Austin Bechtold.
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the premier show in New England and rivals many of the Mid-western junior events. Hallie Walker of Massachusetts was one of the recipients of the 2008 New England Youth Grant. Three of these $150 cash awards are given each year to youngsters as a help to their sheep projects. Hallie will return in 2009 with a presentation about her Shropshire project. Shropshire results are as fol-lows:Senior Showmanship 1. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 2. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 3. Britt Hallet, Stow, MAJunior Showmanship Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MAYearling Ram Britt Hallet, Stow, MASenior Ram Lamb Darcy Webster, Windham, MEIntermediate Ram Lamb Darcy Webster, Windham, ME Britt Hallet, Stow, MAJunior Ram Lamb
North East Youth Show
July 20, 2008West Springfield, MA
Judge: Steve Taylor, State College, PA
The North East Youth Sheep Show is held in conjunction with the New Eng-land Sale on the grounds of the Big E and is sponsored in part by the New England Sheep & Wool Growers. The New England Shropshire Association, under the direction of Chip Hallett, helped to organize the Shropshire ac-tivities. The youngsters were presented with T-shirts that listed the many supporters of the show. The purple shirts were very striking in the showring with the black faces of the Shropshires. This show is
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1. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Britt Hallet, Stow, MA 4. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NYPair of Ram Lambs 1. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 2. Britt Hallet, Stow, MA 3. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NYChampion Ram-Senior Ram Lamb Darcy Webster, Windham, MEReserve Champion Ram-Interm. Lamb, Darcy Webster, Windham, MEYearling Ewe 1. Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MA 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 4. Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MA 5. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 6. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 7. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 8. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 9. Britt Hallet, Stow, MA 10.Britt Hallet, Stow, MAPair of Yearling Ewes 1. Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MA 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 4. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 5. Britt Hallet, Stow, MASenior Ewe Lamb 1. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY
2. Britt Hallet, Stow, MAIntermediate Ewe Lamb 1. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 4. Britt Hallet, Stow, MAJunior Ewe Lamb 1. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MA 4. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 5. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NYPair of Ewe Lambs 1. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 2. Britt Hallet, Stow, MA 3. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 4. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, MEChampion Ewe-Yearling Ewe Hallie Walker, Williamstown, MAReserve Champion Ewe- 2nd Yearling, Mandy Swartz, Attica, NYExhibitors Flock 1. Darcy Webster, Windham, ME 2. Mandy Swartz, Attica, NY 3. Roxanne Moreau, Durham, ME 4. Britt Hallet, Stow, MAMarket Lamb 1. Meagan Stephens, Clinton Corners, NY 2. Britt Hallet, Stow, MA0
Reserve Champion Ram(Interm. Lamb) shown byDarcyWebster,ME.
Champion Ram (SeniorRamLamb)shownbyDar-cyWebsterofME.
Reserve Champion Ewe(2nd Yearling) shown byMandySwartz,NY.
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NW Shropshire Breeders Association2008 Starter Flock Award
Submitted by Chris PeppmeierSecretary, NorthWest Shropshire
Breeders Association
Tatiana Thompson of Philomath, Oregon is the recipient of the 2008 Starter Flock Award. She has been in 4-H for one year and her 4-H leader, Nellie Oehler, commends her for “being an enthusiastic member accomplishing a lot in just a short period of time.” Tatiana and her family took advantage of every sheep training program offered this spring. Tatiana is also an active student at Philomath Middle School. While maintaining a 4.0 GPA she participates in soccer, softball, basketball, track, band,
and 4-H. Because she has the ability to prioritize and organize her activities, she is able to have success in all her activities and gives each 100% effort. She is dedicated to being in 4-H for many years. Her future plans are to attend Oregon State University and pursue a degree in animal science. The NW Shropshire Breeders Association feels that Tatiana will be a great ambassador for the Shropshire Association.
TatianaThompsonwins the2008StarterFlockAwardbytheNWShropAssociation.
J & R Farm ShropshiresWe purchased the son of Juice at the 2008 spectacular from Dennis
Avery. This January ram Lamb was 5th at the Indiana state fair. see him at the National show in November.
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Eight scholarship appli-cations were received in 2008. Four of them were extremely good and went through several hands over the summer in order to finally determine who would be the recipients. The top winner is Stephanie Barker from Hillsboro, Oregon and the second recipient is Duane Elsbury of Greenfield, Ind.
Stephanie Barker She is enrolled as a freshman at the Portland State University and is pursuing a degree in Architecture. Stephanie is the daughter of Sue Kalina Barker. She gradu-ated from Hillsboro High School in June
2008 where she was the class valedictori-an with a GPA of 4.0. She was a member of the National Hon-or Society and the concert and encore choir. She has served
as her FFA Chapter treasurer and has received the Sheep Proficiency Award, the Principal’s Leadership Award, and has been named as Student of the Year in his-tory and English, as well as student of the month several times. She also has been named to Who’s Who Among America High School Students four times. Outside of school, Stephanie has been a state 4-H ambassador and camp coun-selor. She has attended National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga. and was the Na-tional Embroidery Award winner in the Make It With Wool competition. She was also a center mid-fielder in the Hillsboro Soccer Club for six years and was co-
captain her senior year. Stephanie receives an award of $500 from The American Shropshire Registry Association. Here is a portion of her scholarship essay: My involvement with sheep started the minute I was born. My grandpa is a retired 35-year 4-H leader and my mom a 28-year 4-H leader, both with livestock, I was smack in the middle of sheep heav-en. I attended my first fair when I was two months old. My grandpa, Jack Kalina, got me started with my own Shropshires with a beautiful ewe lamb named Sunny. The next year I got a great ewe lamb named Katie. These two ewes have been the cornerstone of my flock. Katie was my baby because as a triple, her mother died when Katie was two days old. As a bottle lamb she was very friendly. Shegrew tremendously and was Supreme �
Scholarship winners announced
StephanieBarkerwithherspringewelamb,“Sunshine”whowonSupremeEweattheOregonState4-HFair.
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Ewe at the Washington County Fair in open class. It was at the fair that we dis-covered Katie had a sweet tooth. Oreos, licorice, soda pop, ham sandwiches, you name it, she ate it. Because Katie was so friendly, she was great to use to help educate the public about sheep and the sheep industry. To this day, Katie runs towards the Honda to greet me rather than run away like the rest of the sheep. She is special. I started showing in junior shows before I was old enough for 4-H. The Northwest Shropshire Breeders Asso-ciation is very supportive of the junior breeders. I have shown my Shropshires in junior shows at the Oregon State Fair, Clark County Fair and Western Washing-ton State Fair. Today I am involved with my sheep in 4-H, FFA, junior shows and open class. With the help of my grandpa, my flock has grown to a dozen ewes with our family flock of 25 ewes. The quality of my flock has increased to the point that I was Premier Exhibitor in open class at the Western Washington State Fair last year and I represented the Shropshires in the Puyallup Cup for supreme young flock. The Northwest Shropshire Breeders Association is very active in promoting Shropshire sheep and promoting youth activities. I have been a Junior Director on the board and was active in helping with the National Shropshire Show when it was held at the Western Washington Fair. My mom was chairman of the junior show, and I helped with the awards, espe-cially with the fund-raising for support of the awards including at the annual ban-quet with the brown bag raffle.
My direct work on the farm has in-creased as the years have passed. When I was younger my work involved train-ing my sheep for fairs, bedding the barns and helping feed the lambs. In the past five years, my duties have grown to full health care, shearing all the sheep for show preparation, putting the hay, straw and oats into the barn, feeding the entire flock and helping with the breeding pro-gram. This past year as my grandpa had knee replacement surgery during the middle of lambing season and then from those tests was diagnosed with blood cancer. Regular work at the farm has now be-come a big part of my life. Grandpa has not been to the barn in several months. Today he is doing better, but work is very limited. I have helped lamb all the ewes, set up the barn for creep feeding, taken care of the veterinary needs, the feed-ing program, the marketing of lambs and ewes, pasture rotation and fence repair. Grandpa has taught me well and helping him is important to me. Raising and showing sheep has given me so many opportunities and awards. I have traveled from coast to coast either exhibiting or attending meetings, Nation-al 4-H Congress, State Ambassador (4-H and Wool), Supreme Ewes at county and state fairs, Outstanding Sheep Exhibitor in 4-H and FFA and now scholarship opportunities to further my education. However the best reward for working with the sheep has been the close rela-tionship with my Grandpa and Grandma. Not many kids get the opportunity to be with their grandparents the way I have and I would not trade it for the world. The sheep have allowed me time with my grandparents, the greatest gift of all. I love my sheep!
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Duane Elsbury The second winner is Duane Elsbury of Greenfield, Ind. Duane is the son of Mike and Karen Elsbury. He graduated from Eastern Hancock High School in May, 2007. He is enrolled as a sopho-more at Franklin College where he is studying biology and pre-med. In high school, he boasted a 3.9599 GPA and was the recipient of the Royal Athletic Scholar Award six times. He also was on the honor roll seven years and received the Mathematics and Science Excellence Awards. Duane has been a very busy athlete, winning several awards in tennis and bas-ketball. He also played baseball for two years and golf for four years. Duane was a member of the National Honor So-ciety. While at Franklin College, he has been on the Dean’s List for two semes-ters and was named Outstanding Fresh-man Biology Student. Away from school, Duane has been a 4-H Junior Leader and a 10-year member. He has been involved in the family Shropshire business as well as showing goats, rabbits, swine and beef cows. He has twice been the Indiana Shropshire Ambassador. Duane receives an award of $300 from The American Shropshire Registry Association. Here is a portion of his essay: My great-grandfather started his Shropshire flock in the late 1940’s. This tradition has been passed down from my grandfather, to my father, and finally to me. Our family owns anywhere from 150 to 200 head of Shropshire sheep, de-pending on the time of the year. I am re-sponsible for regular day-to-day chores, from feeding and watering, to making sure each animal is growing well and in good health. I also help during lambing season to make sure everything goes as
close to planned as possible. From setting up lambing pens to deliv-ering lambs in the middle of the night, I try to be as helpful as possible during this stressful time. I also help when it’s time for vaccination, worming, hauling manure, and shearing. I also select which ewes and market lambs I am going to show. With this comes the job of halter break-ing, exercising, and practicing showing each animal. Another thing I do is when it is time I help bale hay and straw. I have exhibited my Shropshires at a wide variety of shows and sales. I have exhibited champion Shropshire ewes at the Hancock County 4-H Fair. In 2007 I had the Reserve Supreme Champion Ewe at the county fair. Also at the Han-cock County Fair I won Champion Senior Showman of all breeds in 2006. I also have had champion Shropshire ewe and ram as well as supreme champion ram at �
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the Marion County open show. I have also exhibited Shropshires at the Indiana State Fair all 10 years of my 4-H career. My first year in 4-H I was fortunate to have a good group of ewes with which I won a few classes. The next year I came back to the state fair and I had a couple of good yearling ewes and one ended up being selected the champion Shropshire ewe. Over the years I have had great suc-cess with my sheep at the Indiana State Fair. I had champion ewe at the Indiana State Fair in 1999, 2004 and 2007. I have also had a reserve champion ewe at the Indiana State fair in 2000. I have been fortunate enough to have several good Shropshires over the years allowing me to win the Best Three Head Award at
Mariah Shearer, granddaughter of Norm and Jan Jackson of Indiana had
the Indiana State fair in 1999, 2000, 2005, and 2007. I won champion intermediate Shropshire showman in 2003. I also ex-hibited my Shropshires in the open show at the Indiana State Fair. I have exhibited in the All-American Junior Show, the Indiana Junior Show, the Shropshire Spectacular Junior Show and the 2002 National Shropshire Show. At the Shropshire Spectacular I have had the first place futurity ewe, and I have won intermediate Shropshire showman-ship at the Spectacular. I have really en-joyed my 10 years of 4-H while showing Shropshire sheep. I plan on continuing my family tradition so my children will be able to enjoy some of the same experi-ences that I have. Congratulations to both of these young Shropshire enthusiasts. They set an excellent example of what our stu-dents can do!
Shearer has success in Indianathe Reserve Grand Champion Ewe at the Madison County 4-H Fair in Alex-andria, Ind. with a yearling ewe. The 4-H fair had over 100 ewes in the breeding sheep show and over 250 market lambs. The Shropshire ewe show had eight yearling ewes and 10 lambs. The Shrop-shire market lamb show had 26 lambs. Mariah also won the meat breed wool show with her Shropshire fleece. The fleece also won the Indiana State Fair Shropshire ewe 4-H wool show. Mariah also showed the yearling ewe at both the 4-H and open shows at the Indiana State Fair in August where the ewe won her class in the 4-H show and placed fifth in the open show. Mariah plans to show the ewe at the junior show in Louisville in November.
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Shropshire Ambassador My name is Sarah Kay Nyen. I live in Pecatonica, Ill. with my mom, my step-dad, and my little brother, Mason. I am 12-years-old and attend Pecatonica Middle School where I just finished sixth grade. I was lucky enough to make the 7th Grade cheerleading squad and just attended cheerleading camp. I am now attending a basketball camp – which I need really bad because I broke my wrist in January and had to sit on the bench during most of the season with my cast on my wrist. I take tap and jazz lessons at J & J School of Dance and just participated in my dance recital on June 1. This summer I am playing softball with the Pecatonica summer program. Yesterday, I just fin-ished attending the summer basketball camp at Highland Community College. I got to meet Darwin Bauwinkle who stands about 6 foot 7 inches. I have a new horse whose name is Sport, which I will show at the Win-nebago County 4-H Show. I will also show my cats. My rabbits, my sheep, photography– maybe my pony, and have taken cake decorating for the first time ever. I was lucky enough to be elected as Promoter last year, and I enjoy the sale, the banquet and attending and show-ing at all the different area fairs. I help take care of my sheep. I wash them for the fairs and trim them with the help of my mom, my uncles and my grandma and grandpa. My uncles are even letting me hold them tightly while we band the lamb’s tales and give them their shots.
I have also started showing a market lamb. With the help of my Uncle Kevin, I have done really well. The only problem is-- you have to sell them - yes it is good money, but it is hard when you know where they are going and someone will be eating them! I show my sheep at Elizabeth, War-ren, Belvidere, Pecatonica, Freeport, and Elkhorn Fairs. I am now old enough to be in Lady’s Lead with my sheep and en-joy that, too. But I really miss the costume classes that I used to be able to �
Illinois names 2008 Royalty, bids farewell to event organizers
A “good-bye” from Illinois Royalty organizers
The last 15 years has gone by so fast for us. We have great memories to take with us of all our past royalty. We enjoyed seeing them pass out ribbons and trophies and sometimes seeing them in parades. It has been a joy to see these kids also grow up and promote the Shropshire breed. We will surely miss doing this each year, even though at times it involved doing some searching to find someone to sign up. We hope you will continue to help keep this Royalty going since it has been around since 1968!! Your new chairman will be Carol Slutz of Sycamore. I feel she will do a great job for you, please welcome her when you see her.
Robin & Jerry Pardus
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be in. This year I brought my sheep which we purchased at the Shropshire Spectacular last June down to Spring-field, and I showed them this morning. Thanks for allowing me to enter the contest again this year. I think it is important to let kids be a part of the Shropshire program, and we do learn a lot.
Sincerely, Sarah Kay Nyen
Note: Sarah is the second person in the state of Illinois to ever hold all three royalty titles in her lifetime. Congratulations Sarah!
Junior Promoter Brianna Brockmann is 11-1/2 years old and is from Garden Prairie, Ill. She is the daughter of Gary and Vicky Brock-
mann. She attends Immanuel Lutheran School in Belvidere and is going into the 7th grade this fall. Brianna is in the band and plays the flute and sings with her class at church services. She plays vol-leyball and is a cheerleader for the boy’s basketball team. Brianna’s dad has been raising Shropshire sheep for 40 years. She has been around Shropshire sheep all her life. Brianna belongs to the County Clo-vers 4-H Club and this is her fourth year. She also belongs to the Boone County 4-H Federation and Ambassadors. She is her 4-H club’s reporter and is the sen-tinel for the County 4-H Ambassadors. Her projects include her Shropshire sheep and food projects. She shows her sheep at the Boone County Fair in Bel-videre, the Illinois State Fair, the North American International Livestock Ex-position junior and open shows. �
IllinoisRoyaltyandretiringorganizers,fromleft,BriannaBrockmann,JuniorPromoter,JerryPardusholdingLittleBoyBlueMasonPeterson,SarahNyen,ShropshireAmbassador,RobinPardusand,ininset,JaedynSlutz,MissBoPeep.
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Miss Bo Peep Jaedyn Slutz of Sycamore, Ill. was selected Miss Bo-Peep. A profile was not provided for publication.
Little Boy Blue
My name is Mason Robert Peter-son. I live in Pecatonica, Ill. with my mom, my dad and my big sister, Sarah. I am two and one-half years old. Last year, I when I was down here for the Springfield Shropshire Spectacular, I was still in the stroller. This year, I have discovered it is much more fun to walk and run and it is so much more fun to get into lots more stuff and trouble. I try to help feed the sheep, but I usually get yelled at because I am wast-ing the expensive feed– according to my Uncle Kevin. My experiences at the fairs last year were mostly from my stroller and the playpen. However, I managed to keep the sheep exercised and in shape by launching my toy ani-mals at them in their pens. I like feed-ing the lambs bottles, but they have to drink fast, because I am on the move. I hope I can have my own sheep one of these days and I will already know how to take care of it correctly.
Mason Peterson
The first Royce Rueber Scholarship was awarded at the Al l -Amer ican Junior Show to Tom Shambow of Janesville, Wis. Tom is a breeder of Suf-folks and Chevi-ots and very active in the ju-nior sheep world. He is the son of DVM Richard and Judy Shambow. Tom is going to the University of Wyoming. The Shambows lost their en-tire flock to a barn fire this spring. They have bought some great sheep and re-built the barn and will be coming back stronger than ever. Royce Rueber was a long-time Shrop-shire breeder, along with his wife Carol, and daughter, Aimee. After his death in 2007, the scholarship was set up in his memory by the Rueber family.
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“Your Foundation For Quality”
Brad and Rick Adams6898 S 7000 W Rd., Chebanse, IL 60922 (815) 697-2903
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Like Father…like Sons!First Place
Late Junior Ramat the Illinois State fair
“Discovery” Adams 08-60 RRNN
Reserve Grand Ramat the 2008 Spectacular
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Both winning rams were sired by Breakthrough,one of the most dominant rams in the breed.
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Agrall, LewisR.R. �, Box ��0athens, IL �����(���) ���-����
Adams shropshires ���� S �000 W RoadChebanse, IL �0��� (���) ���-��0� [email protected]
Anderson farmsMatthew, Christie, emily & andrew����� N. elliott Rd.acampo, Ca ����0(�0�) ���-���� home(�0�) ���-���� [email protected]
Anderson, Michael L.��� N ��00 ePaxton, IL �0���(���) ���-����
Avery shropshiresDennis & Nancy avery��00 Douglas RoadBremen, IN ���0�(���) �0�-0���Floyd & Sharon avery(���) ���-����
Tim & Deb barnesBarnes Farms��0� Mooney RoadRadnor, OH ��0��(��0) ���-����[email protected]
Breeder’s Index The following breeder’s list is a paid sub-scription published both in the Voice and on the shropshires.org Web site. To have your name included see the info box at end of list.
benson brothers shropshires���� e. ���th StreetNoblesville, IN ��0�0-����(���) ���-����
biogenetic services, Inc.�0� ��nd ave.Brookings, SD ��00�(�00) ���-����Fax: (�0�) ���-��0�[email protected]
black, Carol & bobewesful gifts���� State Road ��Columbus, WI �����(��0) ���-����Cell: (��0) ���-0���[email protected]
Jason botsfordRolling Hill Farms���� Rt. ���Punxsutawney, Pa �����(�0�) �0�-�0��[email protected]
bradish fam ily farmgeorge and Brenda Bradish���� St. Rt. ���Latrobe, Pa ����0(���) ���-���� or ��0�
brill, Debra & LauraShrop ‘til You Drop�0�� Pleasant grove Rd.Pleasant grove, Ca �����(��0) ���-�0�0debraann��@wildblue.net
brockmann shropshiresgary, Vicky, Brianna & austin�0�� Blake Roadgarden Prairie, IL ��0��(���) ���-����
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brooks, Wayne, Cyndi, blaze & Jenny���0 N �00 eDecatur, IN �����(��0) ���-����[email protected]
brown, rob & ronClay-Nob Farm����� Maple DriveSaegertown, Pa �����(���) ���-���[email protected]
bryant shropshiresBill Bryant���� Bryant RoadFredericktown, OH ��0��(��0) ���-�0��Cell: (��0) ���-�0��bryantb�@hotmail.combryantsheepandhorses.com
buckham farms ��0� West R avenueSchoolcraft, MI ��0�� (���) ���-���� [email protected]
bWb farms, Inc.���� green RoadMartinsville, OH �����Randy Barr (���) ���-000�Rick Whiting: (���) ���-��0�Barry Barr: (���) �0�-����[email protected]
Calvert, robert E. & family��� N. Perry Hwy.Mercer, Pa �����-����(���) ���-����
Cessna, Jim & NancyCessna Farms���00 Jerry City RoadCygnet, OH �����(���) ���-��0�[email protected]
Crago brothers shropshiresSteve & Louise Crago & Sons���� Hiatt RoadClarksville, OH �����(���) ���-����
Crago, Mark & Jennifer & family�� Maki Hill Rd.Columbus, MT ��0��(�0�) ���-����Cell: (�0�) ���-00��
Creamer, r.J. & family�0�� Centerville-Newmans Rd.Prospect, OH �����(��0) ���-����[email protected]
Diehl, J.L. & G.L.�0� St. Rt. ��Deerfield, OH 44411(��0) ���-����
Dirlam, J.N. & sons & Matthew Dirlam ����� N. Bethesda Rd. Mooresville, IN �����(���) ���-���[email protected]
Dockter, Darrell, Janet, stacy & Jason�-D Sheep Company����� S. Carpenter RoadSnohomish, Wa ����0(���) ���-���0 Cell: (���) ���-����[email protected].�dsheepcompany.com
Douglas, Donnaapril aire Farms���0� Pleasant Valley RoadWoodstock, IL �00��(���) ���-0���
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Ebert, Jeff, Kerri, Christine & Monicaebert Sheep Farm�00�� Flush Rd.St. george, KS �����Home: (���) ���-����Cell: (���) ���-����[email protected]/ebertvanhorn/index.htm
Enterline, samuelenterline Shropshires��� W. Jamestown RoadJamestown, Pa �����(���) ���-���[email protected]
Elsbury, Mikeelsbury’s Shropshires���� e �00 NGreenfield, IN 46140-8939(���) ���-����[email protected]
Galvin, samantha & JennyP.O. Box ���Turner, OR �����(�0�) ���-����jmgalvin��@yahoo.com
Gillett, MarieLMg Farm���� N ��0 e RoadMoweaqua, IL ����0(���) ���-��0�Cell: (���) ���-���[email protected]
Groverman DVM, fredF & P groverman Shropshires�00 Ormsby LanePetaluma, Ca �����(�0�) ���-����[email protected]
Gruenhagen, Jim & DonnaSS Shrops���� Jersey Ridge RoadDavenport, Ia ���0�(���) ���-���[email protected]
hardesty, Megan & MollyCome again Farm00��� Clover Four RoadNew Bremen, OH �����(���) ���-��0�[email protected]
hargrave, Kim & Katie���� State Rt ��Wayland, NY �����(���) ���-����
harold, Ashley����� Durgin Road SeOlympia, Wa �����(��0) ���-����[email protected]
heaton, fred & family��� Sessler-Buxton Rd.Russia, OH �����(���) ���-����
hiemke family shropshiresLynn, Mary, Cody, Carissa & Clayton, Heidi & Hope����� Mapleton Rd.Oconomowoc, WI(��0) ���-����Cody: (���) �0�-�0��[email protected]
high farmsglenn & Joan High�0�� Co. Rd. ��Lexington, OH ���0�(���) ���-����[email protected]
high Life farmsDavid & Jodi High & Family���� McDermott Pond Creek RoadMcDermott, OH �����(��0) ���-��0�highlifefarm�[email protected]
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Jaycox, ElaineWillaine Farm���� State Rt. �0Middleburgh, NY �����(���) ���-����Cell: (���) ���-����[email protected]
Johnson, bob & KarenRoKaJo Farm��� St. Hwy. DDMarshfield, MO 65706(���) ���-����rokajo�@centurytel.net
Kipp, LeroyBox ��North Prairie, WI �����(���) ���-����
Lisa Kowalyshyn Kindred Crossings LLC��� Route ��North Franklin, CT 0����(��0) ���-����[email protected]
Maddox, steven & rindaMaddox Shropshires��0� e �00 North RoadSidell, IL �����(���) ���-����[email protected]
Majchrzak, steve, beth,Ashley & TylerLan-O-Lin acres���� Bradley RoadFederalsburg, MD �����(��0) ���-����Cell: (�0�) ���-����[email protected]
McCabe, Mark & familyMcCabe Shropshires���� Nickelson Road Prospect, OH �����(��0) ���-����mamccabe��@hotmail.commccabeshropshires.com
McCall, CynthiaCMaC Shropshires���� ��nd RoadWashington, KS �����(�0�) ��0-����[email protected]
McNeal, robert J.���� S.e. �0 StreetBattle ground, Wa ���0�(��0) ���-���0
Ed Mies family����0 Maxwll Rd.Loami, IL �����(���) ���-���[email protected]
Miller, Edith, bryan & fabiola����� Ridge RoadDamascus, MD �0���(�0�) ���-���0(�0�) ���-����[email protected] www.shropshires.info
Miller, sam D. & familyMiller’s Back achers�0�� e. Rusk RoadTroy, OH �����(���) ���-����srmiller�0��@netzero.com
Motter, JanLane’s end Farm����� W. Rt. ���Jersey Shore, Pa ����0(��0) ���-�0��
Mrozinski, Erik��0� e ��0 N RoadP.O. Box �0�Rolling Prairie, IN �����(���) ���-����(���) ���-�0�[email protected]
Mumm, Megan�� CR ��00 NWhite Heath, IL �����(���) ���-����
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Oehler, NellieOehler Family Shropshires���0 SW West Hills RoadCorvallis, OR �����-����(���) ���-���� Peiter shrops���0 Shelby ���Shelbyville, MO �����(���) ���-000�
Pence farms�0�� W. Co. Rd. ��Tiffin, OH 44883Mike: (���) ���-��0�Doug: (���) ���-����Jay: (���) ���-��0�
Peppmeier, Christine & saraPeppmeier Family Shropshires����� SW Land Hill RoadSherwood, OR ����0 (�0�) ���-����[email protected]
Percival, Jim & DeniseSchoolhouse Shropshires��� Hoop RoadXenia, OH �����(���) ���-����[email protected]
Pipestone Vet Clinic��00 S. Hwy. ��Box ���Pipestone, MN �����(�0�) ���-����www.pipevet.com
Proffitt, Jim���0� Brady Creek RoadRichmond, MO ��0��(���) ��0-����[email protected]
riddick, DanielMayo Mountain Sheep Company��0 Mayo RoadHuntington, VT 0����(�0�) ���-����[email protected](���) ���-0���
rife, randy & JulieRife Shropshires���� Clifton Rd.Yellow Springs, OH �����(���) ���-����[email protected]
roberts, TimRoberts Farms����� Pennsylvania avenueWashington, OK ��0�� (�0�) ���-����Cell: (�0�) ���-���[email protected]
rogers, Danny & CynthiaRogers Shropshires���� W. McCracken RoadMonrovia, IN �����(���) ���-��0�dcrogers���@yahoo.com
rueber, Carol & AimeeRueber Shropshires����� ��0th St.Sumner, Ia �0���(���) ���-����[email protected]/ruebershrops
sargent, TomTom Sargent & Family���� grandview Dr.Bradford, OH ���0�(���) ���-����terry���0�@yahoo.com
seals familyS Bar S Ranch���0 B Shafer ave.Morgan Hill, Ca ��0��(�0�) ���-����(Cell:) (�0�) ���-����[email protected]
schimm, Katie����� Winterbauer ave.athens, IL �����(���) ���-0���
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silvertop farm���� West Fountain RoadPonca City, OK ���0�(��0) ���-����[email protected]
slutz, TomCity Limits Sheep FarmP.O. Box ���, �0� S. Main St.LaMoille, IL ����0(���) ���-����Cell: (���) ���-�0��tws��@excite.comwww.citylimitssheepfarm.com
smith sisters shropshires���� ��0th ave.Russell, MN �����-�0��(�0�) ���-����[email protected]
smith, Gordon & AlyceCedar Bend FarmN ���� U.S. Highway ��elkhorn, WI �����(���) ���-���[email protected]
sommer, Todd���0 New Park RoadNew Park, Pa �����(���) ���-���0
switzer, Jane E.switzer shropshires���� S. ���0 WRedkey, IN �����(���) ���-����[email protected]
Trew, Emily��� York RoadOcoee, TN �����(���) ���-����[email protected]
Verduin, CalvinVerduin’s apple Hill Farm���� Miller RoadDansville, NY �����(���) ���-��0�calv�@hotmail.com
Washburn, EmilyWashburn Shrops���� Lead Mine Roadgouverneur, NY �����(���) ���-����Cell: (���) �0�-����[email protected]
Webster, ryan��� Roosevelt TrailWindham, Me 0�0��(�0�) ���-����
Wisehart, Mark & Patty & sons���� N �00 eGreenfield, IN 46140(���) ���-��0�
Woods, Molly JoWoods Wools etc.����� County Hwy �Baylis, IL �����(���) ���-�00�Cell: (���) ���-����[email protected]
Be sure your name is listed in the Breeder’s IndexIt’s the best “phone directory” to
Shropshire breedersshropshire breeders can have their name, phone, address and e-mail addresses listed in three issues of the Voice and on the shropshire website for a 12-month period for only $30. A link to personal websites can be included for an additional $20. E-mail info to rinda Maddox: [email protected].
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AdvertisersAdams .......................................................61Anderson .................................................29Barnes ..........................Inside Back CoverBrockmann ...............................................58Dockter/Sweet ....................Front CoverEbert .........................................................14Elsbury ........................................................8Ewesful Gifts ............................................36Jackson ......................................................52Johnson .....................................................35Ketcham ...................................................60Kipp ...........................................................20Maddox .....................................................49McCabe ....................................................33Percival.....................................Back CoverPipestone .................................................21Rull.............................................................42Roberts .......................................................7Rife.............................. Inside Front CoverRueber ......................................................24Sheepman Supply ....................................39
Sydell .........................................................19Townsend’s Sales ....................................27
ArticlesAll-American Junior Show ....................40Board of Director’s Meeting ..................9Calendar ...................................................20Fund-raising baskets ...............................25Futurity .....................................................44Junior Schedule for NAILE ...................42Legal Notice ..............................................5Letters to the Editor .............................15 Matching Funds Program ........................7Midwest Sale............................................35National Sheep Improvement..............13National Show at NAILE ........................6North East Youth ....................................50Northwest Starter Flock ......................52Photo Album/Lacko ...............................32Scholarship .................................................3Shropshire Classic ..................................26Spectacular Junior Show .......................43Shropshire Spectacular .........................27
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On The Cover—Pictured on the cover is “Mojo” standing near a corn field in Ohio. The beautiful photo was provided by Oscar Sweet and shows the natural correctness and straight lines of this tremendous ram. We were excited for the opportunity to purchase “Mojo” since the minute we saw him at the farm in May, we knew he represented exactly what we needed in our breeding program. A tradition of quality and consistency spans over 30 years at 3D Sheep Company. Located in the West, we are many miles from the heart of the ac-tion but our program has emerged as one of the premier Shropshire flocks in the United States. We believe in breeding sheep that will continue to produce and perform.Carefully selecting breeding stock has allowed us to maintain breed character, size and capacity along with style and correctness. We are passionate about Shropshires and hope that we can share our enthusiasm with you.
3D Sheep Co. Darrell & Janet Dockter19411 S. Carpenter Rd., Snohomish, WA 98290
(425) 334-9130 Cell: (425) 327-1428
Randy, Julie, Justin, Melissa, Olivia & Zachary Rife2423 Clifton Road, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Only 6 miles south of I-70 (Exit 54)(937) 767-1871 Cell: (937) 603-0535
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