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“Great Genetics Make The Difference”

A big “THANK YOU” to all that bid and bought as we gradually reduced and closed out our Shropshire Flock of “Sixty Years!”

June 5th, 6th & 7th Huge sheep equipment sale online with …integritylivestocksales.com Loads of Ketchum, Sidell & Townsend items, feeders of all kinds – water tanks, walk-through gates, lambing panels, other gates, trimming stands, lamb display rack, creep feeders, mineral feeders, large round bale feeders, show feed troughs, Premier 4000 shears, assorted combs and cutters, hand shears, cards, etc., many buckets and miscellaneous “stuff” – “stuff” – and more “stuff.” Like new Eby topper and a really nice homemade topper.

Plus special feature of five fabulous collector sheep paintings.

Mark your calendar – 3 days to look and bid – DON’T MISS IT!!!

Randy, Julie, Justin, Melissa, Olivia, Zachary, & Nicholas Rife 2423 Clifton Road, Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Only 6 miles south of I-70 (Exit 54) (937) 603-0535 randy@rifeshropshires.com

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Shropshire Voice

Volume 41, Issue 2

~ The Shropshire Voice ~

May 2021

Official Publication of The American Shropshire Registry Association Published in the interest of Shropshire Breeders each February, May and October Becky Peterson, ASRA Secretary

Rinda Maddox, Voice Publisher

Board of Directors of the American Shropshire Registry Association as of November 2020

President Jim Gruenhagen (2021) 7622 Jersey Ridge Rd. Davenport, IA 52807 (563) 355-6730 ssshrops@gmail.com

Vice President Mary Anne Keck (2021) 665 Niangua Rd Niangua, MO 65713 (417) 844-5895 rokajomaj@gmail.com Rick Adams (2021) 10828 W 1000 S Rd Bonfield, IL 60913 (815) 228-2903 radams1976@hotmail.com Bill Bryant Jr (2023) PO Box 136 Fredericktown, OH 43019 (740) 398-2053 bryantb3@hotmail.com Re Call (2021) 964 Mohawk Trail Shelburne, MA 01370 (413) 625-2436 doonyc@netscape.net R.J. Creamer (2021) 4094 Centerville-Newmans Rd. Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 262-3972 creamer@marion.net Mandy Curtiss (2023) 1698 Nesbit Rd. Attica, NY 14011 (716) 465-0565 __________________ swartzm721@yahoo.com May 2021

Darrell Dockter (2022) 19411 S Carpenter Rd. Snohomish, WA 98290 (425) 327-1428 darrell.dockter@gmail.com Mike Elsbury (2023) 5385 E 500 N Greenfield, IN 46140 (317) 326-4461 elsburyfamily@aol.com Ashley Fuss (2023) 8608 Hunters Drive Frederick, MD 21701 (240) 405-9383 afuss95@gmail.com Caleb Fritz (2023) 104 Sells Rd. Beech Bluff, TN 38313 (615) 653-0867 caf3r@mtmail.mtsu.edu

Adam Moore (2021) 27568 Morgan Way Greentop, MO 63546 (660)676-2825 adam.moore76@yahoo.com Danny Rogers (2023) 2435 W McCracken Rd. Monrovia, IN 46157 (317) 358-3260 crogers821@yahoo.com Debbie Petzel (2022) 2037 180th Ave Centuria, WI 45824 612-578-1528 dspetzel@gmail.com Tom Slutz (2022) PO Box 177, 602 S Main St LaMoille, IL 61830-0177 (815) 638-2177 tcslutz@gmail.com

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Mon.-Thurs.–11 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST Mon. & Thurs. evenings –8-11 p.m. EST

Secretary Becky Peterson 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 Shropsec@hotmail.com

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Junior Activities For questions on any of the junior events for the Shropshire Association, contact: Taylor Young, Junior Assoc. President 913 Brothers Rd. Bell Buckle, TN 37020 tslivestock18@gmail.com __________________ Shropshire Voice

From president Jim Gruenhagen Lambing season should be done for most of us by now and hopefully you all have some great lambs that will be appreciated in your operations. We are well into the sale season and hope you are having great results with your Shropshires. There were 12 online auctions for Shropshires that I counted and four live sales from the April Indiana Premier Sale, the National Shropshire Sale in Ohio, Great Lakes Sale and ending with the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. There are many opportunities to purchase or sell at these events that could enhance your flock for the future.

Our National Sale is at the Ohio Showcase Sale in Greenville on May 7 and 8. I would expect a large turnout as live auctions should be held this spring and I know everyone will want to get out and visit with friends and see some great sheep. We will also have a silent auction for the ASRA website Center Stage for you to promote your flock. We will have bid sheets at a table for you to bid starting at $100 for each month.

We will also announce our Starter Flock winner at the National Sale. This year the individual will have $1,250 to spend on Shropshires from accredited and approved ASRA live sales or online sales. Without the help from you for donations to this great program it would not happen.Thank you to those do-

nors and please help this program by any donations that you could make throughout the year! Our juniors are the lifeblood going forward and needs everyone’s support.

Your board has been busy with committee work this winter and spring. We have reorganized some of the committees and frankly have consolidated some to fewer to enhance the work within them. I have listed the committees and the chair for each. (See Page 12). If you have any interest in helping with any of these committees, please reach out to the chair and let them know. We have some great board members and registry members that are the key in staying updated or creating change to keep with the times. The key roles of the committees are to come up with ideas or changes that the board will vote on at our board meetings.

Thank you for everyone’s support with memberships, registration, and transfer work, along with supporting some of our key programs that take donations to keep them viable for the future. I am sure looking forward to getting back to the show and sales for this year and visiting with old and new friends along the way! Good luck with all your Shropshires!

Jim Gruenhagen

Johnson Bob & Karen & Family

569 State Hwy DD Marshfield, MO 65706 417-859-4452 • rokajo6@centurytel.net __________________ May 2021

Providing lamb for dinner for folks in Southwest Missouri!

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From secretary becky peterson We’ve had a big spurt of tough winter of late all around the country but today was in the 40s in Massachusetts so we are approaching our fifth season, MUD.Already our dirt road is sloppy and rutted. Real spring will be here before we know it but I am sorry so many folks in the livestock industry had to weather some tough cold.

We are crossing our fingers and toes that our spring events will be able to go on. So many folks have sheep to market and youth to get involved so I hope everything will be in good order. The Ohio Showcase will take up the first week of May for a lot of people. Shropshires will show on Friday, May 7 and sell on Saturday, May 8.This is the National Shropshire Sale this year and will be run by Select Livestock Services.

We’d like to see this event fly. So much work was put into it in 2020 only to have gone to an online sale, successful enough, but without the hype of the live event and opportunity to do fundraising and other breed-honoring activities.

So join us in Greenville. We’ll have our annual sale of the Shropshire website ads at that time.

This will be run as a silent auction to end on Saturday. Take a look at Shropshires.org to see the current month ad.

We hope to do some fundraising for the juniors at the same time to support the activities of the Junior Shropshire Association as well as the Starter Flock Program. That winner will be introduced at the event and hopefully will make the purchase of a couple of nice Shrop ewes to begin his or her involvement with the breed.

The Shropshire Royalty will also have been selected by then and these new breed reps will be introduced at that time.

We’ll be excited this year to have the All-American Junior Show happen in July in Springfield, Ill. 2020 seemed pretty empty without that event. Keep your eyes peeled for raffle tickets enclosed with the return of your spring registrations. Your support of that huge budget is much appreciated.

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to awards and recognition with a few activities, the American Shropshire Registry also provides funding for junior activities in each of our nine regions. Each director is allotted $300 to help with Junior Shropshire activities in their region every other year. Some regions have two directors so they would get funds every year. In 2021, $2600 has been requested. Most regions are putting their allotment toward junior show premiums, some purchase items for their exhibitors, and some have directed their funds to the All-American Junior Show Shropshire events. Either way, it’s always good to see the support that the kids get.

Don’t forget the deadline for the two scholarships is June 1.Applications are on the website.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me in the Shropshire office with any questions you may have about any of these events and I hope that things keep improving for you this year!

Becky Peterson

Our new Cabaniss buck “Little Joe” The lambs out of him look great!

Contact us for more information.

Merveldt Shropshires Darin & Kim Merveldt 8104 N. Alfadale Road, El Reno, OK 73036 (405) 206-6473 • dkmerveldt@aol.com

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New Name! New Location! New Management!

May 6-8, 2021

Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville, Ohio 800 Sweitzer St, Greenville

Formerly “Big Ohio Sale” This year will also be the National Southdown Show & Sale

Sale will be broadcast online at breedersworld.net

2019 Grand Champion Ewe R&A Shrops

2019 Res. Grand Champion Ewe, Mrozinski

SHOW SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, MAY 7 CATTLE PAVILION, 8 A.M.

AUCTIONEERS: Gary Saylor Danny Westlake Bill MacCauley

SALE SCHEDULE: SATURDAY, MAY 8 CATTLE PAVILION, 9 A.M.

JUDGE FOR SHROPSHIRES: Mark Johnson, IL

Southdowns (National Show & Sale) followed by Suffolks, Polled Dorsets, Horned Dorsets, Oxfords, Shropshires (National Show & Sale), Hampshires (Eastern Regional Show & Sale)

Breed order same as Show

Catalog available online at www.selectls.net & www.shropshires.org Gary: 937-597-7214 – gary@selectls.net Pat: 937-935-1975 – pat@selectls.net Jim: 937-658-3119 – jim@selectls.net Dan: 937-243-5111 – dan@selectls.net P.O. Box 25, Rushsylvania, OH 43347 __________________ May 2021

www.selectls.net

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Consigning fall and January lambs out of Tito and Rogue to the National Sale!

JIM & DONNA GRUENHAGEN 7622 Jersey Ridge Rd., Davenport, IA 52807 // (563) 355-6730 // ssshrops@gmail.com

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National Sale in Greenville, Ohio

After so many plans were well laid in 2020 only to have the National Sale as we know it cancelled, it will be a very good feeling to actually have a live auction in Greenville, Ohio on the second weekend in May. One major sale has already gone off well at that new Darke County Fairgrounds location this year so we are very hopeful things will hold together for the 2021 Ohio Showcase Sale.

Shropshires will show last in the order on Friday, May 7 in the cattle pavilion and sell last on Saturday, May 8 as the breed order rotates from year to year. Mark Johnson of Illinois will sort the classes to determine the sale order.

Rams will show and sell first and the following classes are offered: Yearling Rams, Fall Ram Lambs, January and February and after Ram Lambs,Yearling Ewes, Fall Ewe Lambs, Early January, Late January, Early February and Late February and after Ewe Lambs.

Shropshires are required to guarantee codons of NN and RR or QR. No QQ or NS sheep will be allowed to sell.The ASRA will award banners to the champion and reserve champion rams and ewes.The sale will be webcast with live bidding at Breedersworld.com. Mail and phone bids

Limited number for sale

1984 history book of Shropshires “The American Shropshire Registry Association – The First Hundred Years” 65 pages – $100

Contact ASRA Office to purchase

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must be paid within five days or will incur a 10% added fee. Futurity ewe lambs and yearling ewes will be marked with an “F” on their backs and on the sale order. Consignors may offer half interest on one ram.All transit sheep on the grounds must stay on trailers. Camping is permitted and lodging is available in Greenville, Brookville and New Paris, Ohio and Richmond, Ind. For further information consult www.selectls.net.

Though plans are not final, there is hope to hold the Ewe Preview on Saturday morning to allow buyers a chance to handle the class entries. Also there is also a possibility of a breed character presentation. The Shropshire website monthly homepage ads will be claimed through a silent action to close on Saturday at 1 p.m. Representatives of the Shropshire Junior Association will be seeking funding for the Shropshire show at the All-American as well as the Starter Flock fund and association activities.

It will be so good to see everyone again!

Website Center Stage Please consider supporting the activity of the Shropshire website, Shropshires.org by participating in the Center Stage auction. Each month features a Shropshire breeder on the home page of the site.You may purchase this space for your flock by bidding for it in the Silent Auction at the National Sale in Greenville, Ohio.

Successful bidders will be contacted by Rinda Maddox a few weeks in advance of their purchased month to gather photos and info. She will design the ads at no extra cost and provide a proof.When the ad goes live on the website it will also be posted one time on the Shropshire Facebook page.

The auction will conclude at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 8. Months will start with Aug. 2021 and end with July 2022. Note that September has already been reserved for the Junior Shropshire Association. Minimum bid will be $100.Winning bids are payable to the ASRA. If you are unable to attend and want to place a bid, please contact Becky in the Shropshire office or Jim Gruenhagen at ssshrops@gmail.com.

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Midwest Sale to have lots of NEW stuff!

New Sale Dates! In an effort to find a somewhat less hot week to hold the Midwest Sale, the 2021 sale, as well as future sales, will start on the second Monday after Memorial Day.This year’s dates are June 14-19.

This should not only help with the weather, but ease the “transfer rush” for breed secretaries and registrars. However, breeders should be aware they need to register their lambs two to three weeks earlier, as well.

New Catalog. The usual colorful covers will be back along with the schedule, buyer information, some people pics and complete contact info for the consignors. As in the past, this version will be a “keeper.” The individual entries will be entirely on-line which gives consignors an opportunity to post timely photos or a video of their entries which will be viewed in full color. The online catalog will continue to update with entries received after

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Shropshires

We Will Be Consigning To Spring Sales!

JIM ISLER

1340 Klingel Rd., Prospect, OH 43342 Cell (740) 360-7682 islerjkjk@gmail.com

STEVE ISLER FAMILY 1313 Bethlehem Rd., Prospect, OH islerfarm@gmail.com

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the catalog rollout deadline.

New Entry Deadline May 1, 2021. The later deadline will give consignors more time to sort lambs and get paperwork complete.

New Class – Red-Shirt Yearling Ewes.

Last year’s gorgeous yearling ewes that didn’t get to debut in Sedalia can come back as young moms giving buyers an opportunity to acquire their great genetics. (Read rules carefully, ewes will have to have a young lamb by side or show evidence of an udder.)

New Barn: Venture over to the new Sheep Barn (south of the FFA Building) It’s been rebuilt! Most of our vendors will be back so plan to stop by and visit with them, also. We know they missed you. And we missed you, too!

See you in Sedalia! See the people. See the sheep. See the action!

Freedom Fest to be held in Missouri Freedom Fest is a Breeding Sheep Jackpot Show to be held May 28-30 at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. With fairs and festivals cancelled, Freedom Fest gives kids a chance to show off their hard work and have a lot of fun! Entries opened on April 15 with classes for rams and ewes in many breeds.

It has been designated as several regional shows including the Mid-West Regional Shropshire Show. Showmanship classes will be held on Friday, May 28, followed by two days of breed classes judged by Troy Longenecker and Katherine Kuykendall. A cornhole tournament will add to the fun on Saturday evening.

The organizers are doing a great job getting it together, gathering and recognizing sponsors. The winners of the Supreme Champion honors will each receive $500 and $250 will go to for the reserves. The show looks like it will be a great deal of fun! Check out the Facebook page Freedomfestsheepshow to follow the details or contact Bobby Spoonster at (636)359-5487; bjspoonster@ me.com. __________________ Shropshire Voice

Look for 5 of our best sheep at the Ohio Sale – Her twin sister sells – she is a powerful ewe.

We are bringing 2 fall ewe lambs.

Sky has the muscling and dimension to impact your flock.

All futurity nominated!

A complete yearling ewe whose temperament will be great for a young exhibitor.

Cross County Shrops

McCabe Shropshires “Shrops With Tops”

5154 Nickelson Rd., Prospect, OH 43342 740-360-1103 • mamccabe51@hotmail.com FB: McCabe Shropshires & Llama __________________ May 2021

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Midwest Sale New Dates... the 2nd Monday after Memorial Day!

JUNE 14-19, 2021 JUNE 13-18, 2022

2019 Champion Shropshire Ram consigned by City Limits Sheep Farm, sold to Erica Nightengale, OK for $1,200.

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Board Meeting Minutes January 31, 2021 via Zoom The meeting was called to order by President Jim Gruenhagen at 8:05 p.m. Also present were Danny Rogers, Re Call, Adam Moore, RJ Creamer, Mandy Curtis, Mary Anne Keck, Ashley Fuss, Mike Elsbury, Caleb Fritz, Debbie Petzel, Darrell Dockter, Rick Adams and Bill Bryant.

Secretary’s report – Becky had previously sent the minutes of the meeting of Nov. 22.

There were no additions or corrections.

Danny Rogers moved to accept the report and Darrell Dockter seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report – Becky had sent the end of year 2020 also and reviewed it line by line.

The Balance Sheet showed the total assets to be $53,495.43, an increase of $775 over 2019.

The Profit & Loss report showed a net loss of $512.69. Registrations totaled 1823, transfers 976 in 2020. Rick Adams moved to accept the financial report, Mary Anne seconded. Report accepted.

Committee reports Budget & Finance – Chair Re Call said committee would work out a plan for 2021.

Voice, Promotion, Fundraising – Chair Darrell said he would work with Rinda on gathering ads. Mary Anne Keck is looking into doing more social media to help promote. Committee should look into Shropshire Store project.

Shropshire Royalty – Chair Deb Petzel stated information is posted. Deadline is March 15.

Junior Committee – Chair Mary Anne Keck’s committee will be responsible for working with the Junior Association and keeping in touch with their activities. Becky asked if the Junior Committee would take over the judging of the scholarship.

Futurity –Chair RJ Creamer does not anticipate any changes in the Futurity Rules. In 2020, only three shows could be counted for any exhibitor’s points. He recommended waiting to see what the show situation was going to be before going back to the normal five shows.

Starter Flock – Rick stated that information has been posted and deadline is March 15. He

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has some new ideas for 2022.

Competition – This will encompass Breed Character, Production, Judge Selection, etc.

Mike Elsbury is the Chair.

Hall of Fame - Tom Slutz has been working with his group and has a draft version.They are sorting out how many breeders to honor in a year and how to recognize them. They should have something ready for the May meeting.

Bill Bryant moved to accept the Committee reports with a second from Adam Moore.

Old Business Secretary Review – In lieu of the review that did not take place in November, Jim Gruenhagen had distributed a Performance Appraisal to the board members. Most of the responses were Very Good and Satisfactory.

Jim and Mary Anne had since met with Becky to discuss. Both acknowledge a need for twoway communication between the office and the committees. Jim recommended that Becky be retained as secretary for another year and suggested that the $500 bonus for the completion of the tax return and the financial review be removed and that her annual salary be increased from $15,000 to $15,500. So moved

by Darrell Dockter, seconded by Rick Adams.

Passed.

2021 National Sale – Plans for the Ohio Showcase are the same as for 2020 according to RJ Creamer. Mark Johnson will judge. Select Livestock Services will not deal with the futurity so Becky will continue to keep track of the nominations and collect fees. Jim has ordered the banners for Champion and Reserve Ram and Ewe and will cover the cost. RJ will arrange for a meeting room on the fairgrounds. This will probably incur an expense. The Center Stage website auction will happen during the event as a Silent Auction.

Historian – It would still be highly desirable to have a history article in every Voice issue.

Rinda suggested the board members each take an issue. Ed Mies of Illinois has offered to write for October. Matthew Anderson would be another possibility.

New Business NAILE Judge Nominations – Becky reported on the results of the nominations for _______ Page 11

the 2021 National Show Judge. Jared Poynter received 21 nominations from paid members.

Tim Gatsby received 15 nominations from paid members. Tim Fleener received two nominations. Tucker Beckmier, Mark Johnson, Jeremy Bradford and Craig Beckmeier each received one nomination. Mike Elsbury moved to submit a list of the top three to NAILE in that order. RJ Creamer seconded. Discussion followed. Motion passed with one opposed.

The Competition Committee should look at the nomination method.

District Alignments – Bylaws state that the districts be reviewed every six years and should have been addressed in 2020 but was not. Jim asked Becky to gather the registration data for each state and region for three years and have it ready for the Executive Committee to look over in advance of the May meeting.

Futurity Payments – Occasionally the futurity does not fully use all of the nomination fees because not all of the premium places are full. In 2020, there was $199.20 unused (3rd & 4th East Division Ewe Lambs and 9th & 10th Yearling Ewes). Discussion followed. Bill Bryant moved to appropriate the excess Futurity

premiums each year to the Starter Flock fund.

Ashley Fuss seconded. Motion carried.

Regional Youth Support – Becky wanted to get the allotments sorted out earlier. Discussion followed. Each region will use $300 and WI/MI will use $200 for a total of $2600 in 2021. Some will direct funds toward the AAJS Shropshire awards. Directors should follow up with Becky as to where the funds should be sent and when.

Becky had previously asked about a donation to Glenn High’s Scholarship Fund in Ohio.

It was never put in the budget so a donation was never made. Mike Elsbury moved to send $100 with a second from RJ Creamer. Becky will put it in the budget and make the donation to the fund.

Mike Elsbury reported that the Indiana Premier Sale will happen as usual in April.

The next meeting will be on Friday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. in Greenville, Ohio with the Ohio Showcase Sale. RJ will arrange a location.

With no further business for discussion, Adam Moore moved to adjourn at 9:34 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Becky Peterson, secretary

2021 Committees of the ASRA

Executive & By Laws Jim Gruenhagen - President MaryAnn Keck - Vice Pres.

Jim Percival - Past President Becky Peterson - Secretary Budget & Finance Re Call - Chair Adam Moore Becky Peterson Voice, Promotion & Fundraising Darrell Dockter - Chair Rinda Maddox MaryAnn Keck Debbie Petzel _______ Page 12

Shropshire Royalty Debbie Petzel - Chair Re Call Danny Rogers Robin Pardus

Starter Flock Rick Adams - Chair Mandy Curtis Mike Elsbury R.J. Creamer

Juniors MaryAnn Keck - Chair Mandy Curtis Rick Adams Mike Elsbury Jr. President Taylor Young

Competition Mike Elsbury - Chair Tom Slutz Rick Adams Bill Bryant Adam Moore

Futurity R.J. Creamer - Chair Caleb Fritz Mark McCabe Danny Rogers

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National Shropshire Futurity 2021 For the 20th year, The American Shropshire Registry Association will sponsor a Shropshire ewe lamb and yearling ewe futurity in 2021.

The futurity will not only enhance the junior members ability to purchase extremely high quality breeding stock but will also make it more beneficial for the breeders to consign their very best animals.

The rules of the futurity are relatively simple and are outlined below. You can buy a top quality ewe at one of the designated sales that has been nominated for the futurity, exhibit the ewe at the shows you normally attend and then send in your results on the point record form. A junior can add a top quality female to his or her flock, and possibly win back a sizable premium.

The 2021 designated sales will include the following: Indiana Premier Shropshire Sale, Greenfield, Ind.; Shropshire Showcase, Greenville, Ohio; Great Lakes Sale, Wooster, Ohio; Midwest Stud Ram Sale, Sedalia, Mo. and Online Sales (if they meet the conditions listed in the sale nomination rules.) To have a new sale designated as a Futurity Sale, notification must be made in writing to the Board of Directors at least three months in advance of the sale.

SALE NOMINATION RULES 1. Entries are open to all ewe lambs born September 1, 2020, thru March 31, 2021, and to all yearling ewes born September 1, 2019, thru May 31, 2020.

2. A nomination fee of $20 is required and payable to The American Shropshire Registry Association. Sale management may deduct nomination fee from sale settlements or consignors will be invoiced

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from the ASRA office within 30 days after the sale.Any animal not selling but receiving bids will be assessed the nomination fee.

Animals that do not receive a bid (nosale) will not pay the fee. Animals will be nominated for that sale only; nomination will not carry over to another sale.

3. Each ewe must be properly identified, according to the registration certificate.

Futurity ewes will be recorded by their scrapie tag number and paint branded with an F before entering the sale ring.

The flock tag number will also be recorded for identifying purposes 4. Each ewe must conform and abide by the rules and regulations of the individual sale to which it is consigned. All normal entry and commission fees will apply.

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The American Shropshire Registry Association will not be responsible and shall be held harmless for any disputes and/or disagreements between buyers and sellers.

6. Animals sold privately will not be eligible for nomination.

7. Ewes may be nominated from online sales (if they meet the following conditions) a) The Sale Management Company agrees to all terms of the ASRA show and sale policy. b) The Sale Management Company is bonded. c) Consignor pays direct to ASRA office a $20 nomination fee for each animal that receives a bid d) The nomination of the animal is indicated for the entire time the sale listing is on the internet and identified by the scrapie tag number. e) The consignor sends to the ASRA office a list of all animals nominated with name of the purchaser within 14 days. f) Only sales conducted by a management company qualify, if an individual breeder has an online sale. g) Sales that have 5 or more ewes nominated can qualify as Futurity designated. h) All registered Shropshire ewes in an online sale must be nominated if any are __________________ Shropshire Voice

nominated. i) Sale management will notify the ASRA office of intent to hold an online sale at least 48 hours before the sale and a list of nominated lambs must be available before the sale starts. j) Online sale photos must include a face shot which shows a legible scrapie tag number.

Exhibitor rules 1. Up to date paid junior membership in the American Shropshire Registry Association.

2. Not more than 21 years of age on January 1 of the current year.

3. Junior member must be at least 5 years of age with no partnerships or joint registrations.

4. Ewes and points earned in the Futurity are not transferable to any other person, nor are the points from one ewe to another.

5. Ewes are to be registered to individuals only, no “and family”, no partnerships, and no joint registrations.

6. No immediate family transfers will be allowed to be exhibited as Futurity animals.

Sales to children, grandchildren or siblings will not be eligible.

7. No Futurity entrant can compete with more than two ewe lambs. Total points earned by two ewe lambs may not be combined into one lamb’s total.

8. No Futurity entrant can compete with more than two yearling ewes. Total points earned by two yearling ewes may not be combined into one yearling’s total.

9. Junior members must exhibit their own Futurity ewes within a class. If they have two ewes in the same class, another junior member may exhibit the second ewe.

10. If an exhibitor that owns a ewe is not present at the respective show-Futurity points are not eligible and should not be submitted.

11. If either the scrapie tag or the flock tag is lost the Shropshire office must be notified about the replacement, immediately.

12. Point reporting forms are available from the ASRA office and also on www. __________________ May 2021

shropshires.org REGIONS FOR EWE LAMB FUTURITY East 20 states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware,Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee) Mid-West 4 states (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky) West 24 states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma,Texas, Montana,Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California) Yearling ewes: 2021 will be the 11th year for the Yearling Ewe Futurity. Junior exhibitors may renominate their 2020 Futurity ewe lamb as 2021 Futurity yearling ewes for a fee of $20.These ewes may not have been sold or transferred to another owner. This renomination needs to be done

by May 1, 2021. A renomination form can be found on www.shropshires.org. Another option for juniors wanting to participate will be to purchase a futurity nominated yearling ewe at one of the designated futurity sales.

The yearling ewe will need to be consignornominated at the sale ($20).

POINT SCORING 1. A point card must be filled out for each show and forwarded to Becky Peterson, 41 Bell Road, Leyden, MA 01337 within 21 days of the show. Must have a post mark of 21 days or fewer to count. The card must be signed by the superintendent of the appropriate show.

The point card can also be scanned and e-mailed to shropsec@hotmail.com 2. At each individual show the ewe lamb or yearling ewe may earn Futurity points from the open division, the junior division, or from both (when a different judge or day is involved) except at NAILE, where only the junior show placing will be counted.

3. Ewe lambs and yearling ewes can compete _______ Page 15

at an unlimited number of shows. The exhibitor may submit as many cards as they want for that ewe. Each ewe’s point cards will be kept separately. The five highest point award cards will be recorded as Futurity points. (Note for 2021, in the event that many shows are cancelled because of the Pandemic, only the 3 highest point cards will be counted. If such a decision is made, all info will

be posted on the Shropshire website and mass member email) 4. Points will be awarded on a sliding scale based on the number of entries in the class.

5. At two shows double points are awarded.

These shows are The All American Jr. Show and the National Jr. Show (at NAILE in 2021).The higher placing lamb at NAILE in Louisville will break ties.

2021 Point Scale for both Ewe Lambs and Yearling Ewes Placing in class

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th

# in Points awarded class 1-6 6 5 4 3 2 1 - - - - - - - -- - - - 7-12 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - - - - - 13 + 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 All placings below 18th will receive 1 point

Ewe Lamb Futurity Payout Premiums based on percentages of the total amount of money collected for futurity ewe lamb entries.

Payout Region Overall FIRST 8% 12% SECOND 6% 8% THIRD 4% 6% FOURTH 2% 5% FIFTH 4% SIXTH 3% SEVENTH 2%

Yearling Ewe Futurity Payout Premiums-based on percentages of the total amount of money collected for Futurity Yearling Ewe entries.

Payout FIRST 25% SECOND 20% THIRD 15% FOURTH 10% FIFTH-TENTH 5%

In the event that regions or divisions are not full, unused Futurity premium payment will be directed to the Shropshire Starter Flock program. Premiums and awards will be sent from the ASRA office as soon as possible after the NAILE Junior Shropshire Show. Additional recognition for the exhibitors and breeders will appear in the Shropshire Voice and on the Shropshire Website.

PRESENTS: GBA 2007 RRNN

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How to make genetics work for you Bartender CLSF 2088 National JR Champion Ram

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sale photos & updates always on facebook The Nicholson Family sandmeadowfarm@gmail.com 860-490-7238 __________________ May 2021

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The ram lamb on the cover and this powerful ewe lamb are sired by Street “Game Changer.” Be sure to check out our farm spotlight on the American Shropshire Registry Association

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Ohio Showcase Sale!

Mitch and Brittany Street and Family

(317) 606-5234 (Mitch’s Cell) • streetshropshires@gmail.com • www.facebook.com/StreetShropshires

YEARLINGS

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at the Ohio Showcase Sale.

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John Mrozinski johnmrozinski@yahoo.com (219) 575-4833 __________________ Shropshire Voice

Support is needed for Junior programs The ASRA is always in need of creative fundraising and 2021 is no different. We understand that there are many small and some larger jackpots that are seeking support so that there will be show venues for the junior exhibitors this year. If you haven’t already done so, hopefully you can find a Shropshire need that suits you.

The All-American Junior Show has a huge over-all expense that is mostly funded by donations and entry fees. There will be a now annual Online Semen Auction on May 17, run

by Integrity Livestock Sales. Your donation of two-five straws of Shropshire ram semen would be helpful. Contact Mike Crowder directly at 765-366-3135, email: mike@integ-

ritylivestocksales.com with your consignment info. The ASRA also is responsible for the prizes for the AAJS Shropshire class winners and Top Gun buckles.Your support of $35 will go one more step to getting that done.

The Shropshire Junior Association also has a few activities they are responsible for. The Starter Flock Program is always scrambling to provide $1250 for the winning young recipient.Think of all the sale bids these young folks have made over the past six years. Your support here helps not only the program but it also helps to create more interest in your sale entries.

The Royalty Program also falls into this category as does a Shropshire lunch at the AAJS and a meeting at NAILE. These kids work hard on their own projects and of course draw other young families in to sheep projects so any help you can provide for these activities helps to sustain the Shropshire position in the purebred sheep industry.

For more information on any of these needy areas, please contact the Shropshire office.

Oklahoma Youth Expo

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Tulsa, OK, March 1, 2021 Judge: Josh Cody Ewe Lambs 1. Taylor McGill

Reserve Champion Ewe 2. Kaylee Shenold 3. Payton Piparato 4. Emalee Nail 5. Brieley Scott 6. Warren Syzemore 7. Sage Christian 8. Kaylin Holt 9. Kennedi Phillips 10. Kinley Tolle Yearling Ewes 1. Kaylee Shenold

Champion Ewe 2. Rowdy Cole 3. Casen Schaefer

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All-American Junior Show

Heads to Illinois

The 2021 All-American Junior Sheep Show is going to be held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL, from July 1-4, 2021.This will be the first time the All-American has visited Illinois and we are looking forward to bringing the show to a state that is a hot bed for the purebred sheep industry!

The Illinois committee is hard at work, planning the show and we all are very optimistic on the show going ahead this year in Illinois.

Yes, there will be COVID-19 safety protocols in place to ensure this event’s happening and hopefully as the spring progresses we won’t have to implement all we are gearing up for, but we will do whatever is required of us to have a safe and healthy event for all of exhibitors and their families! Special for this 2021 show only, the upper age limit has been extended to include those who are 22 years of age as of January 1; we want to make sure that all of exhibitors have the experience of showing and knowing they are in their last All-American.

The All-American is the premier and largest junior breeding sheep show in the country. The breeds participating this year are: Polled Dorsets, Horned Dorsets, Dorset Advantage, Hampshires, Southdowns, Border Leicesters, Cheviots, Shropshires, Oxfords, Montadales, Romneys, Shetlands, Lincolns, Natural Coloreds, Tunis, Dorpers, White Dorpers, Columbias, Corriedales, Katahdins, Merinos, Suffolks and Rambouillets. Two new breeds have joined the All American this year, Texels and Babydoll Southdowns will also have breed shows; and two breeds have returned, the Targhees and Cotswolds.

Several meat breeds will feature slick shorn classes at the All-American and several wool breeds will be highlighted once again this year.

Judges for this year’s event will be Rick Klampe, OR; Neal Knapp, IN; and John Mrozinski, IN. The National Junior Southdown Show, National Junior Tunis Show and National Junior Suffolk __________________ May 2021

Show will be held in conjunction with the AllAmerican Junior show this year. Shropshires will be judged on Sunday, July 4 by Neal Knapp.

If you have never attended an All-American Junior Show please make plans to attend this very special event! It is much more than just a sheep show, as there are several activities for the whole family.The show features a lamb camp for the young sheep owners, a 3-on-3 basketball tourney for the exhibitors, a sheep skil-a-thon competition with several participation awards being sponsored, a sheep judging contest, free complimentary food service for exhibitors and their families, a team showmanship competition, wool show, promotional contests for exhibitors that also features an adult age photo division, a college scholarship program for older exhibitors, a thank-you note writing booth where participation awards are given away, a fun virtual shearing contest, and a lead line and dress-a-sheep competition, plus much more!

The All-American extended the show schedule by a half day two years ago and will continue to do so this year as it worked out very well for all of the attendees and staff. Sheep actually need to arrive by Thursday, July 1 at noon as all check-in will take place on Thursday. Activities actually start Thursday afternoon with the judging contest, fitting demos, Lamb Camp and Leadline and Dress-A-Sheep Contest. Prairie Farms, Edwardsville, IL will be sponsoring the ice cream treats for everyone.

The opening ceremonies will kick things off on Friday morning, July 2 followed by showmanship classes and some breed shows. On Friday night there will be the ever popular 3-on-3 basketball tourney and the Harry & Mary Blome pizza party. The site for this year’s basketball tournament will be right on site next to the swine barn in the Commodities Pavilion. The Illinois Planning Committee is still working hard on organizing some other special activities for the rest of the weekend and updates will be posted on the All-American website.

Honor Show Chows has become a major show sponsor and will be back with us in _______ Page 21

Illinois. Weaver Leather is also a major show sponsor providing embroidered wether blankets for the champion and reserve champions market lambs as well as an AJJS hanging show box for our new junior raffle ticket selling incentive program. Kalmbach Feeds is returning as a major show sponsor for the show in Illinois. We also have two new major Corporate Show Sponsors: Diamond D Ranch,Warner, OK and Ewe-Nigue Gifts, Lake Geneva, WI. Welcome them to the All-American Family and thank-you!

Sydell has generously donated the hydraulic trimming stand for the All-American Raffle fundraiser and Hopkins Southdowns has donated the wireless Bose headphones for the raffle.

Tractor Supply will be providing prizes for the ever popular exhibitor thank-you booth and has also become a general show sponsor. The American Lamb Board will be donating some of the thank-you notes for the booth. Finder Hampshires will be donating the halters for lamb camp. Willoughby Livestock Sales, Profiles Show Supplies, Stockyard Style and Corner Post Farm are also on board as general show sponsors.

Novel Designs is donating their services as the AAJS website host and thank you to them for doing a great job. Theisen Designs will be at the show once again doing show apparel. They donate back a portion of their proceeds directly to the All-American Junior Show, thank-you!

The All-American Junior Show Committee has four major fundraising activities that are held to help raise funding for this special junior show.

Following is information on these activities and the show would certainly appreciate your support in these fundraising efforts: 1. All-American Gift Basket And Specialty Item Silent Auction. Gift baskets and specialty items will be on display during the duration of the All-American Show for bidding. Bidding will close on Sunday, July 4 at noon. Basket and item donations would be greatly appreciated. Just bring them to the show in Springfield.

2. All-American Junior Show Raffle Tickets. $5. each or 5 for $20. 1st Prize: $1000 Cash Prize; 2nd Prize: Sydell Hydraulic Trimming Stand ($530 value); 3rd Prize: Bose Quiet Comfort 36 II Wireless Bluetooth Headphones ($279 value) Tickets will be mailed out with Shropshire office work so when you see them PLEASE lend _______ Page 22

your support! Junior exhibitors also have tickets to sell and they will be trying to be top salesman in our popular ticket incentive program so help them out by buying tickets from them! Final drawing will take place on Sunday, July 4. Need not to be present to win. The high selling raffle ticket juniors will be receiving some great prizes!

3. Online Ram Semen Auction May 17.

The sale hosting services and organization has been donated by Integrity Livestock Sales. Please contact Mike Crowder directly, 765-366-3135 or mike@integritylivestocksales.com with your consignments.We are looking for 2-5 straw lots donations of stud rams to be sold with all benefits going to the AAJS. If you want to support the All-American and don’t necessarily have ram semen to sell, other items can be consigned also.

4. Midwest Stud Ram Sale Benefit Auction during the Supreme Champion Show on Wednesday, June 16. Ketcham Sheep Equipment has donated an A-Frame 10-foot feeder and mineral feeder, Reproductive Specialty Group has donated an ET flush and transfer surgery and five LAI surgeries, Banner Magazine has donated a one color page ad, Mumm Sheep Equipment has donated two folding gates, and Premier 1 Supplies has donated a pair of their new cordless shears. Specifics and details on all items can be found on the AAJS website.

Thank you to Heartland Group for allowing

Did you miss seeing the snapshot page of Shropshire youth in this issue?

So did we!

Please share your photos of the kids and their sheep for the next issue of the Voice. Deadline Sept. 1. __________________ Shropshire Voice

us to do this special benefit at the sale as this has become a major fundraiser for the show. Please be on hand or contact the AAJS Show Committee to bid on these special items!

Our Illinois Host Committee is being organized by Melanie and Darrell Hall, Brian and Jill Mohr, Jeremy and Cassie Crouch, Lanny and Jami Bowman, Brad and Julie Angus and other fellow Illinois sheep breeders.A big thank you also goes to all the Illinois sheep families involved in the local planning committee. Several local sheep breeders and youth supporters have stepped up to the plate to organize events and volunteer to help out. It is thanks to all of you that this show will be a special All-American for our junior sheep exhibitors and their families.

The Illinois Planning Committee is in the middle of fundraising for the show.To date they have gotten the following sponsors: Legacy Grain Cooperative, Stonington, IL; Sloan Implement, Assumption, IL; Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington, IL and the Brockmann Family, Garden Prairie, IL. Thank you to them for their support! We look forward to getting more local Illinois supporters on board this spring. If you are interested

in supporting the Illinois show contact Melanie Hall: 217-454-5751, blifff2011@gmail.com.

Hotel accommodations are available. Room blocks have been reserved at area hotels. A list with rates and information is included on the AAJS website.

Camping: Illinois State Fairgrounds (actual show site) (Note: the State Fair is planning on opening the campground May 1st and showers will be open in June and July for onsite events.)

Camping rate $25 per night for campers and $15 for tents. Campground located in the southwest corner of the fairgrounds, just downhill from barns. Campground includes some electricity, water, rest rooms with showers, some sewer hook-ups and dump station. The Illinois State Fairgrounds Camping Supt. or Security will issue all camping permits. No reservations required, pay when you arrive at fair campground.

Entries close: MAY 25, 2021. There will be a higher entry fee for any late entries submitted after the deadline date and post entries at the show. Check out the All-American Website: www.allamericanjuniorshow.com for entry and further information.

Rick Whiting

1779 Green Rd., Martinsville, OH 45146 (937) 685-2603 Rick.Whiting@cascorp.com

Neal Knapp, Flock Consultant and Professional Fitter __________________ May 2021

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Wishing you a Happy and Joyous New Year!

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Stephanie Barker still active in Shrops with her next generation

cooped up. The West Coast fires came close in the fall as she described the red sky and raining ash.An ice storm this winter destroyed many trees and followed with a week without power. She and her family look forward to better times ahead in 2021.

Using her background in human relations, she is very active in Oregon Women for Agriculture and performs outreach to the general public about agriculture and food production.

OWA was organized 50 years ago by Wil Say “Hello” again to Stephanie Barker who lamette Valley farm women who were conreceived a Shropshire scholarship in 2008. cerned with regulatory issues impacting the Stephanie submitted a beautiful application at grass seed industry. Since that time, this all-volthat time, showing an outstandunteer group has broadened its ing academic record and a hisscope to include nearly all factory of 4-H, FFA and commuets of agriculture and areas of nity involvement. She grew up their state. in Hillsboro, Oregon, near the Stephanie is involved in Ag in family farm in Albany, raising the Classroom and places signs Shropshire and Romney sheep. identifying the crops grown Stephanie attended Portland along the state’s highways and State University with a major in byways and is much involved architecture and minor in comin the fundraising auctions for munity development and gradthe group. Her grandfather, Jack uated in 2012. She “made the Kalina, was a sheep/grass seed cut” and stayed the course in farmer in the state so Stephaschool but found little employnie feels strongly about their Stephanie Barker ment opportunity fresh out of cause. He passed away in 2010 school. She adapted and became employed as but left Stephanie with the love and appreciaan administrator for a property management tion for agriculture. firm, got a real estate license and managed She also does some graphic design work for several owners for five-and-a-half years. that benefits her many causes. She was also Stephanie continues to work in the family able to design and draft a home addition for sheep operation partnering with her mother, her mother, saving a lot of money in fees to Sue Kalina Barker. get it approved and she and Jacy plan a home In 2014 she became Stephanie Booren remodel of their own. when she married her college sweetheart, Stephanie continues her involvement with Jacy, who is now a high school math teacher. sheep as a board member of the Northwest Together they have a three-year-old daughter, Shropshire Breeders Association, the presiAddison and are expecting a son this July. dent of the Oregon Romney Breeders As Stephanie is a very determined person and sociation and as a resource 4-H leader. She has been giving her all after being diagnosed plans to get further involved with 4-H as her with Multiple Sclerosis in 2015. Meds are fi- children get projects. nally working for now, allowing her to lead a We wish her great success with her projnormal life and raise her family. ects and continued good health. She intends Stephanie says that the past year has been to raise both of her children to be the fourth difficult as it has been for everyone. Jacy is generation of Kalina family sheep breeders. teaching from home and they have felt very Addison is already hooked! __________________ May 2021

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Christened Names

The ASRA offers an opportunity to officially name your ram or ewe and reserve that name for your animal only. Now it is true that some breeders name all of their rams and a few breeders name every sheep they register.

Breeders will be able to continue to do this as they desire. If they wish to reserve a certain name for an important individual, however, they will be required to pay a fee of $25 to the ASRA.This will entitle them to be the sole user of that name for a 10-year period. The secretary will keep track of the names purchased.

For example, there are now several ewes in the database with the name of “Princess.” Any person registering sheep may name any or all of their ewes “Princess” until a breeder pays the $25 fee and reserves that name for a specific sheep, either at the time of registration, or some time afterward, or ahead of time for future use. Once that name is reserved, it may not be used again for 10 years, either as an informal name or a reserved name.

Names should be submitted in writing, either at the time of registration or by written request submitted with an existing registration certificate in which case a new certificate with the sheep’s Christened name will be issued. The Christened name will appear on the pedigrees of all progeny. It is still recommended that a farm or flock name be used and a number matching a tag or tattoo in the sheep’s ear is required. No sheep will be officially named without payment of this $25 fee.

A list of names on record follows: 440989 “Outrageous” Whittaker 1004 438630 “Heat-Sek-Her” Heaton 09-64 433195 “Mojo” Sweet JS 265 432152 “Tommy” CLSF 0622 443620 “Cake Boss” Johnson 11-35 439920 “T-Plus” Knepp 911 442173 “Bison” Hicks 1001 444619 “Future Direction” 3D Sheep Co 1181 446154 “Big John” Melvin 2079 449038 “Duramax” J Sargent Shrops 0007 449122 “Harkrider” Roberts 13-5 450687 “Indy” Dirlam 1553 448694 “A.J.” ROKAJO 1302 464153 “Common Sense” High Life Farm 1936 450732 “Terminal” Flanders VIP 4056 451027 “Hoosier Daddy” Mrozinski 13-33 447949 “Sport Pepper” Mapleton Mynd 12034 451587 “Sport Pepper 2nd” Knepp 1325 451585 “Sport Pepper 3rd” Knepp 1409 444084 “44 Slug” Roberts 11-26 451584 “Sport Pepper 4th” Knepp 1406 451653 “Son of Bob Junior” ROKAJO 1425 450812 “Pearl” CLSF 1425 457795 “Sabotage” CLSF1740 457504 “Brick” Dirlam 17-1605 459997 “Camouflage” Sand Meadow 1804 463024 “Kodiak” Rafter W 19-4 463026 “Yogi” Rafter W 19-8 462792 “Game Changer” Street 18-04 TBD “Perfect Vision” High Life Farm 462873 “Joe Exotic” Dirlam 19-13 460430 “Paul Harvey” Flanders VIP 8781 465930 “20/20 Vision” ROKAJO 2020 465313 “Impulse” CLSF 2050 (Any or all of these animals may have been named by a subsequent owner).

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How The States Rated With Number of Registrations Fiscal Year January 1 - December 31 2020 1) Indiana ...............311 2) Ohio....................292 3) Illinois .................221 4) Wisconsin ...........150 5) Missouri ..............146 6) Oklahoma ...........131 7) Pennsylvania ......119 8) Iowa......................51 9) New York ..............46 10) Connecticut ..........45 11) Kansas .................42 12) Minnesota.............36 13) Tennessee ............35 14) California ..............33 15) Oregon .................26 16) Delaware ..............23 17) Maryland ..............22 18) New Hampshire....20 19) Nevada .................19 20) Texas ....................12 21) Montana ...............11 22) Washington ............9 23) Massachusetts .......7 24) Louisiana ................4 25) Kentucky ................4 26) Michigan .................3 27) Idaho......................3 28) Nebraska ................2 Total .......................1823

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2019 1) Ohio....................407 2) Indiana ...............354 3) Illinois .................289 4) Missouri ..............113 5) Wisconsin ...........108 6) Oklahoma .............95 7) Pennsylvania ........94 8) New York ..............76 9) Iowa .....................63 10) Oregon .................60 11) Kansas .................53 12) Tennessee ............47 13) Maryland ..............47 14) Maine ...................41 15) New Hampshire....36 16) Connecticut ..........35 17) Minnesota.............33 18) Massachusetts .....33 19) Michigan ...............26 20) Montana ...............24 21) Washington ..........21 22) Delaware ..............19 23) Nebraska ..............18 24) Idaho ....................18 25) Nevada .................17 26) Texas ....................17 27) California .............14 28) Louisiana ................5 29) Kentucky ................4 30) Wyoming ................3 31) Vermont ..................2 32) North Carolina ........2 33) New Jersey ............1 34) West Virginia ..........1

Total .......................2176

2018 1) Ohio....................500 2) Indiana ...............338 3) Illinois .................304 4) Wisconsin ...........180 5) Pennsylvania ......114 6) Oklahoma ...........112 7) California ..............89 8) Missouri ................88 9) New York ..............82 10) Kansas .................72 11) Oregon .................69 12) Tennessee ............63 13) Iowa......................63 14) Maryland ..............52 15) Nebraska ..............43 16) Massachusetts .....39 17) Connecticut ..........39 18) Maine ...................39 19) New Hampshire....36 20) Michigan ...............35 21) Minnesota.............27 22) Delaware ..............22 23) Montana ...............17 24) Washington ..........17 25) Idaho ....................15 26) Texas ....................14 27) Louisiana ................5 28) New Jersey ............3 Total .......................2480

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We go back into the history book today and visit with Annette Menhennett of Pennsylvania.

The following is reprinted from a 1989 issue of The Voice. Annette and her husband, Warn, kept a Shropshire flock, sometimes numbering 100 ewes, and operated a very successful cheese making operation using milk from her Shropshire sheep. She had traveled to New Zealand at one time and imported semen for use in her flock. She had other interests in nature and supported women’s rights. Annette passed away at the age of 86, Nov. 30, 2012.

One Point of View

A funny

thing happened on the way to lunch one day.

I had picked up a veterinarian friend of mine at the University’s veterinary school. On the way to the restaurant she told me about AED (abomasum emptying disease). AED is a disease that has heretofore been associated only with Suffolks. On this particular day she had just diagnosed a case of AED in a Hampshire, a ram for which the owner had paid several thousand dollars.

How could this happen? The answer lies in the genes. So much crossbreeding has gone on between the Hamps and the Suffolks that problems peculiar to the one are showing up in the other.As Suffolk genes have proliferated in Hampshires, not only AED, but the spider syndrome has begun occurring in the Hampshire breed.

My lunch with the vet made me think about the genetics of the Shropshires breed. Out in the boondocks, far from the crowded show ring, hundreds of Shropshire flocks exist that have retained genetic purity. This wonderful pool of genes represents everything the sheep industry needs, and most of what the exotic new imports profess to offer as salvation to the industry.

Consider the “F” gene, the chromosomal characteristic that is loudly touted by the

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Booroolas the Finns. A quarter of a century ago, I was first attracted to the Shropshires after reading about a Midwestern flock that had quadruplets and even quintuplets. We don’t see many sets of quads, but we all have triplets. If a shrop dam has a healthy udder, she raises her triplets without supplementation.

Another wonderful genetic quality that Shrops possess is the innate ability to convert feed into growth more efficiently than most other breeds. When Penn State did progeny testing 20 years ago, the Shrop wethers tested, out-performed all other breeds in feed efficiency. Over 10 years of testing, Shrop wether lambs had an average feed conversion of 4.38 lbs. of feed to a pound of gain, outperforming Cheviots (4.90), Dorsets (5.05), Hampshires (4.72), and Southdowns (6.65). Shrop ram lambs with a feed conversion of 3.87 lbs. per pound of gain, outperformed Suffolks (4.18), Southdowns (4.16), Dorsets (4.68) and Cheviots (5.22). Hampshire ram lambs did slightly better with a conversion of 3.70. We don’t hear a lot about feed efficiency, but on the bottom line of profit and loss, it really counts.

Prolificacy with added survivability are other important breed characteristics. When Michigan State University had a Shropshire flock (from 1943 to 1965) Shrops along with Suffolks had the lowest lamb mortality rate (12%) of the seven breeds at the university.

All the others exceeded 21 percent while Cotswold losses were as high as 40 percent!

Shrops at MSU had the highest lambing percentage (170%) compared with 162% for Hamps, but even more important, more Shrop lambs reached weaning weight (159%) compared with 143% of the Suffolks and 138.9% of the Hamps! It makes you wonder, doesn’t it, what political forces must have been in power to cause MSU to discontinue their Shropshire flock.

Add the multiple lambing factor to survivability and feed efficiency and you have a very profitable animal. The only ingredient that’s missing is poly-estrus, the Dorset characteristic that enhances out-of-season breeding.

Sheep experts all agree that the ability to produce lambs all year around is vital to the _______ Page 29

sheep industry. A few Shrops will breed outof-season. We need to concentrate on selection of this trait. Select for it. Identify the dams and sires that carry the genes that enable the sheep to breed out-of-season, and breed for it.

University animal scientists obviously don’t spend much time looking at the meat counters in the supermarkets. If they did they’d see why housewives don’t buy many lamb chops.

Who can afford the lamb chop with the tiny little loin eye, hardly enough meat on the chop to feed a bird, let alone a husband with a ravishing appetite? Specialists at Penn State’s Meat Animal Evaluation Center have told me that as sheep have gotten taller and longer, the loin eyes have gotten smaller and smaller. The loin is the most valuable, most economically important cut of the lamb carcass. It’s the cut sought by restaurateurs, and they want big loin yes. Selection for tallness and length have actually been counter-productive to the sheep industry. I’m not sure we can reverse the trend for size in sheep, but something needs to be done to stress the importance of the loin eye. Some of the old-fashioned, shorter, blockier shrops would undoubtedly be found to have larger loin eyes.While I don’t propose that we turn the clock back, I wouldn’t knock these old-styled Shrops.They may hold the genetic key to the future of the breed.

As a new member of the board, I think our promotional efforts in recent years have not focused on the criteria that are important economically in the sheep industry … prolificacy, feed efficiency, survivability, freedom from serious genetic defects like the spider syndrome, scrapie and AED. And yes, medium size and docility are important, especially for the beginning shepherd. We could also mention longevity. Do you know any other breed that goes on producing twins up to the age of 11 or 12 years?

My goal as a Shropshire breeder is to keep my flock as genetically pure as possible, to avoid buying replacement sires and dams that lack breed character, to select for traits that are economically important, and practice integrity in my breeding program; thus enabling me to find a good match of genes and set _______ Page 30

them so they reproduce with fidelity.

My election to the board of the American Shropshire Association followed three attempts by breeders in the Maryland and Pennsylvania area to have me elected. I consider it a great honor to serve, especially since I am the first woman to fill that capacity. I am proud of my Shrops. Shrops are the only breed I own.

I make money from my flock. I believe in the future of the breed. There are a lot of other breeders throughout the country who believe as I do in the breed. I hope we can encourage them to have a greater role in the business and promotion of the breed. I don’t believe a board member has to haul his sheep across the country to Louisville or Bloomington to qualify for membership to the board. In the past, elections have been decided by the vote of breeders who attended the meetings held in conjunction with the National show or the Shropshire Spectacular. This has provided a very small group, an elite group of showmen, who determined the elections and conducted the business of the organization. I hope we can amend the by-laws of board members, possibly a vote by mail.

At the turn of the century, Shropshires were the predominant breed in the USA. By the time the new century rolls around we can regain this importance to the industry if we start now with an aggressive public relations and advertising campaign. We must put our advertising dollars where they count and make promotional materials more professionally attractive and factual.

Our national association must take a new role in fact-gathering.We can ask members to furnish data through questionnaires and surveys. We should set aside each year funds for research and fact-finding. Our approach must always be factual and professional, and literature and brochures must be attractive with a lot of eye-appeal. Let’s have less emphasis on the show ring and more emphasis on the Shropshire’s importance to the commercial sheep industry.

Ovine veterinary scientists estimate that 80% of the sheep in this country carry the OPP (ovine progressive pneumonia) virus. Be__________________ Shropshire Voice

cause this is a retro-virus similar to the AIDS virus that infects humans, there is going to be a growing interest and soon regulations restricting movement and sale of opp positive sheep! Vermont is already considering enacting laws relating to OPP. OPP tests may soon become a requirement before you can take a sheep to a show or sale or transport it across state lines. So we better get on the ball. Our breeders need to begin to test for OPP and to develop OPP negative flocks. Ten years from now we could say “Buy Shrops, the OPP Free Breed” we’d really be ahead of the game. So why not get started now by encouraging our breeders to test for OPP. Our final note, the “spider syndrome” that is causing so much concern among Suffolk breeders is now, like AED, showing up in the Hamps There are no “spiders” among Shrops that have been kept genetically pure. This should be a strong selling point for Shrops.And I think we can use it! But apparently where crossbreeding with Suffolks has taken place

among our “not-so-pure” Shrops, “spiders” are showing up. The American Shropshire Association should take strong, decisive action to prohibit the proliferation of the “spider syndrome” in our breed. Breeders too, must be alerted and aware of this horrendous problem.

Dams and sires of “spider” lambs must be destroyed, AND NONE OF THEIR PROGENY REGISTERED or kept for breeding!

Annette Menhennett was elected to the Board of the American Shropshire Registry in 1987. She and her husband have kept Shropshire sheep on their farm in Pennsylvania since 1968. The flock averages about 100 brood ewes. In 1968 Annette help organize the Pennsylvania-Maryland Shropshire Association. She has been secretary, president and newsletter editor for that group. She is active in the Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Association, serves on the Northeast Regional Sheep Council of the ASPC, and until last May was president of her county’s Sheep and Wool Growers association.

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We sincerely appreciate your business!

Best of luck in the upcoming show season! Be sure to give us a call for your future needs. We are always happy to talk sheep!

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Breeder’s index

Call, C. Donald 964 Mohawk Trail Shelburne, MA 01370 (413) 625-2436 doonyc@netscape.net

Adams Shropshires 10828 W 1000 S Rd Bonfield, IL 60913 Cell: (815) 228-2903 radams1976@hotmail.com adamsshropshires.com

Crago Brothers Shropshires Steve & Louise Crago & Sons 1499 Hiatt Road Clarksville, OH 45113 (937) 289-3167 steven_crago@AOL.com

Anderson Farms Matthew, Christie, Emily & Andrew 15884 W State Hwy NN Grant City, MO 64456 (660) 988-3503 anderson_farms@hotmail.com Facebook.com/AndersonFarms www.anderson-farms.com

Dirlam, J.N. & Sons & Matt Dirlam 11673 N. Bethesda Rd. Mooresville, IN 46158 (317) 831-2130 dirlamjd@aol.com www.dirlamshropshires.com

This list is a paid subscription published both in the Voice and on shropshires.org.

Averill, David Village Farm 115 Cape Cod Hill Rd. New Sharon, ME 04955 (207) 778-9421 saverill48@yahoo.com Avery, Dennis & Nancy Avery Shropshires 1500 Douglas Road Bremen, IN 46506 (574) 209-0988 davery@etproducts.com Floyd & Sharon Avery (229) 942-3415 www.averyshropshires.com Barnes, Shane & Kim SKB Shropshires 1122 Browns Creek Rd. Sycamore, PA 15364 (724) 852-2673 kmbarnes@mail.wvu.edu Barnes, Tim & Deb Barnes Farms 5707 Mooney Road Radnor, OH 43066 (740) 494-2125 Cell: (740) 815-2402 troytongrn@gmail.com www.barnesfarms.com _______ Page 32

Dockter, Darrell & Janet 3-D Sheep Co 19411 So Carpenter Rd. Snohomish, WA 98290 (425) 327-1428 darrell.dockter@gmail.com Douglas, Donna April Aire Farms 11802 Pleasant Valley Road Woodstock, IL 60098 (815) 337-0598 Ebert Sheep Farm, Jeff, Christine & Monica Ebert 10015 Flush Rd. St. George, KS 66535 (785) 458-9174 Cell: (785) 458-9174 ebertsheepfarm@gmail.com www.ebertsheepfarm.com Elsbury, David & Colleen 7800 N 250 E Greenfield, IN 46140 (317) 326-3893 ecolleen4@hrtc.net Elsbury, Mike & Karen Elsbury’s Shropshires 5385 E 500 N Greenfield, IN 46140-8939 (317) 326-4461 elsburyfamily@aol.com www.elsburyfarms.com __________________ Shropshire Voice

Evans, Dave 5884 St Rt 292 West Mansfield, OH 43358 (937) 363-3610 david_evans_5884@hotmail.com Fernside, Melanie SCIO Farms 39490 Highway 226 Scio, Oregon 97374 (503) 394-3996 Cell: (408) 455-6935 Mfearnside1@gmail.com Fiegl, Mark Lindenview Meadow Farm 5550 Eddy Ridge Rd. Marion, NY 14505 (315) 576-1930 mfiegl1@rochester.rr.com Flanders, Jerry Flanders & Rachel Flanders 1626 Atlantic Rd Noblesville, IN 46060 317-508-4738 vipdvm2355@gmail.com www.vipclublambs.com Fleener, Tim & Sarah 273 South Mountain Rd. Robesonia, PA 19551 (717) 413-5181 fleenerlivestock@gmail.com Fuss, Ashley Greenbrier Acres 8608 Hunters Dr Frederick, MD 21701 (240) 405-9383 afuss95@gmail.com www.facebook.com/Greenbrier-Acres Graves, Andy, Jodi, Wyatt, Breanna, Trey & Olivia Outlaw Farm 3010 East 1370 Rd. El Dorado Springs, MO 64744 417-876-7136 417-296-5909 jgraves@tigersk12.org Grohmann, Stacy Step Ahead Shrops 994 Step Rd Gilson, IL 61436 Cell: (309) 371-4260 Farm: (309) 876-2364 s_jo6@hotmail.com __________________ May 2021

Groverman, Fred, DVM F & L Groverman Shropshires 400 Ormsby Lane Petaluma, CA 94954 (707) 763-3132 Cell: (707) 782-8152 fredgroverman@gmail.com Gruenhagen, Jim & Donna SS Shrops 7622 Jersey Ridge Road Davenport, IA 52807 (563) 355-6730 ssshrops@gmail.com Hardisky, Denise Southern Tier Shropshires 254 E Sullivanville Rd. Horseheads, NY 14845 (570) 687-7967 dmh268@cornell.edu Hiemke, Cody Mapleton Mynd Shropshires 1773 Koshkonong Rd. Stoughton, WI 53589 (415) 302-8035 cjhiemke@gmail.com Facebook.com/MapletonMyndShropshires High Life Farms David & Jodi High & Family 3388 McDermott Pond Creek Road McDermott, OH 45652 (740) 259-1907 highlifefarm2000@yahoo.com Isler, Jim Isler Shropshires 1340 Klingel Rd. Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 360-7682 islerjkjk@gmail.com J&R Farm Norbert Jackson & Family 4125 West St Rt 28 Alexandria, IN 46001 (765) 754-7057 JRFarm1977@outlook.com Johnson, Bob & Karen RoKaJo Farm 569 St. Hwy. DD Marshfield, MO 65706 (417) 859-4452 rokajo6@centurytel.net

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Kalina Family Sue and Bessie Kalina 35586 Oakville RD SW Albany, OR 97321 (503) 939-0303 skalina26@gmail.com

Lutz, Candy 3 Point Farm 314 W Easton Rd West Salem, OH 4427 (330) 464-0430 3pointfarm@gmail.com

Kemp, Taylor Kemp Shropshires & New Horizons Farm 31522 Kennel Street Macon, MO 63552 (660) 346-0121 Kempshropshires@gmail.com

McCabe, Mark & Marilyn McCabe Shropshires 5154 Nickelson Road Prospect, OH 43342 (740) 360-1103 mamccabe51@hotmail.com

Kerr, Ryan W 8843 Old 54 Rd Shiocton, WI 54170 920-250-2783 allforagefarms@gmail.com

Melvin Family Shropshires 9347 White Oak Rd. Mount Sterling, Ohio 43143 (740) 207-0786 pjmelvin46@hotmail.com

King, Craig & Andrea Weston King Peiter Shrops 860 CR 315 Taylor, MO 63471 (573) 767-0003

Merveldt, Darin & Kim 8104 N. Alfadale Road El Reno, OK 73036 (405) 206-6473 dkmerveldt@aol.com

Kipp, James & Terri Grey Feather Farm E 5085 Irish Ridge Rd. Viroqua, WI 54665 (715) 255-8300 info@greyfeatherfarm.com www.greyfeatherfarm.com Kovacs, Sandy & Victoria Cross Country Shropshires 239 Cunard St.Fulton, OH 43321 (740) 751-3183 sbushatz@gmail.com Larimore, Larry & Sharon Triple J Farm 3370 Cattail Branch Road Harrington, DE 19952 302-233-8912 threejfarm@gmail.com Larson Livestock Ashley & Gerry Larson PO Box 454 Tenino, WA 98589 (360) 790-1671 glarson@scattercreek.com _______ Page 34

Mies, Ed & Family 10000 Waverly Rd. Waverly, IL 62692 (217) 435-7091 jmies3@hotmail.com Moore, Adam MoBo Junction Farms 27568 Morgan Way Greentop, MO 63546 660-676-2825 Facebook.com/MOBOJunctionFarms/ Motter, Jan Lane’s End Farm 12211 W. Rt. 973 Jersey Shore, PA 17740 (570) 398-2078 Mrozinski, Erik 6333 N 600 E Road Rolling Prairie, IN 46371 Cell: (219) 716-4921 emrozins@gmail.com Nicholson Family Sand Meadow Farm 906 Main St So. Windsor, CT 06074 (860) 490-7238 sandmeadowfarm@gmail.com __________________ Shropshire Voice

Oehler, Nellie Oehler Family Shropshires 5570 SW West Hills Road Corvallis, OR 97333-2623 (541) 757-3937 Cell: (541) 868-6897 oehlershrops@gmail.com Pence Farms 1083 W. Co. Rd. 61 Tiffin, OH 44883 Mike: (419) 992-4305 Doug: (419) 986-5848 Jay: (419) 992-4701 Percival, Jim & Denise Schoolhouse Shropshires 961 Hoop Road Xenia, OH 45385 (937) 374-3371 schoolhousshrops@aol.com Powell, Doris & Destiny 40405 Route 187 Rome, PA 18837 (570) 247-7316 dorisap@frontiernet.net Reason, Sandra M. High Desert Hay & Livestock PO Box 3819 Tonopah, NV 89049 (775) 482-4191 Rife, Randy & Julie Rife Shropshires 2423 Clifton Rd. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 (937) 603-0535 randy@rifeshropshires.com www.rifeshropshires.com Roberts, Tim Roberts Farms 29754 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, OK 73093 (405) 485-9255 Cell: (405) 314-3370 timrobertsfarms@gmail.com Rogers, Danny & Cynthia R&G Farm 2435 W. McCracken Road Monrovia, IN 46157 (317) 996-3301 Cell: (317) 358-3260 crogers821@yahoo.com __________________ May 2021

Rueber, Carol & Aimee Rueber Shropshires 2530 280th St Marshalltown, IA 50158 Carol: (319) 231-7626 Aimee: (319) 230-9739 aimeer_@hotmail.com www.freewebs.com/ruebershrops Shrum, Lori and Darron New Horizons Farm 31522 Kennel Street Macon, MO 63552 (660)651-8881 Newhorizonsfarm@hotmail.com Slutz, Tom City Limits Sheep Farm P.O. Box 177, 602 S. Main St. LaMoille, IL 61330 (815) 638-2177 Tom: (815) 866-5031 Brad: (815) 766-0584 tcslutz@gmail.com www.citylimitssheepfarm.com Smith, Lance or Brenda Smith Sisters Shropshires 2129 130th Ave. Russell, MN 56169-3072 (507) 823-4784 lbsmith@woodstocktel.net Stephenson, Jon, Charlotte & Vivian Sugar Ridge Ranch E8977 Pierce Hill Rd. Viroqua, WI 54665 (608) 774-3151 sugarridgeranch@frontiernet.net www.sugarridgeranch.com Street, Mitch, Brittany, Leila and Landree Street Shropshires 4753 W. 1400 N. Elwood, IN 46036 Mitch: (317) 606-5234 Dennis Avery: (574) 209-0988 Facebook.com/StreetShropshires Ware, Kimberly KW Shropshires 565 N. Sunset Ridge Ln Kuna, ID 83634 Kim: (208) 921-3706 Floyd Avery: (208) 921-8740 KWshrops@hotmail.com

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Warren-Allen, Rachael A. Silver Cliff Farm 968 Drift Creek Rd NE P.O. Box 319 Silverton, OR 97381 (503) 873-4005 rawa@joyofdoing.com Webster, William 413 Roosevelt Trail Windham, ME 04062 (207) 831-0608 Weidauer, Greg Rafter W Shropshires 17624 340th Ave Starbuck, MN 56381 (320) 424-2543 Greg.Weidauer@gmail.com Whiting, Rick BWB Farms, Inc. 1779 Green Road Martinsville, OH 45146 (937) 685-2603 Rick.Whiting@cascorp.com www.bwbfarms.com Weston, William T. Rocks & Rills Farm 20 Weston Rd. Hancock, NH 03448 603-899-9735 westonc9735@gmail.com

Calendar May 6-8......... Ohio Showcase, National

Shropshire Sale, Greenville, OH May 29-30..... Great Lakes Show & Sale,

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Sedalia, MO July 1-4 ......... All-American Junior Show,

Springfield, IL Sept. 1........... Deadline for October Voice Nov. 2021. ..... NAILE, Louisville, KY

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Ohio Showcase.................5

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Merveldt............................4

Poynter.............Inside back

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Midwest Sale................... 10

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Mrozinski......................... 28

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Gruenhagen......................6

Moore..............Back cover

Street...................Cover, 18

Isler.....................................8

Nicholson........................ 17

Whiting........................... 23

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Entries in the Ohio Show Case Sale in May

Stout made yet stylish ram with the length of body and mass to add value to a flock.

Poynter 20-12

Poynter 20-15

This ewe has the complete package.

She is stout, correct, and will be a great addition to a show flock and as a stud ewe in the future.

Poynter 20-14

This ewe exemplifies breed type. She catches my eye every time I walk in the barn. She is real complete and flashy.

Our fall lambs were sired by Dirlam 18-1613 “Fuzzy” and a Klotz Ram “Big K”.

Our spring lambs are sired by Slack 8122 “Homeschool”.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the shows and sales.

Jared, Kara, Westin, Faith

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The barn is always open for visitors.

Jeff & Jan Poynter

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INTRODUCING ...

CLSF No Mercy x CLSF Burn Out

Our New Keeper Buck Lamb

Sur e Shot

Thank you to all the interested buyers this Spring!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the shows this Summer!

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