[Ag-eq] Wool
Tracy Carcione
carcione at access.net
Thu Sep 10 15:16:46 UTC 2015
Hi Nella.
Alpacas and llamas are in the camel family, but I don't know how any of them
eats.
What did the yak look like? I always picture them as oxen with long hair.
I've never used angora. I have some cashmere, but I just take it out and
pet it and appreciate its softness. Someday, I'll make something really
special with it. I've met an angora rabbit; it was very soft.
I just finished knitting a bamboo/cotton top. The bamboo fiber makes the
finished garment very drapy. Bet it's easy to grow, too. Bamboo seems to
grow like a weed.
Tracy
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Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Wool
Tracy:
I've felt the fiber from both llamas and alpacas and it feels nice.
I'm not sure if alpacas are grazers or browsers; my goal is to get grazers
to keep the pasture from becoming thigh high.
A friend knitted socks for me that are from bamboo fiber, they feel very
nice.
I think mohair comes from Cashmere goats, but not sure.
Have you ever worked with angora, there is an angora goat and rabbit. The
rabbits are so soft.
I got to pet a yak at a petting zoo once and he had very long thick hair.
He was very sweet and cute, made me want one!
I think people use yak milk and meat; they sound like very useful animals.
Maybe someday you can have your own alpacas.
Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> Hi Nella.
> I haven't bought any artisan yarn, yet.
> I like alpaca the best. So warm and soft. If I were setting out to
> buy livestock, I'd look into alpacas. They sound like pretty easy
keepers.
> I also love merino wool, which I think comes from Australia.
> I just made a mohair sweater, which is both light and soft. Mohair
> comes from goats, but I don't know if it's a special mohair goat or what.
> I made a scarf this spring from yak wool. It was a bit expensive, but
> very soft and warm. Who knew yaks have wool or hair suitable for
spinning!
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
> Foster via Ag-eq
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:45 AM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Wool
>
> Tracy:
>
> What fibers do you most like to work with?
>
> Have you purchased some of the artison fibers?
>
> Nella
> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > Speaking as a knitter, I can't agree with this statement. The
> > synthetics are nice, and cheap, but wool is nicer and doesn't tend
> > to pill. But I'm speaking as a small-time maker, not a big operation.
> > I've seen advertisements for yarn from individual farms. Artisan
> > wool, like artisan cheese, which is a big thing in some circles.
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via
> > Ag-eq
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:34 AM
> > To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> > Cc: Jewel
> > Subject: [Ag-eq] Wool
> >
> >
> > People, these days go for the synthetics because they are so much
cheaper!
> >
> > Jewel
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:45 PM
> > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea
> >
> > Jewel:
> >
> > Do people just not wear wool any more, is that why there isn't a market?
> >
> > I love a nice soft wool sweater and wool socks in the winter.
> >
> > Nella
> > Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >
> > > My sheep are Romney/Suffolk cross commonly called "Black Faced".
> > > Last night, I was listening to the third programme in a series on
> > > herders and their animals, and this episode, the 3rd of 3, was
> > > about large scale shepherding in Australia and dealt with how
> > > technology is dictating the direction in which the industry is
heading.
> > > The station that, particularly, took my attention was one of the
> > > smaller units where ovum transplanting is being employed to
> > > improve the genetic makeup of the sheep.
> > > The bottom has dropped out of the wool market so now Australia is
> > > concentrating on producing meat for the rapidly-escalating market
> > > in the Middle East.
> > > By using genetic improvement, the efficiency of the sheep in
> > > converting food intake to weight gain is very impressive: 1.8kg
> > > of dry matter is converted into 1kg of weight gain.
> > > The sheep are shipped to the Middle East alive as the Arabs prefer
> > > it that way.
> > > Animal welfare activist campaigned against this trade as the
> > > conditions in which they, the sheep, were kept were quite
> > > appalling, and about 10% or more of sheep died on the journey, but
> > > conditions have now been, significantly, improved, but now the
> > > protest is of how the sheep are treated after they have reached
> > > their point of disembarkation!
> > >
> > > Jewel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:25 AM
> > > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > > Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea
> > >
> > > Jewel:
> > >
> > > My pasture is mostly a mix of clover and bermuda. I would like to
> > > add some orchard grass, but it is so thick don't know how well
> > > that would
> > work.
> > >
> > > What kind of sheep do you keep?
> > >
> > > Nella
> > > Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> > >
> > > > Nella! As you have moved from the Arizona desert to the moister
> > > > climes of Arkansas, 5 ewes to the acre plus their lambs sounds
> > > > about right; however, as sheep seem to be
> > > able
> > > > to do well on little
> > > > more than fresh air and sceenery ! A few extra head wouldn't
> > > > do any harm, and would help to keep the pasture in prime
> > > > condition for them which means SHORT.
> > > > Encourage clover which, as I said in an earlier post is great
> > > > feed for
> > > sheep
> > > > and fattening lambs for
> > > > market , but which, goats will avoid.
> > > > Ask at your local farm supply store if you can get a herbal seed
> > > > mix, and, then, by fencing off individual squares, and planting
> > > > them with that mix, you will, in time,
> > > end
> > > > up with an excellent
> > > > pasture that will benefit all your livestock.
> > > >
> > > > Jewel
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:48 PM
> > > > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List"
> > > > <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > > > Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jewel:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, you're always a wealth of knowledge.
> > > >
> > > > How many sheep can you keep on your property?
> > > >
> > > > Local farmers are telling me that they keep up to 5 per acre.
> > > >
> > > > I guess it depends on the type of grass, rain fall and such.
> > > >
> > > > Nella
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Leslie Averill
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:16 AM
> > > > > To: jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz
> > > > > Subject: Re: Reply needed asap: urea
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Jewel, here's what my forage specialist said:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Urea is generally used as a N fertilizer. So we put it on
> > > > > fields and wait
> > > > for
> > > > > it to get rained on well before we turn goats back on it. In
> > > > > our case the urea is used to help grow grass so we don't put
> > > > > animals back on the
> > > > pastures
> > > > > for weeks after the cool season grass is at least 6 inches tall.
> > > > >
> > > > > Leslie
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