[Ag-eq] SPRING? it can't be!

[Nella Foster]

Jewel:

In Arkansas we are allowed to sell raw milk.  The law is that it must be
picked up from the farm and that I have to give out a disclaimer with each
purchase.  The disclaimer says that the customer realizes that the milk is
raw and that my animals nor my farm are inspected by the department of
agriculture.  It then says that there is some risk in using unpasteurized
milk and that the customer will not hold me responsible for any illnesses.

Customers can also ask to view the livestock and milking area.  I have the
info printed on a business card and hand it out when they pick up their
milk.

The funny thing is people are buying from me because they want raw,
unpasteurized milk.  I put it in glass gallon and half gallon jars.  I have
them pay a deposit for the jars.  People really like seeing how much cream
is on top of Bonnies Milk.  I've had people ask to meet the animals.  There
are a couple families that like to bring treats for the goats when they pick
up their milk.

The law is different in every state.

Nella

-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via Ag-eq
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:32 PM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Cc: Jewel
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] SPRING? it can't be!


I have 12 ewes and judging from when the rams were chasing them about, lambs
may start to make their presence known around the end of August.
Nella!  As you are selling raw milk, do your customers have to make out
that, to abide by the law, they are buying it for their pets, which, of
course, they are not, well! not solely for the pets anyway.
Would you be so good as to put a few gallon packs onto a fast jet and
address the parcel to 31 Oxford Street, Gore, New Zealand, 9710.

        Jewel
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From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 2:30 PM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Nella Foster" <jellybeanfarm at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] SPRING?  it can't be!


Jewel:

It sounds like you are having a nice winter there.

Global warming isn't as nice in the summer.

How many sheep do you have and when will they lamb?

We are having a very hot summer here.  It was quite wet earlier in the
spring, but is now hot, dry and humid.

I'm watering the garden so it is doing well.  I got 3 ripe tomatoes this
morning.  I've picked 3 cucumbers so far.  The banana peppers seem to be
reproducing over night.  So far I've only gotten 1 little bell peppr and the
hot peppers are still tiny.  I finally have a couple of baby eggplants; it
took them for ever.

I'm still milking the goats and am able to sell almost every drop I get.
One of my milk customers is on vacation this week, so I can actually make
some cheese and freeze some milk to make soap.  Bonnie the cow is still
waiting to calf.  The vet looked at her a couple of weeks ago and said she
had 2 to 4 weeks to go.  The man I got her from was way off on when she got
bred.  I feel so sorry for her.  She is huge and looks miserable in the
heat.

How is everyone else doing?

Nella



-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via Ag-eq
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 9:05 PM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Cc: Jewel
Subject: [Ag-eq] SPRING? it can't be!

Here in Southland, we are having the most incredible run of spring-like
weather.  If this is *global
warming* in action, you won't find me complaining!
According to tradition,  * winter
has, scarcely, begun  and as today is the shortest day/longest night, there
should be a heap of cold weather  still to come, but old man winter is
playing it pretty warm, but we must remember that the old coot may still
have a  sting in him yet!
I have had the ewes shut into the barn/orchard area for a couple of weeks,
feeding them a diet of hay and sheep nut/crushed barley-molasses mix, but
the soil is, abnormally, warm  and has been for a week or more, so I
reckoned that there had, probably, been a bit of grass growth, so I let them
out for a green nibble, but they are back inside again now for another week
or two.
Last winter, I couldn't get the feather-brained madams to eat the,
perfectly, good hay that I had bought for them, but this year,  they are
gobbling it up as good as gold [it is the same hay that they refused last
year]!  Like some people, me amongst them that like matured cheese, the ewes
seem to like matured hay!
I am trying to train them to come when I give 3 short blasts on my dog
whistle, and they do seem to be learning what it means.  Mind you, when I
blow the whistle when I have put the hay in the racks in the morning and the
sheep nut mix in the feed troughs at night, they are getting a bit peckish,
so I doubt that the "Grub's up!  come and get it!" whistle training will
have any meaning to them when they are out in the paddocks again on a
24 hour basis, only time will tell there!

          Jewel


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