[Ag-eq] Wool

Nella Foster jellybeanfarm at gmail.com
Sun Nov 27 19:45:16 UTC 2016 

I love the feel of good quality wool and other natural fibers.

Nella

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From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Ledet
via Ag-eq
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 9:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Wool

Well, I am always cold so will get me a wool blanket one day. can't hurt to
have around the house.

On 9/10/15, Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Of course, my remark re people turhning away from natural wool to 
> synthetics because of the price did not refer to home knitters as wool 
> is the preferred yarn and always will be, but home knitters represent 
> an infinitesmal percentage of the possible market for wool;  just 
> check out the price of an all wool carpet against a nylong one!
>
>        Jewel
>
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> From: "Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 12:21 AM
> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Wool
>
> 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
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> Subject: [Ag-eq] Wool
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>
> People, these days go for the synthetics because they are so much cheaper!
>
>             Jewel
>
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> From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:45 PM
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> 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
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:25 AM
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>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:48 PM
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>> > 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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