[Ag-eq] Sheep

[Tracy Carcione]

I think there are more small farms in Ireland than large, though our driver
said that's changing a bit.  But cows are still grass-fed, not the crap feed
they get here.  We passed at least 2 herds of cows, and lots of sheep.  Last
year, our bus was held up for a bit by a flock of sheep moving along the
road.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via Ag-eq
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 8:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Sheep

When Deslie, my sister was touring Ireland:  it was a package tour, not a
self-contained one, so her 
mode of travel was by the tour company bus, she saw lots of rolls of balage
in the paddocks, but not 
a single farm animal to eat it.  I suggested that, perhaps, given all the
balage, the animals were 
kept in barns, but she said that, from the road, there were no large barns
to be seen, so where the 
sheep/cows were defies the, or mine anyway, imagination.
On the last day of the tour, she did see a bunch of about a dozen sheep
being escorted down the lane 
by a dog;  that was the first, and last, sight she got of farmlife as it is
in Ireland!  might even 
have been on one of the western isles of Scotland!
Heere in New Zealand, it is not uncommon for a motorist to be stopped or
have to edge his way 
through, or around, flocks of sheep, numbering in the hundreds, being herded
along by no more than a 
couple of dogs and the shepherd puttering along on his farm bike!

        Jewel  --------------------------------------------------
From: "Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 16 2018 12:35 AM
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Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Sheep

Susan, you should!  We went to Galway last year, and it was our favorite
place.  The town center is full of pubs with the traditional music I love,
and the park in the center has lots of people strolling, making music, and
having fun.  Galway is also known for those beautiful knitted fisherman's
sweaters.  And you can take public transit right to the beach.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of dogwood farm via
Ag-eq
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 3:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Sheep

Oh what a wonderful sounding trip.  I would love to go to Galway on
the western coast.

Susan
dogwoodfarm62 at gmail.com

On 8/13/18, Nella Foster via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Tracy:
>
> What a great trip.
>
> I would love to see where and how the fabric is made.
>
> Nella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via Ag-eq
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 11:14 AM
> To: 'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [Ag-eq] Sheep
>
> We just returned from a trip to Ireland, which was fantastic.
>
> I heard many flocks of sheep over there.  One was on an estate about a
> quarter mile from town.  Or we'd stop at a service station for a pee
break,
> and there would be sheep baaing away not far off.
>
> I learned that, because Ireland is a rainy place, the wool is coarse, so,
> to
> make something out of it that isn't scratchy, it is mixed with softer
wools
> from Australia and New Zealand.  We took a tour of a small wool mill.  We
> felt the different kinds of fiber, then saw how they were woven into
> fabric.
> It was interesting.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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