The Rural Voice, 1999-04, Page 5Cover
While fabric -covered shelters have become
more popular for both storage and livestock, few
people in Ontario have used them for their dairy
operation. Steve and Karen Dotson have
become the first
people in western
Ontario to put a
complete free -
stall operation
and milking
parlour under a
Cover -All shelter.
Since January
their herd has
become
accustomed to
their new
surroundings.
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Nicole Shelley, at age five, already has a sheep flock of her
own as she helps out her parents Steve and Judy Shelley with
their Hanover -area farming operation. The Shelleys travel all
over western Ontario shearing 7,000 sheep a year.
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