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20, kg. blocks cobalt iodized $2.36
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40 kg. TM medicated Hi Boot $6.45
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"They need tender, loving
care. You can't just throw
the feed in and walk away." '
Those were the comments
about his large flock of
sheep by Stephen township
farmer Gerald Dearing.
Gerald and his late father
Preston were well known
throughout Ontario as per-
mier sheep exhibitors at the
Royal Winter'F'air and Cana-
dian National Exhibition.
About five years ago,
Dearing abandoned the show
trail and went into' the
speciality lamb market. He
stills show market lambs at
Western Fair.
About 50 lambs left the
Dearing farm Monday mor-
ning for the special sheep
sales in Toronto and will be
aimed at the ethnic Easter
market. They are from 10 to
12 weeks of age and weigh
from 50 to 60 pounds.
Dearing said the lainb
market is excellent especial-
ly during the two specialty
seasons. He received $2.32
per pound live weight for
some lambs for 'the 1979
Christmas market. He add-
ed, "The new crop price
right now is about $1.60 per
pound.
While strictly in the
Dorset breed during his ex-
hibiting days, Dearing is do-
ing some experimenting
with cross breeding with
Suffolk.
He said, "We seem to be
getting better growability
with the crossbreeds. I am
also seriously thinking about
shearing our, sheep twice a
ye.ar ,inplead, of the
traditidparenge: It appears
that ewes are better for lam-
bing if they are sheared
oftener."
With once a year shearing,
about nine pounds of 'wool is
reaped from an average
sheep. Dearing added, "A
large ram may produce as
much as 12 pounds."
Wool now brings about 60
cents per pound. Dearing
sells his wool to the Old Mill
in Blyth.
Asked about the price
years ago, Dearing said, "It
jumped to $1.25 a pound in
1955 when the Russians went
into the world market and
bought all the wool produced
in New Zealand and
Australia.
The Stephen sheep farmer
said pr,ices for custom
shearing have risen from 30
cents an animal a few years
ago to the present going rate
of up to $1.50.
Dearing now has 100
breeding ewes on his Lot 23,
Concession 2 farm. "I may
move up in numbers in the
near future. It will be
gradually as I try to keep the
operation on a manageable
basis," he continued.
He also owns another 100
acres at Lot 21, Concession
3. The barn on this property
is used for finishing 200 hogs.
A highlight of this year on
the Dearing farm occurred
Tuesday morning, March 11
when quadruplet lambs were
born. All are very healthy
and are being fed by bottle
four times a day to supple-
ment their natural supply of
milk from the mother ewe.
This is the first time in the
more than 30 years in the
sheep business that Dearing
has had quadruplets. He
commented, "We had four
born about six years ago,
but, none of them lived. We
also have had two sets of
triplets this year,"
The Dearings are in-
volved in many community
activities. Gerald is in his
second term as president of
the Crediton men's club, was
Exeter Fair Board president
for two years in the 1960's
and spent five years as a
Stephen township councillor.
His wife Jane is currently
in her third year as presi-
dent of the Crediton
Women's Institute.
They have four children.
Anne is a first year
mathematics student at the
University of Waterloo;
Preston is an electrician's
apprentice in addition to
helping on the farm; Peter is
a grade nine student at South
Huron District High School
and Dianne is in grade six at
Stephen Central School.
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