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"Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little things well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." -Dale Carnegie
-Mark Johnson
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Company: A&M Ranch
Location: Sandwich, IL
Years in the Field: 30
Education: BS Animal Science, Oklahoma State University, Joliet Junior College
Website: www.AandMRanch.com
Contact: aandmranch@aol.com
Specialization: purebred Southdown sheep
Choice of Feed: HSC show lamb starter, HSC Grand Lamb Mixer, champion drive topdress
Hobbies: - Mark is the Agricultural Specialist for Kline Creek Farm, an 1890’s Living History Farm, located in Winfield, IL. There they farm with draft horses, and maintain a small quality flock of sheep as well a few Shorthorn and Angus cows, all of which are used in the educational programs.
- As consultants and custom fitters Mark and Amy have worked with most breeds of sheep including Columbias, Suffolks, Hampshires, Dorsets, Montadales, and Natural Coloreds, club lambs and North Country Cheviots. All of which have competed successfully on the local and national level.
Favorite Sports/Team: Loves all things OSU (Oklahoma State or Ohio State), loves the Red Sox, loves the Cubs and Bears.
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Season’s greeting from Sandwich, IL! November flew by and December is doing the same thing. The North American International livestock Show was another awesome event. If that show gets any bigger they are going to have to do something to maintain the quality activity that is synonymous with the history of that show. It is a great show and everyone wants to be a part of it. Honor Show Chow helped to put a lot folks in the winner’s circle at NAILE. The Supreme Champion Ewe at the 2011 NAILE was bred and exhibited by Ram and Ewe Farm, Jeremy and Jamie Etzler, OH. Jeremy had called me about six weeks prior to the show looking for suggestions to help getting this Dorset ewe looking her best. High Octane Fitter 35 was the prescription and the results speak for themselves. Congrats to Jeremy and Jamie Etzler on their success. There were a host of talented breeders and feeders taking advantage of the tools that Honor Show Chow and High Octane have available. It just makes sense.
I still have some Christmas shopping to do. If you are looking for that last minute Christmas gifts for that livestock addicted friend or family member hear are few suggestions:
• An Honor Show Chow Show Lamb DVD
• A Sullivan Show Supply Gift Certificate
• A Weaver Leather Show blanket
• New Andis clippers with a blocking blade
I know, how about a new Cimarron Trailer! Just FYI, if you are still looking for something for your favorite HSC Ambassador, anything on that list will be sure to make them smile.
Lambing Season is just around the corner for many people. We should be starting at A&M Ranch in late January. We have been using the HSC Ewe Pellet to feed our ewes during late gestation for several years now. It works very well, and isn’t much more expensive than corn. It is a more complete feed and now it comes with CTC to help prevent late term abortions. We have also been in contact with our local Purina dealer to make sure they will have plenty of the NEW HSC Showlamb Creep Pellet DX when we need it. This new creep is 20% cp and 5% fat and even more palatable than ever. We tried a little of the new creep late last year and it worked well. KGB (aka. The feedguy) told me he was making some changes to Show Lamb Starter and I said, “Just don’t screw it up, it is working great.” He didn’t and I am making sure that my local dealer will have it in stock when the lambs arrive.
I have been booking several clinics and workshops for 2012. I have events scheduled for 2012 in PA, MO, IL, TX and IN. Keep checking the Events Calendar to find the Honor Show Chow event nearest you. More are being added all the time. Recently, all of the Honor Show Ambassadors had a chance to get together. They are a great bunch of people that I am proud to work with.
From Amy, Emily and myself, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
PS- Congrats to the Big 12 Champion Oklahoma State Cowboys! GO POKES!
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