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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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30 Years of Raising Sheep! |
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This is my first attempt at blog entry in any venue, so please forgive my ignorance. 2009 marks my thirtieth year of raising sheep. There are only few things I have done for that many years. We have been lambing since mid-January and that along with both Amy and I working off farm jobs and Emily in school and playing basketball keeps us pretty busy.
No matter how many years we do this, lambing season is still something we look forward to. We only lamb in the spring, so we select and evaluate all year long, and this is when it all comes home to roost. This year’s weather has been more challenging than in the recent past. We have been considerably colder with more snow, and it makes us glad that we do all we can stack the deck for the ewes and lambs to get off to a good start.
We have just started experimenting with the new HSC Ewe Pellet, and so far so good. The best feed for young lambs is good milking ewes. The lambs are just starting to eat creep. We have been using the HSC Lamb Starter for the last several years, and found that it has been the best creep feed available. They start fast, develop the frame, muscle and bloom that we need to be successful.
We enjoy hearing about the shows in the southwest. We look forward to hearing more success stories about those sheep, those kids and their families. Our show and sale season is still a ways off in our country. The show updates from other parts of the country get us motivated during these dark, cold and snowy days. Keep us posted!
I will be traveling to several HSC Show clinics over the next few weeks and hope to see many of you there.
See Ya!
Mark
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