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ABLA Newsletters

Summer 2009

Polly Hopkins - Profile
President’s Message
Dealing with Sheep Parasites
Maryland Sheep & Wool Border Leicester Results
“Your Neck of the Woods”
2008 ABLA Financial Report
2009 ABLA Budget
Great Lakes Sale - Border Leicester Results
National Border Leicester Sale - Fleece Show Results

Spring 2009

President’s Message
Oven Dyeing
Bios for Director Positions
Voting ballet
Spring 2009 Photo Contest Winners
National Border Leicester Sale Fleece Show
ABLA Ewe Futurity Contest Rules
Lambing Tips
Bylaws Review
Winter 2009 Photo Contest Reprint
“Your Neck of the Woods”

Winter 2008-09

Warm Woolens Cooperative
Yahoo Group discussion
What a year for Border Leicesters
Canadian Import changes
U.S. Shearers Compete
New Ewe Lamb Futurity
Showing Living History
Kate Shirley, Humbug Farm
Photo Contest Winners
Nebraska State Fair results
Congrats to Emily Adham
National Sale Information
NAILE results
“Your Neck of the Woods”

Summer 2008

Sue Johnson - Profile

President’s Message
How to Reduce Ear Tag Losses
National Sale Report
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Results
ABLA Standard of Excellence
2nd Youth Photo Contest Results
NEYSS A Success!
“Your Neck of the Woods”

Spring 2008

“Vanessa” - by Katy Cain
Tips for Growing Lambs
JR Photo Contest Winners
Baby Lamb Survival
Barbecue Lamb Pizza
Guarding & Herding Dogs
Border Leicester Standards
Tips for Injection & Footrot
“Your Neck of the Woods”
NEYSS Information

Winter 2008

Emily Gibson - Profile

Border Leicester Fleece Reminder
Junior Award Winners
Information for Jr. Contests
California Wool Show & Sale
A Country Under Siege!
Broiled Cumin Lamb Chops
Border Leicester Standards
“Your Neck of the Woods”
2007 NE Fair Results

Fall 2007

Jessica Thompson - Profile

Basic Immunology
Washing a Fleece in a Machine
Prelambing Ewe Management
Sprains, Bruises, & Broken Legs
Vaccination Principals
Scenes from NY Bred Ewe Sale
“Your Neck of the Woods”
Foot Rot & Foot Scald
Membership Application

Summer 2007

Eve Kaplan Walbrecht - Profile
NEYSS Results
Hoof Care
Preparing Ewes for Breeding
Excerpts from a Sheep Journal
Breeding Time Management
MD Sheep & Wool Results
“Your Neck of the Woods”
Rhody Blankets
National Sale Results
Wool Judge - Mary Grant

Spring 2007

Conway Family Farm - Profile
Stan Driscoll, …Passes
Identification Options
Heat Stress
The Oldest Textile Craft
Are you a Sheep-Aholic???
Standard of Excellence
Western Stock Show Results
Highlights from BOD meeting
Membership Application

Winter 2007

Ewe Flock Selection
Colin Sigmund - Youth Profile
Painting Handspun Yarn
Prelambing Time Vaccination
Pre-lambing Ewe Management
Answers to Questions about Wool
Standard of Excellence
NAILE Show Results
Water - Winter - Ewes
Interruptions to a …Pregnancy
Lamb Pita Sandwiches

Fall 2006

Stud Ram Selection

Black Sheep Gathering
Treasurer’s Report
Introducing Sarah Hopkins
NorthEast Youth Sheep Show
NY Sheep & Wool Festival
Internal Parasite Control
Big E Results
Tortellini & Lamb Soup
Intro to Rotational Grazing

Summer 2006

Profile • Kelly Mansfield
Annual Meeting Minutes
MD Sheep & Wool Festival
Treasurer’s Report
Finding Your Perfect Sheep
Copper Toxicity in Sheep
Junior Member News
Pulled Lamb Recipe
HYPERthermia in lambs
Dyeing Self Patterning Wool

Spring 2006

Profile • Jennifer Bierhuizen
Lamb Stew with Caraway
January Board Minutes
We’re Hooked on BLs
Some Thoughts on Wool
Managing Kidding & Lambing
In Memoriam: Bob Millikan
National Western Show
Western WA Fair Results
Membership Directory

Winter 2006

NAILE Summary
NAILE Results
Annual Meeting Minutes
NE State Fair Results
Value Added Producer Grants
SD State Fair Results
Cornell Sheep Symposium
ALB 2006 Grant
Wrister Knitting Pattern
Tips Corner

Fall 2005

Profile • Betty Levin
Marketing on the Internet
New Editor Noreen Atkins
Fiber Guilds: Beginning
ABLA Junior Shepherds
The Ideal Lambing Season
Guard Dogs for Predators
National BL Show Results
NE Regional BL Show Results
A Book Review

Summer 2005

Profile • Tami Russell
Parasite Management
ABLA Standard of Excellence

Parasite Management Tools
MD S&WF Show Results
Make Yarn - Make a Profit
ABLA T-Shirt Order Form
Canning Jar Dyeing
National BL Sale Report
NorthEast Youth Sheep Show

Spring 2005

Profile • Lucien Hamernik

Mastitis
Dirt Eating Lambs
Zoonotic Diseases
Shepherds and Old Sheep
What About Showing Sheep?

Lamb Riblet & Onion Soup

Making Sense of Genotyping
DNA Scrapie Testing
“Breeding for Resistance”
Testing and Control of OPP

Winter 2005

Profile • Barbara Thompson
Lambing Difficulties
Lambing Tips from Members
Pregnancy Toxemia
Dealings: Pregnancy Toxemia
Milk Fever Strikes
Early Embryonic Death
ABLA Junior Shepherds

National BL Show Results

Basic Immunology
Injection Tips

Fall 2004

Profile • Greta Dise
Black to the Future
Color Genetics in BL Sheep
OregonWool.com
NorthEast Youth Sheep Show
Production of Fleece
Lamb Burgundy Recipe
Feeding Sheep for Clean Wool
Buyer Beware!
NE Regional BL Show Results

Summer 2004

Profile • Anthony and Kay Cole
Introduction to Parasitology
Internal Parasites
ABLA Bylaws
ABLA Rules and Procedures
Guide for Judging BL Sheep
Parasites and Drug Resistance
Deworming Spring Lambs
Show Results from MDSWF
Common Antelmintics

Spring 2004

Profile • Di Waibel
Improvement: Linebreeding
Genetic & Nutritional Effects
Sunday Lamb Dinner
Tattoos - Tamper-Proof ID
Excerpts from a Sheep Journal
News from ASI
External Parasites
Scrapie Requirements
Candidates for the Board

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