I did it!!!

[hedgehog]

freewheat, i got into sheep in 1998 when the bottom dropped out the wheat market and my farm turned to swamp.
i wouldnt be without them now, although they occupy only a quarter of the farm, the wettest bits, down from a third.
i was brought up around sheep, so just had to do a bit of remembering. i was buying 5yr old ewes for £2 at auction to get started. did 20 miles of fencing .

[parsley]

We drove to Missouri in our younger years,
loaded up the half-ton with Registered polled
Dorsets we bought at a production sale, and
lambed them out until one day the University
made a good offer to buy them. So we sold and
concentrated on our registered cattle. It was a
good experience. pars.

[rook]

I enjoy reading Boyd Anderson's columns in Grainews about his shepherding as a young boy/man. I've always wondered why there wasn't more sheep in western Canada, the best answer I've heard was we have a bias towards cattle...