The ironmaking village of the 18th and 19th centuries shows its agricultural side, with sheep shearing, wool spinning and cooking lamb stew, of course. Most people don t think of an industrial site as having agriculture, he said. In that community, sheep worked double duty, providing food and clothing, visitors learned Sunday at the national historic site s annual sheep-shearing day. The resident flock of more than a dozen merino sheep was the main attraction of the day at the Union...

The ironmaking village of the 18th and 19th centuries shows its agricultural side, with sheep shearing, wool spinning and cooking lamb stew, of course. Most people don t think of an industrial site as having agriculture, he said. In that community, sheep worked double duty, providing food and clothing, visitors learned Sunday at the national historic site s annual sheep-shearing day. The resident flock of more than a dozen merino sheep was the main attraction of the day at the Union...

The goodness of goats E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments (below) By ALAN CROWELL Staff Writer Sunday, April 29, 2007 enlarge Staff photo by Jim Evans Abby Pirri plays with her parent's goats during the Sherman Farm's goat enterprise open house Saturday in Fairfield. The goodness of goats E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments (below) By ALAN CROWELL Staff Writer Sunday, April 29, 2007 enlarge Staff photo by Jim Evans Abby Pirri plays with...

According to Williams, he can only remember one other goat giving birth to quadruplets in his 18 years there. The farm learning center is open seven days a week from 9 a. In addition to the quadruplet goats, Annabelle the pig gave birth to 11 piglets on Monday. Most goats give birth to singleton kids or even twins. Libby is also doing well, trying to nurse her offspring. But birthing 11 piglets is about average for a mother pig. Goat has quadruplets at Kensington Metropark By Korie Wilkins...

He gives his life to his sheep and for his sheep, and no one can take them out of his hand. Grass was scarce and the flock had to continually travel from one spot to another; there were no walls for protection and because of this the shepherd always had to be with the flock. This was the moment in which is revealed the difference between the true shepherd -- the one who shepherds the family's flock, who does this for his life's work -- and the hired hand, who works only for the pay he...

According to local residents, sheep and goats died four to five hours after the disease hit and the PPR was reportedly contacted by animals that were taken to remote region of the country for gazing. PPR is an acute or subacute viral disease of goats and sheep characterized by fever, stomatitis, gastro-enteritis arid pneumonia. Last year some 400 sheep and goats died of the disease in several villages of the region. Local residents are concerned over an epidemic in the villages of the...