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Ed & Vicky Lentz Fox Falls Farm Dockstader Road New Lisbon, NY 13415 |
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Welcome to Fox Falls Farm, a small family-owned sheep farm in central New York. Please feel free to browse our website and to contact us if you find anything of interest to you. |
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Fox Falls Farm is expanding! Under our son's (Ed's) management, we will soon be offering grass-fed beef, pork and lamb, as well as grains and vegetable oil.
Check out Ed's blog at foxfallsfarm.wordpress.com
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The Romney Fleece
"The Romney fleece is unique among all breeds of sheep in the way it combines several important traits. The fleece is lustrous; it hangs in separate locks, with minimal cross fibers between the locks. It is also high yielding and easily spun. Uniformity of crimp from the butt to the tip of a lock is also typical of the breed. Romney wool has the finest fiber diameter of all the longwool breeds; the spinning count may run from 40 to 48 which is 38.0 to 31.0 microns. Ideally, the spinning count of the fleece is consistent over the entire body. Fleeces from mature ewes will weigh from eight to twelve pounds (3.6-5.4 kg). It is the low grease content of Romney wool that makes it a very light shrinking fleece upon washing, and consequently high yielding with a range in yield from 65 to 80%. *** The long, lustrous fleece, hanging in separate locks, also makes a white or natural colored Romney fleece especially attractive to those who practice the ancient art of handspinning. The fleece is easily spun in the grease or after washing and carding, and readily takes dye. The natural black, gray, silver and brown colors of the natural colored Romneys are frequently among the most sought after fleeces at shows and sales. A handspinning-quality fleece may often sell for three to ten times what a commercial buyer would pay for it." http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/romney/     |
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