This fleece sample is 10 months of fleece, on only grass/forbes pasture, some very high in green alfalfa and red clover, but all had grasses and other forbs in them. I cannot find any correlation between higher protein in the pasture and higher microns as most ewes stay fairly consistent from last year's microns.
All samples taken first week of March before shearing, from last rib, mid-side.
Many of these ewes were used in cross breeding this past year, so their numbers were not passed on to purebred stock.
| Name | Mic Ave | SD Mic | CV Mic | CEM | SF Mic | |
| FirthofFifth | ASHANTI | 24.4 | 5.7 | 23.2 | 9.6 | 24.2 |
| WhitePine | BETHANY | 24 | 5 | 20.9 | 8.7 | 23.3 |
| FirthofFifth | BOOTO | 27.3 | 6.9 | 25.4 | 13.5 | 27.7 |
| Owl Hill | BUTTER | 23.8 | 5.5 | 23 | 10.3 | 23.6 |
| WhitePine | CANDACE | 25.9 | 6.5 | 25.1 | 12.3 | 26.1 |
| WhitePine | CENTENNIAL | 27.1 | 5 | 18.6 | 8.5 | 25.8 |
| WhitePine | CHARITY | 22.5 | 6.2 | 27.7 | 13.1 | 23.3 |
| Justalit'l | CHLOE | 30.3 | 6.5 | 21.6 | 12.6 | 29.6 |
| River Oaks | ELIZA | 26.7 | 6.5 | 24.3 | 12.5 | 26.8 |
| Sommarang | EMERALD | 28.3 | 7 | 24.7 | 14.1 | 28.5 |
| Sommarang | EVA | 28.3 | 5.6 | 19.7 | 9.5 | 27.2 |
| WhitePine | EVE | 25 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 12.7 | 25.1 |
| WhitePine | FAITH | 21.8 | 5.1 | 23.6 | 9.5 | 21.7 |
| WhitePine | FESTUS | 25.9 | 5.8 | 22.2 | 10.2 | 25.5 |
| ShelteringPines | FLEUR DE LIS | 28.8 | 6.1 | 21.4 | 10.9 | 28.1 |
| Minwawe | FLOPSY | 27.7 | 7.5 | 26.9 | 15.1 | 28.5 |
| Wintertime | GALINA | 27.6 | 7.2 | 26.1 | 14.9 | 28.1 |
| Justalit'l | LAMBO | 26.9 | 5.8 | 21.5 | 11 | 26.3 |
| WinterSky | LAYLA | 26.8 | 6 | 22.2 | 11.6 | 26.4 |
| River Oaks | LUCY | 29.6 | 4.6 | 15.5 | 7.1 | 27.6 |
| WhitePine | LYDIA | 24.4 | 3.9 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 22.8 |
| Owl Hill | MISS LILLY | 29.4 | 5 | 16.9 | 9.3 | 27.7 |
| ShelteringPines | MYRA | 28.2 | 5.3 | 18.8 | 9.3 | 26.9 |
| WhitePine | NAOMI | 25.5 | 5.5 | 21.8 | 9.9 | 25 |
| WhitePine | NERIAH | 23.7 | 5.5 | 23.1 | 9.8 | 23.5 |
| ShelteringPines | NESSEBAR | 28.1 | 6 | 21.2 | 10.5 | 27.4 |
| ShelteringPines | NIRVANA | 28.3 | 5.2 | 18.5 | 8.6 | 27 |
| Owl Hill | PRANILLA | 30.2 | 5.3 | 17.5 | 9.3 | 28.5 |
| RYL | RACHILDAS | 32.2 | 6.6 | 20.5 | 12.3 | 31.2 |
| FirthofFifth | RAHU | 29.3 | 5.4 | 18.5 | 9.2 | 27.9 |
| Minwawe | REDBUD | 24.4 | 6 | 24.7 | 12.9 | 24.6 |
| WhitePine | RUSH | 27 | 5.1 | 18.9 | 9.2 | 25.9 |
| WhitePine | SALOME | 27 | 5.4 | 20.1 | 9.6 | 26.1 |
| Minwawe | SEA BREEZE | 28.2 | 8 | 28.2 | 18.8 | 29.4 |
| WhitePine | SEDALIA | 26.6 | 4.8 | 17.9 | 8.3 | 25.3 |
| WhitePine | SKOR | 24.6 | 6.1 | 24.6 | 13.1 | 24.7 |
| FirthofFifth | TAIKA | 24.2 | 6.1 | 25 | 12.9 | 24.5 |
| WhitePine | TERAH | 24.7 | 5.2 | 21.2 | 9.8 | 24.1 |
| Black Forest | TILLY | 23.9 | 6.5 | 27 | 14.6 | 24.6 |
| Underhill | ULLA | 31.3 | 8.1 | 25.9 | 15.9 | 31.9 |
| averages | 26.748 | 5.89 | 22.11 | 11.19 | 26.31 |
thoughts? :)
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5 comments:
Looks like I was the fool for selling Butter!
Very nice, as usual :)
Ouch, I wonder what happened to Lucy's fleece this year. Surprising that it microned so high yet pretty low in SD and CV. Kind of like Hannah's unusually high results this year...after three years of testing it jumped about 3 microns higher than normal.
VERY impressive Garrett, you should be proud!
Very impressive Garrett....looks like I better find a ewe or 2 from your flock in future years.
Congrats.
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