Fw: [Jacob-list] Re: Color Woes

[Mark and Cathie Williams]

-----Original Message-----
From: WenlochFrm at aol.com <WenlochFrm at aol.com>
To: SJohn21855 at aol.com <SJohn21855 at aol.com>; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
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Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 7:10 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: Color Woes


>Sue,
>
>I admire you for wanting to keep the Jacob breed as it is. I suggest that
you
>get the book by Araminta Aldington, "A History of the Jacob Sheep". In it
you
>will find many old photographs of Jacobs in England. It is interesting to
>note that some had forward growing horns, white ears, missing and slipped
eye
>patches, some with hardly any spotting, some dark. I even saw one with four
>black legs and very heavy freckling. I believe I found the book at WXICOF
in
>Missouri. Can someone give Sue and others the address or phone number?
>
>Joan Franklin
>
>
>In a message dated 4/12/00 1:15:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>SJohn21855 at aol.com writes:
>
>>
>>  Mary and all,
>>   Like I told Linda ( I thought I sent it to the entire list, but I don't
>> find
>>  it) someone (I don't remember who) told me that Jacob ears were supposed
>to
>>  be black. I took them at their word and didn't take the time to read up
on
>>  it. I see now that I was wrong. Sorry about that. Someday I'll learn not
>to
>>  take everything at face value and do more research myself.
>>  God Bless,
>>  Shelly
>>
>
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