For the fourth time since 2019, Friends Thru Fiber beat six other teams then sold its "Wearable Art" shawl at auction to Jill Morrissey of Manheim for $1,700.
The buzz of clippers vibrates through a pole barn as bleating âclientsâ get gussied up for springtime weather.
This beauty shop is Glen Cauffmanâs farm, and his Angora goats are losing their winter coats of long fibers called mohair.
Cauffman, a 10th-generation Perry County farmer and his business partner, Judith Shoemaker, run Pure American Naturals farm.
Cauffman, Shoemaker and their friends spend two days each spring and fall shearing the 120 goats in the herd.
One of 120 non-sheared Angora goats. The animals long white ringlets will produce a luxury fiber called mohair. Photo by Courtney Love
Cauffman manages the goats until they are about 10 years old. The animals finish their lives on Shoemakerâs farm in southern Lancaster County.
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There were virtual presentations this week of traditional Pennsylvania Farm Show events like baby ducks sliding into a tiny pond, an up-close-and-personal look into a beehive, a hydroponic vegetable garden,
There were virtual presentations this week of traditional Pennsylvania Farm Show events like baby ducks sliding into a tiny pond, an up-close-and-personal look into a beehive, a hydroponic vegetable garden,