ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 2, 1993                   TAG: 9301010016
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Staff
DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Short


EWE AND RAM SALE SET FOR JAN. 9

The Virginia commercial ewe and ram sale will be held Jan. 9 at 10 a.m. at the New River Fairgrounds in Dublin.

Health, quality and confirmation requirements will be rigidly followed. All sheep must meet any industry or government health requirement. All animals will be inspected the day before the sale, all ewes will be pregnancy tested and no rejects will be sold.

More than 300 ewes and 15 rams were consigned to the sale by Dec. 21. Producers consigning ewes include Hickory Hill Farm of Blacksburg, Martin Kegley of Pulaski and A.C. Spotts III of Dublin. Spotts also has consigned rams.

For more information, contact Richard S. White, Pulaski County extension agent, at 980-7761.



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