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RUSSELL MARTIN, extension agent in Clarke, oversees, “Wool Pool Day,” when wool from Loudoun, Fauquier, part of Prince William, Clarke and Warren Counties is brought to Berryville to be assembled, labeled and shipped by railroad to the auction houses where it will be bid on.
Martin’s statistics from the Northern Virginia Wool Growers Association show that the amount of wool consigned by farmers in this area has decreased from 68,700 pounds in 1970 to approximately 48,000 pounds this past year.
Martin offered another observation: “Though sheep farming is decreasing, we have as many 4-H youngsters who choose to raise sheep now as we did years ago. Perhaps a few more, now that more girls enter the livestock program. A lot of the kids that think they couldn’t quite manage a cow or a horse are ready to raise a lamb.”
TOM LEE AND his brother John are still raising sheep in Rappahannock, and have one of the largest flocks in the county. Tom agreed that sheep farmers are getting scarcer and he wasn’t sure why, but he was ready to talk a - bout raising sheep, to take a little time off from picking peaches. “When we first started, my
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