<title>Doug Hogue's Sheep Page</title>

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<H2>Douglas E. Hogue

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<H3><P>Two limitations of sheep production are the reproductive rates of ewes and

the seasonality of production.  The <A

HREF="http://128.253.135.85/webimages/star2s.gif">STAR </A>sheep management

system has been developed to help solve these two problems.  It is a

systematic schedule with 5 lambing periods evenly spaced throughout the year for

continuity of production.  Each ewe can lamb 5 times in 3 years or 1.67 times a

year for increased production.  Coupling this increase in lambing frequency with

an increased lambing rate, we are now realizing an annual lamb production of

about 3 lambs per ewe.  The <A

HREF="http://128.253.135.85/webimages/star2s.gif">STAR </A>was developed by Brian

Magee, Cornell Sheep Farm Manager, and the figure depicts the <A

HREF="http://128.253.135.85/webimages/star2s.gif">STAR </A>as we use it.

