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News from Garfield Farm |
On Sunday May 18 at 11 am until 4 pm Garfield
Farm Museum will hold its annual Rare Breeds Show. Loren Marceau will
shear the museum’s and the show’s sheep. In attendance will
be Don Schrider of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy who will
conduct an rare chicken breeding and selection seminar on Saturday the
17th from 10 am ? 3 pm. Tours of the 1846 inn will be offered.
The following is a list of animals that plan to attend the show:
Goats: Fainting Goats, Boer Goats, Nigerian Dwarf, Mini Nubians, Pygmy,
Horses: Shires, miniature horses, Dales Pony, Icelandic Horse, Andalusian Horse, Morgan Horse, Hackney Pony, Paso Fino Horse Mules: various crosses with horse breeds.
Sheep: Baby Doll South Down Sheep, Jacob Sheep Jacob, Barbados Blackbelly, Dorset, Merino, Romney Sheep
Cattle: Milking Devon oxen, Miniature Hereford
Chickens : Black Java, White Java, Golden Laced Wyandottee, Buckeye, Turkin, Frizzle, Light Brahmas, Buttercups, Blue Cochins, Americanas/Araucanas, Black Australorps, Barred Hollands, Delwares Pilgrim and Sebastopol geese, Blue Slate Turkey, Wild Turkey, Narrangansett turkeys and Indian Runner Ducks
Alpacas
Canaan Herding dog
English & French Lop and German Angora Rabbits
Pigs: Old Type Berkshire, New type Berkshire, Vietnamese Potbelly
For fun: Dutch American cavies guinea pigs.
There is a $6 donation per adult and $3 for children
under 13 years of age. Inglenook Pantry will offer refreshments and
food. Garfield Farm Musuem is 5 miles west of Geneva, IL off ILL Rt. 38
on Garfield Road. For information call 630 584-8485 or e-mail
info@garfieldfarm.org,