Spring Harvest Farm

Spring Harvest Farm goat-mobile on the road. I am meeting up with Jen Allgeier to transfer these lovelies to her. I know they are going to a great home.

New Saskatchewan Fibre Mill!

Finally finished kidding last week. There are 14 bouncing kids out there. As mentioned previously, I need to sell most or all of the herd of 39 angora goats. I have Cdn reg white angoras with pedigrees into some major retired herds from Western Canada. I also have CAGBA reg coloured angoras with pedigrees into some major herds from Western US. If interested, please pm for further info, pictures and sales list.

Angora are a unique breed of goat. They are integral to Canadian farming history. In the early 1900's, it was not unusual for them to be found on Government run... experimental farms. Pamphlets were produced entirely devoted to the care and upkeep of Angora and they were the most popular breed first entered in the Canadian Goat Society herd record book. As times have changed and synthetic fibres became more popular, particularly for mass production - the Angora has seen a steady decline in number across not only Canada, but also the entire of North America. There are a few highly dedicated breeders across the country, but the breed has been listed as "critical" with HLC for some years and is in need of some new found enthusiasm. Theresa Bergeron has written some fantastic articles for Genesis (the publication of HLC). There is a wealth of information contained in them. Theresa is also the founder of Thermohair - which produces products exclusively from Canadian Mohair. www.thermohair.com Another long time breeder based in Alberta: Spring Harvest Farm: facebook.com/springharvestfarm Woolen Mills that process Mohair: Wellington Fibre Mills, Elora, Ontario: wellingtonfibres.on.ca Custom Woolen Mills Ltd, Carstairs, AB customwoolenmills.com A partial history of the breed: rarebreedscanada.org/reading-room (The history of goats)

The babies have started to arrive!