RETIREMENT AUCTION
Sheep ~ Cattle ~ Coverall Buildings
Machinery ~ Sheep Stabling
On Saturday October 1, 2011 @ 10:00 AM
FOR
Ron & Adele Service, Black Walnut Lane Farm
814 Millgrove Side Road, Millgrove, ON
Directions:
Take highway #6 between Hamilton & Guelph to Millgrove, at the lights on Hwy 6, turn West onto Millgrove Side Road & follow through past 1st road (conc. 5) and the farm is on the left blue # 814
Sheep Ewes selling include:
- 40 Junior Ewe Lambs: Not exposed. Breed genetics include possible Booroola
lambs, sired by a Texel ram, full blood Jacobs, full blood Katahdins and full blood Texel. - 25 Senior Booroola Ewe Lambs: Not Exposed. Breed genetics include, Texel, Jacob, Dorset and Suffolk crosses, all sired by a Booroola ram)
- 45 Adult Booroola Ewes: Exposed to Texel Rams.
- 5 Purebred Registered Texel Ewes: Exposed to Texel Rams.
- 50 Texel Upgrade Ewes: Exposed to Booroola Ram.
- 60 Full Blood Katahdin Ewes: Exposed to Katahdin Ram.
- 15 Jacob Ewes: Exposed to Booroola Ram.
Sheep/ Rams
- Includes 2 Texel , 3 Full Blood Katahdin, 4 Jacob, 1 Romanov Teaser Ram
Katahdin Flock Exposed To Ram
Rams selling include Texel, 3 full blood Katahdins, 2 BB++ Booroola Rams, 1-4 horned, 1-2 horned Jacob rams that are registered & Scrapie resistant, 1 Romanov teaser Ram
Sheep Inventory Data Sheets Available By Email Request and Will Be Available Sale Day.
For more information on the Booroola gene visit Prolific Acres
6 Llamas” selling that have been running with the sheep
Cattle selling – Dexters – 15 cows & calves with 5 yearling heifers – all have been exposed to Dexter bull. Most of the Dexters are registered.
Dexter Pregnancy Check Conducted Monday Sept 26, 2011 by Dr. Bruce Robinson of Dundas ON. Results Are As Follows:
Sale ID Number:
- 90-120 Days
- 150 Days
- Open – Exposed to Bull
- 90 Days
- 150 Days
- 90 Days
- 90 Days
- 100 Days
- Green 2969 – 90 Days
- 100-120 Days
- 60 Days
- 150-180
- 40 Days
- 90 Days
- 180 Days
Ron & Adele sold a good amount of Breeding stock as well as “Gourmet Beef & Lamb”. These breeds of cattle & sheep lend themselves well to this business.
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Coverall structure– Less than 2 yrs. old 50’x144’ with 14’ centers – drive through doors both ends, plus 2 smaller 10’ fabric doors each end, 3’ eves, roll up turkey curtains both sides, electrical panel, plus 4 High Pressure Sodium lights. Posts not included. Owner will dismantle building for buyer at no charge.
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In Addition:
1 – 26′x50′ fabric Coverall Quick Structure Arch Series, Sandstone colour fabric, no ends (non engineered) (still packaged) The Arch and Guardian Series buildings retail for between $5,000 – $7,000 (these are not low end shelters)
Possible applications of Arch Series Buildings – click on picture to expand
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Plus:
1 – 14’x14’x30’ fabric Coverall Quick Structure Guardian (non engineered) crated and ready to go
Possible applications of Guardian Series Buildings – click on picture to expand
2- 20′ Macro air fans, low energy, less than 2 years old, with variable speed. Owners found them exceptionally effective for livestock environment.
Tractor – John Deere 6200, quad range, dual remotes, 3500 hrs. 18.4”x30” rubber.
Skid steer attachments – steel cat tracks for Bobcat 853 and other models – grapple in perfect working order 2 yrs old
Equipment – Bauman 4100 silage wagon (tractor drawn) hydraulic driven, used for feeding. Hydraulic hoist dump wagon, 20′ Creekbank bail rack with steel racks, mesh floor, thrower wagon, 20’ Horst steel mesh floor wagon with lights & end supports for round bales, 2 gravity wagons. 5′ rotary mower, 6′ blade, 11′ Packer, 12′ cultivator, white disc, International 420 3 harrow plow, post hole auger (land pride) New Idea spreader, pallet & manure fork for Frey loader. 16′ tag along steel trailer plus other pieces. TRAILER -JDJ tandem axle utility with sides & tarp.
Sheep and livestock equipment include a sorting & crowding tub, weigh scales, hay feeders large & small, water bowls & tubs, portable loading chute, plastic feed mangers, Richie and SPF water fountains, chore time steel 5 ton feed bin, cattle squeeze head gate, pick up box for lambs. Penning & gates – 280’ Bauman tombstone feeder panels, different lengths, a HUGE assortment of gates, panels & slant bar feeders in very good condition all used for penning and feeding. Foot shears, air powered, hardly used. Large selection of used fence posts various sizes in good condition.
BALAGE – approx. 200 individually wrapped 4×4 1st cut bales (cut mid June)
Misc. – 16 cement blocks, 2′x2′x4′., 100 gallon hand pump fuel tank, earth tubes 4′, portable gas generator (5200 watt) 6 rolls 30” plastic wrap, plastic culverts 18” x 20′. Vermont Castings Resolute wood stove.
Sale order as follows – wagon load – misc. machinery – cattle – sheep – gates – coverall.
Cash – sale day, cheques with ID or Debit. Owners and auctioneers are not responsible for accidents on the day of the sale.
This is a good working operation. The livestock is healthy & equipment is in working order.
Black Walnut Lane – Ron Service - 905-689-0698
Brubacher Sales
Walkers - 519-824-0796
Dennis - 519-654-7833
As Ron is fond of saying, “Life is certainly an adventure”.
Ron & Adele have enjoyed their sheep & cattle work over the past several years. While retirement from the farm comes with some sadness, they look
forward to the future, enjoying other things, as they walk along this path called life.
Life is a journey, not a destination. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have just read that you are retiring, we enjoyed seeing you on the Hamilton Market , although not for a long time. While you were on the market, we became addicted to your Mousakka, tonight we are having the last container that we have frozen. We went to the Ancaster Market last week, but it was a rainy day and you weren’t there. Are you going to continue making and selling Mousakka ?