{"id":3626,"date":"2014-08-05T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2014-08-05T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:27:00","slug":"third-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/third-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Third stop&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_56-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"20140719_56\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8230;.on our Devon summer tour: the famed Rotokawa herd in Hardwick, Massachusetts.\u00a0 Few breeders could be under more pressure than Henry Hauptman.\u00a0 For the past few years he has owned the famed Rotokawa&#8230;and his first big decision was to withdraw the animals from the marketplace while he worked to restore their luster.<\/p>\n<p>We think Henry&#8217;s &#8220;there&#8221;&#8230;.he thinks it will take at least one more year.\u00a0 There are imitators, but Henry&#8217;s\u00a0are still the original genetics imported by Ridge Shinn, Gearld Fry and Chuck Lacy.\u00a0 And Ken McDowall remains in close contact with Henry on all the breeding decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_43-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"20140719_43\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_80-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_80-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"20140719_80 (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_74.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140719_74-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"20140719_74\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After being transported from New Zealand&#8230;.and then trucked around the countryside here in the States&#8230;.the Rotokawa herd has certainly benefited from a prolonged stay in one pasture.\u00a0 The young heifers&#8230;approaching breeding age&#8230;are remarkably similar.\u00a0 And the\u00a0older cows have snapped back to their original vitality.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, we did see Ridge Shinn during our stop in Hardwick, though only for dinner.\u00a0 He was busy all afternoon becoming a new grandpa again!\u00a0 Congratulations to all the growing herds.\u00a0 Henry&#8217;s and Ridge&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop: another well known Devon name, Harrier Fields Farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;.on our Devon summer tour: the famed Rotokawa herd in Hardwick, Massachusetts.\u00a0 Few breeders could be under more pressure than Henry Hauptman.\u00a0 For the past few years he has owned the famed Rotokawa&#8230;and his first big decision was to withdraw the animals from the marketplace while he worked to restore their luster. We think Henry&#8217;s &#8220;there&#8221;&#8230;.he thinks it will take at least one more year.\u00a0 There are imitators, but Henry&#8217;s\u00a0are still the original genetics imported by Ridge Shinn, Gearld Fry and Chuck Lacy.\u00a0 And Ken McDowall remains in close contact with Henry on all the breeding decisions. After being transported from New Zealand&#8230;.and then trucked around the countryside here in the States&#8230;.the Rotokawa herd has certainly benefited from a prolonged stay in one pasture.\u00a0 The young heifers&#8230;approaching breeding age&#8230;are remarkably similar.\u00a0 And the\u00a0older cows have snapped back to their original vitality. Incidentally, we did see Ridge Shinn during our stop in Hardwick, though only for dinner.\u00a0 He was busy all afternoon becoming a new grandpa again!\u00a0 Congratulations to all the growing herds.\u00a0 Henry&#8217;s and Ridge&#8217;s. 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