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Border Collies work it with style
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Wood County sheep producer Samantha Jones holds a fleece from one of her Border Leicesters, as her trained Border Collies, Quinn, left, and Meg, right, enjoy some attention.
Sheep producer Samantha Jones secures an electrified-net fence, while her Border Collies wait for their next task.
Meg, a hard-working Border Collie, brings "her" flock to wherever owner Samantha Jones wants the sheep.
Border Collie handler Samantha Jones, who competes in the open class at stock-dog trials, uses a whistle to give commands to her dogs.
It's a mixed flock of Border Leicesters and Katahdins -- and crossbreds -- at Sheepy Hollow Farm near Auburndale, Wisconsin.
Samantha Jones uses a drum carder to process wool from her flock. She sells wool products in various stages, along with lamb direct from the farm and at a year-round indoor farmer's market called The Market on Strongs in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Meg cools off with a splash in the pool after a session working sheep on pasture. Young Quinn, who is still in training, looks on.
This Border Leicester fleece is indicative of the quality wool shown by sheep producer Samantha Jones in the fleece show at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival in Jefferson. This year's event is Sept. 11-13.
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. The first part ran in the Aug. 13, 2015, edition of Agri-View.