New kids at Carl Sandburg

Both the Times-News and the Hendersonville Lightning cover the new kids at Carl Sandburg. From the Times-News:

Two Toggenburg doe kids arrived at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site on April 1.

The 3-week-old kids — Houyhnhnm Sweet Little Heart and Houyhnhnm Sweet Dancer, nicknamed Shamrock and Shadow — were purchased because they are direct descendants of Mrs. Sandburg’s award-winning Toggenburg doe, Jennifer II.

Each doe is a seventh-generation descendant from Jennifer II, who in 1960 produced 5,750 pounds of milk in 10 months, which averaged to be 2.5 gallons of milk each day. Her production record was the top all-breed record in the United States and the top Toggenburg record in the world.

The does were purchased from a herd owned by June Meacham in St. Johns, Ariz. The acquisition was made possible through support from the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara....

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... June Meacham's Toggenburg herd has been raised as a closed herd for 30 years. The connection with Lillian Sandburg's prize-winning Jennifer II, came when she acquired a Toggenburg herd from Helen Hunt, who had worked for many years directly with Mrs. Sandburg and had purchased goats from her when Carl Sandburg passed away in 1967. The park acquired its first Toggenburg goats from Helen Hunt when it reintroduced goats to the site in the early 1970's. While all the Connemara Farms goats retain a bloodline directly from Mrs. Sandburg's herd, it is exciting when such a close connection can be made and reintroduced to the park. Visitors are welcome to visit with Shamrock and Shadow this spring at the barn....

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