Spring Brings Shearing at Angora Farm
The buzz of clippers vibrates through a pole barn as bleating âclientsâ get gussied up for springtime weather. This beauty shop is Glen Cauffmanâs farm, and his Angora goats are losing their winter coats of long fibers called mohair. Cauffman, a 10th-generation Perry County farmer and his business partner, Judith Shoemaker, run Pure American Naturals farm. Cauffman, Shoemaker and their friends spend two days each spring and fall shearing the 120 goats in the herd. One of 120 non-...
Source: lancasterfarming.com