At Ruppert's Corriedales and Cormo Sheep, we strive for Corriedale sheep that are consistently correct, straight topped, long bodied and sound on their feet and legs. With our introduction of Australian Corriedale breeding, our Corriedales now have unmatched fleece quality. Our Cormo sheep are selected primarily for their high-quality fleeces.          A Recent Sampling of Our Show Placings Includes: Grand Champion Fleece Overall and Jane Hyland Best Handspinning Fleece at the 2011 MD Sheep & Wool Festival Fleece Show Best Fleece Award in Corriedale Show at the 2011 Pennsylvania Farm Show (fourth year in a row) Jane Hyland Best Handspinning White Fleece and Reserve Champion Fleece Overall at the 2010 MD Sheep & Wool Festival Fleece Show Champion, 1st and 2nd Place Cormo fleeces at the 2010 MD Sheep & Wool Festival Fleece Show Best of Show at the 2008 and 2006 New York Sheep & Wool Festival White Wool Fleece Show 1st and 2nd Place Fleeces at the 2006 National Corriedale Fleece Show Supreme Champion Ewe at the 2005 MD Sheep & Wool Festival Supreme Champion Ram, 6 years, Md. Sheep & Wool Festival   Banjo Patterson's fleece, fresh shorn on Feb. 27, 2011 Banjo Patterson, a son of Liberton 2P18, won Best Fleece honors over all Corriedales at the 2011 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Flamekeeper was Best Fleece of the Corriedale Show at the 2010 Pa. Farm Show, our third year in a row for this award. Flamekeeper waiting patiently for his turn in the show ring at the 2010 Maryland Wool Festival. We were honored to sell two rams to Allen Farms Sheep & Wool Company on Martha's Vineyard. Geof and Nan are always ready to round up the Corries for your inspection!   A sample of our 2011 lamb crop   Please Contact Us for references and availability of breeding animals.   Our AI Program   Our wool quality took a giant leap forward with the introduction of semen from 2 sires of the Liberton Corriedale flock in Victoria, Australia. Jim and Brenda Venters (www.liberton.com.au) were kind enough to share the wonderful Liberton Corriedales genetics, with their beautiful, soft and lustrous fleeces, with our Corriedale flock. We recently introduced semen from 2 additional Liberton rams, including P10, a national winner in Australia. See his picture and pedigree at the Venters' website. Thanks again to Martin Dally (www.toprams.com) for his AI assistance. We invite you to stop by the farm to see the results.   About Our Cormo Flock   We started our Cormo flock in 2001 with 6 ewes and a ram from Sue Reuser in California. Our Cormo flock has remained small as we concentrate on maintaining only exceptionally white and soft fine wool. Individuals are culled if there is any tendency toward belly wool low on the side or any major visual variation from side to britch. We were fortunate to borrow an excellent Cormo ram from John and Kate Bostek for our 2011 lamb crop. His average micron count is 18. We cleaned up with the exciting ram pictured here, who is a three-way cross of Corriedale, Merino and Cormo from our own breeding. Contact us if you are looking for truly rare handspinning fine wool.   Ram X091 is a three-way cross of Corriedale, Merino and Cormo. If you agree with us that this is what great corriedale breed type looks like, why not add one of these females to your flock?     Geof and Barb Ruppert   |   Ann & Bill Ruppert 271 Crum Road * Fairfield, Pennsylvania 17320   (717) 642-6635 * fax (717) 642-6570 * e-mail:ruppertsheep1977@earthlink.net