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Article: Chew on these tidbits about animals <> Handlers offer scoop on State Fair livestock
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2008
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The Wisconsin State Fair is teeming with things to do, buy, see,
eat. And just look at the animals. Could you possibly even learn
something about them while you chew on some type of food on a stick?
You bet.
We asked some livestock handlers Monday to tell us something we
probably didn't know about the animals they work with. Wow:
Follow that sheep: They're known as born followers, but sheep
possess another little-known attribute. "Their wool has oils in it
called lanolin," says Torrie Tibbits, 20, of Mineral Point, who was
preparing to show Dorsets named Ripper and Robbie. The lanolin has
powerful properties, Tibbits adds. "If you have a cut on your hands,