Exerciser Cart Gets Lambs Ready For Shows

Exerciser Cart Gets Lambs Ready For Shows LIVESTOCK Handling 18-6-22 "Our kids did the best they've ever done with lambs at the county fair this year," says Greg Uithoven, Luverne, Minn., who credits the "Lamb-Ercise" cart he built with getting his 3 kids' Dorsetts in shape. "Judges want back legs big and front legs and shoulders trim," he points out. The cart, built last June from odds and ends, delivers the combination. Pulled be-hind the Uithovens' Snapper lawn mower, it exercises lambs' rear legs, while front legs remain stationary. "It's a good piece of equipment," Uithoven says. "There's nothing like it on the market that I know of." The frame of the cart is made out of angle iron and 1-in. square tubing. Wheels are Deere cultivator depth gauge wheels. Lambs' front legs rest on a 1-ft. wide platform covered with outdoor carpeting. They're haltered to a neck rail in front. At 6-ft. wide and about 1 ft. off the ground, the cart is suitable for five 100-lb. lambs at a time. A wider cart could be used for more lambs, and lower cart could be used for younger lambs. The Uithovens' exercise their lambs in the morning and evening - one mile each time - for 60 days beginning around the first of June. Lambs get used to the regimen in about a week. After that, the cart can be pulled as fast as the lawn mower will go - 3112 to 4 mph - Uithoven says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Greg Uithoven, R.R. 2, Box 112B, Luverne, Minn. 56158 (ph 507 283-9610 or 9555).

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