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    Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically...
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  • A sheep shearer is a worker who uses (hand-powered)-blade or machine shears to remove wool from domestic sheep during crutching or shearing. During the...
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    fields. Sheep not meant to be eaten are typically shorn annually in a shearing shed. Ewes tend to be shorn immediately prior to lambing. Shearing can be...
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    Wool (redirect from Animal shearing)
    reaction in some people. Sheep shearing is the process in which a worker (a shearer) cuts off the woollen fleece of a sheep. After shearing, wool-classers separate...
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    Australian and New Zealand context, shearing involves an annual muster of sheep to be shorn, and the shearing shed and shearers' quarters are an important part...
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    group of sheep is called a flock. Many other specific terms for the various life stages of sheep exist, generally related to lambing, shearing, and age...
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    Shearing sheds (or wool sheds) are large sheds located on sheep stations to accommodate large scale sheep shearing activities. In countries where large...
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  • This is a list of people who have been appointed a knight or a dame by the British honours system or a Commonwealth realms honours system for their contribution...
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    Blade shearing or hand shearing is the style of shearing sheep and other animals with fibrous coats (alpaca, llama, goats etc.) with a set of specialized...
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  • The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited was a London-incorporated public listed company created to capitalize on a sheep-shearing machinery business...
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    breed for sheep genotypes resistant to scrapie. Shearing – cutting off the fleece, normally done in two pieces by skilled shearers. A sheep may be said...
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  • "shorn" after he was accidentally subjected to Wallace's automated sheep shearing machine. This early version of Shaun shows a hint of his characteristic...
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  • via HighBeam Research. "Open Shearing – Second shear British Breed, Sheep". Golden Shears – Masterton, New Zealand. Shearing World. Retrieved 3 November...
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    Golden Shears (category Sheep shearing)
    The Golden Shears International Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing event. It was founded in Masterton...
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    The annual sheep shearing competition, Lochearnhead Shears, was established in 1993, growing to become one of the largest sheep shearing competitions...
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    modern times it is applied to rural employment, such as those assisting sheep shearing, and positions in the oil industry. Oil roustabout refers to a worker...
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    Frederick Wolseley (category Australian sheep industry)
    woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation. It revolutionised the wool...
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    the sheep-shearing machine, he was asked to join The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, in Sydney. Shortly after joining, he was sent to a sheep station...
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  • Drakesville, Iowa, who was the world champion sheep shearer at the time, was the consultant for the sheep shearing scenes in the series. The serial has had...
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    recent years due to low wool prices and high shearing costs. This, combined with the fact that the Katahdin sheep breed is also resistant to parasites - a...
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    Shearing the Rams is an 1890 painting by Australian artist Tom Roberts. It depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed. Distinctly...
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  • town where the drink originated, and the Big Sheep Shearer in Te Kūiti, where the national sheep-shearing competitions are held. A similar tradition is...
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    Dorper (redirect from Dorper sheep)
    Dorpers do not need shearing, crutching, or mulesing, and they are much less prone to flystrike. "Dorper Sheep". Breeds of Sheep. Oklahoma State University...
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  • Wolseley Motors building The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, a British manufacturer of sheep shearing and other machinery, now Wolseley plc Wolseley...
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  • sheep. The wool is removed by shearing. Shearing can be done with use of hand-shears or powered shears. Professional sheep shearers can shear a sheep...
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  • living in there. Sheep Shearing/Cow Milking (Wellington, New Zealand): The first part of the task has the cast gathering a herd of sheep, holding them down...
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  • Look up shear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shear may refer to: Animal shearing, the collection of wool from various species Sheep shearing The removal...
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    town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships. Te Kūiti is approximately...
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    Click Go the Shears (category Sheep shearing)
    bush ballad. The song details a day's work for a sheep shearer in the days before machine shearing. The enduring popularity of the song reflects the...
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    Commons has media related to Romney sheep. Bradford system Sheep shearing Wool classing ML Ryder, The history of Sheep Breeds in Britain, Ag. Hist Rev, 12...
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