Author's note: This is a class project that I wrote for an Advanced Sociology Class which was required for my Master's Degree at Texas Tech University in 1970. My father David Cruz Sr. owned a Sheep ...

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GENESEE TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Last year, 16 professionals competed in the first national sheep shearing contest to be held in Genesee County. Contest coordinator Deb Caryl of Davison Township is ...

A good shearing technique can add value to a fleece, while correct handling and control of the sheep protects the shearer’s back from injury. With farmers now finding it difficult to source a shearer, ...

MORE than 50 entries and a good crowd of spectators made a success of the Gelligaer & District Sheep Shearing Match, revived after seven years at Church Farm, Mynyddiswlyn, on Sunday, June 3, by kind ...

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You’d expect William and Kate to be more used to the finer points of silver cutlery than a sheep shearing machine – but the royal couple seemed at home trying out some farm work today. They both got ...

Roots date back to 1910. It's annual sales are $500,000 worldwide. The firm, located at Platinum and Main, employs 3. The plain red brick building at 14 W. Platinum in Butte doesn't attract attention, ...

There's not many people in this world who can say they have shorn the Queen of England's sheep. But Mel Johnston who grew up near the central west New South Wales town of Carcoar can. He notes it as ...

A good shearing technique can add value to a fleece, while correct handling and control of the sheep protects the shearer’s back from injury. With farmers now finding it difficult to source a shearer, ...