CANFIELD — Saturday’s hot weather at the 177th annual Canfield Fair did not deter people from an interest in wool as artisans demonstrated how to shear it from sheep and use it to make clothing and ...

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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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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Ireland's five-strong team facing stiff competition at the World Sheep Shearing Championships, taking place in Gorey Ivan Scott failed to make the final. All roads lead to Gorey on Thursday when the ...

GELLIGAER & District Sheep Shearing Society has been reborn. The society held its last shearing match in 2000 before the foot-and-mouth epidemic brought the event to a halt. It has been dormant since, ...