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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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUGUSTA — The newly sheared sheep objected in the only way they could: a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sheep shearing experts flocked to a small town in the French countryside on Thursday for the opening of the annual world championship, a four-day event held for the first time on French soil. More ...

Forget next month's football, for sharp-shearing farmers everywhere the most important world cup just ended in Wexford, with 6,600 sheep losing their wool before you could say 'bah'. In the end it was ...

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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 ...