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, ...

Dobbs, from Fairlie, and Mackay, of Culverden, extended the black-singlet dominance in the annual home-and-away blade shearing tests by beating Australian pair Johnathon Dalla and Andrew Murray, by ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...