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Shearing sheep has not always been the necessity that it is today. Before domestication, sheep would moult their own wool naturally leaving man to gather the deposits from the ground and hedgerows. It proved such a useful commodity that over many generations man bred sheep to retain their wool so we could harvest it at our convenience. In order to increase its versatility, we also bred the colour out of it; with regard to taking dye, a white fleece offers far more possibilities than a dark brown one. Nowadays, with the huge decline in wool prices there is virtually no money to be made from shearing and, more than anything, it has become an inconvenience for the farmers. However, it is a vital exercise to ensure the welfare of the sheep and farmers of today must deal with the consequences of our own creation! If left untouched, the wool continues to grow which can lead to problems such as heat stress and fly strike. An extreme example is Shrek, an escapee Merino sheep from New Zealand, who holds the record for the world’s heaviest fleece. After six years on the run he was eventually caught and sheared live on TV. His fleece weighed in at 60lbs – the average Merino fleece is 9.9lbs – and provided enough wool to make 20 men’s suits! To give you a rough idea of the money (or lack of) involved, a commercial sheep fleece fetches approximately £1.22-£1.30 per kg and the average fleece weighs 2- 3kg. If you consider that a shearer will charge about £1.50 per sheep, by the time the farmer has covered the other associated costs the final profit is negligible, if anything at all. When the practice first began, a shearer would remove the fleece using a pair of hand operated blade shears. It was incredibly hard work and not particularly efficient – a good shearer could expect to get through five or six sheep an hour. Things got slightly easier on the forearms in the late 19 th century when the first shearing machines were developed as these used a power source other than the shearer’s hand. Electricity, of course, sped up the task considerably. The handpieces that are used today operate in a similar way to human hair-clippers. It now takes an average of two minutes to sheer a sheep with the current world record standing at just 39.31 seconds. Even with all the modern machinery, shearing is still extremely hard physical work and it is said that during an eight hour session the shearer will burn calories equivalent to running two marathons! Before he begins the shearer dons some fashion-forward footwear, a special pair of felted shoes called moccasins. These allow the shearer to manoeuver the sheep in relative comfort and, more importantly, prevent the shearer from slipping on the slick lanolincovered floor. Lanolin is a greasy substance that is found naturally on the wool of the sheep, its purpose is to protect both the wool and the skin from exposure to the elements. Lanolin’s properties work so effectively that we have harnessed them for use in several other unlikely products – check your make-up and shoe polish! Once the fleece has been removed it will be bundled up and either sold to our Farm Park visitors or sent to the British Wool Marketing Board. This organisation, which co-ordinates the collection and sale of wool from around 46,000 registered producers, will grade, pool and sell the fleeces at public auction. Shearing demonstrations will be taking place twice a day at the Cotswold Farm Park until 28 th June. For more information, visit: www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk 21
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