Sheep Farm Husbandry – Glossary
Extensive glossary of technical and commonly used farming terms concerned with sheep farming, shearing and wool preparation, and preparation of sheep skins. By Dr Clive Dalton SHEEP Wool SHEEP SKINS
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Sheep Farm Husbandry – Wool types and Handling
Sheep, husbandry, wool, marketing, preparation, hand spinning wools, when to shear By Dr Clive Dalton In the old days, depending on how much (or how little) preparation was preparation done on the farm, wool went as greasy wool to a “wool merchant” with massive woolstores. Here staff and “wool classers” unpacked the bales, and classed … Read more
Sheep Farm Husbandry – Preparation for Shearing
Shearing preparation, sheep, facilities, yards, woolshed and plant, pressing, branding, documentation By Dr Clive Dalton How to keep shearers and wool handlers happy Ronney ewes waiting to be second shorn Preparing for shearing The key to a trouble-free shearing is good preparation and the thing you must avoid at all costs is to hold the … Read more
New Zealand shearing sheds – plans and construction details
By Lindsay Galloway Introduction by Dr Clive Dalton Getting information to farmers that they could understand and use to improve their profits, was the main driving force for all of us who worked for the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) in the 1970s to 1990. Our ‘Information Services’ section was staffed by … Read more
Sheep Farm Husbandry – Meat; Grading; Slaughter; Home kill
Meat from sheep: the law; grading; slaughter; home killing By Dr Clive Dalton Sheep meat image problem Beef producers are fortunate as regardless of age, their animals all produce “beef”. Sadly for sheep farmers where we don’t talk about “sheep meat” as a generic term, there are three products to market – lamb, hogget and … Read more
Sheep Husbandry – blade shearing method
By Dr Clive Dalton (Photos by Des Williams) Shearing a sheep using hand shears. A blade shearing method. There are may methods used around the world to shear a sheep using hand shears or blades. The method shown below is used in the north of England and in Scotland. In parts of Wales the sheep … Read more