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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No 11. Sheep Performance Recording in New Zealand. History – Wool
By Dr Clive Dalton Fleece weight and wool quality Fleece weight was always an important trait for Sheeplan breeders in the days when wool was worth improving. Today it’s a different story, although it cannot be totally ignored – and there’s always somebody talking up a great future for wool. Farmers have heard this talk … Read more
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
Sheep Farm Husbandry – breeds and breeding
By Dr Clive Dalton Which breed to farm? There is a wide choice of breeds available in New Zealand. Some of these are the ancestors of a wide range of breeds that came from Britain and Australia in the 1860s and early 1900s, and some have been developed in New Zealand from merging (crossing) other … Read more
Wool – has it a future? Prince Charles to the rescue!
By Dr Clive Dalton ‘Farmer Prince Charles’ and ‘Farmer King George III’ Prince Charles was once reported as saying that King George III (‘Farmer George’) was a favourite ancestor and he had done a lot of research on him. George III was famous for promoting English textile prosperity by bringing in superfine Spanish Merinos (by … Read more