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Posted by Faculty of Agriculture on
April 11, 2013
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The annual spring shearing of the 新加坡六合彩开奖直播 Agricultural Campus sheep flock occurred yesterday with 87 sheep being shorn.
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The shorn wool is sold to a local producer who cleans and processes the wool into wool products such as comforters and sweaters.
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Students from the fourth year 鈥淪cience of Modern Sheep Farming鈥 observed the shearing and assisted with packing the fleeces.
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Shearers were Val and Amber Pederson from PEI. Val is an alumnus. Holly Hines is the lab instructor for the Science of Modern Sheep Farming course.
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