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Canterbury Plain, New Zealand


Trip Day Twenty-seven: Friday, October 19, 2007

Sheep Shearing

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The group moves into the barn for this demonstration which begins at 3:45 PM.

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Our Guide Looks On.
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The Sheep is Sheared.

And the results spread on the floor while the farmer explains a piece of equipment to the us. Some of the group sit on bales of wool that have already been produced this spring.
6 minutes have elapsed since he first got the sheep in position for shearing.

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