Preparing the Wool Fleece for Weighing, Merino Sheep-Shearing Demonstration at Greenfield Village, April 2010
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Heavy coats of valuable wool made Merino sheep a popular breed among nineteenth-century wool producers. Every spring, shearers carefully navigated blade shears to remove each sheep's fleece by hand. Shearing as much usable wool as possible was key to maximizing profit, as farmers and wool buyers negotiated a price per pound of wool.
Heavy coats of valuable wool made Merino sheep a popular breed among nineteenth-century wool producers. Every spring, shearers carefully navigated blade shears to remove each sheep's fleece by hand. Shearing as much usable wool as possible was key to maximizing profit, as farmers and wool buyers negotiated a price per pound of wool.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
30 April 2010
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.660
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital imaging
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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