Weighing the Wool Fleece from Merino Sheep-Shearing Demonstration, Greenfield Village, April 2010

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

30 April 2010

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.662

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital imaging

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

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