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The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival is an annual gathering of fiber-arts enthusiasts in the United States that draws approximately 30,000 visitors and more than 300 vendors. [1] It is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York .
[31]: 69 [32] Lowland shepherds imported to work the new sheep farms were subject to intimidating letters and maiming or theft of the sheep. More than 1,500 sheep were stolen on the Sutherland estate in a single year in the early 19th century. [31]: 68 Many forms of resistance were practised under the table, such as poaching. [33]
The show's most prestigious livestock honour, the Queen's Cup, rotates between the champions of the various types of livestock — in 2006 it was awarded to the best animal in the 162 strong goat section. At the 2015 show there were: [10] 20 breeds of 1,000 beef and dairy cattle; 1,500 sheep; 2,000 horses; 100 goats; More than 500 birds
Sir,—It may interest some of your readers to know how sheep are shorn by machines. Before writing about them, it will be as well to say something of hand shearing. Shearing on a sheep station is the one busy time of the year; and if there are from 30,000 to 50,000 sheep to get through, there will be 16 or 20 shearers.
Cornering at Monmouth Show Dog agility and obedience trials. In 1876 the show was held in the town's newly established cattle market in Chippenham Fields. [1] The show was then held annually (firstly in October, but then eventually moved to August – taking up its now traditional date of the last Thursday in August) up until the First World War.
The Valais Blacknose, German: Walliser Schwarznasenschaf, is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region of Switzerland. [2] It is a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for wool. [3]: 281
The Smithfield Show, formerly the Smithfield Club Cattle Show and later the Royal Smithfield Show, was an annual British agricultural show, organised by the Royal Smithfield Club. It was founded in 1799 and was first held at Wootton's Livery Stables in Dolphin Yard , Smithfield , London.
Royal Welsh Agricultural Show Ground, Llanelwedd. The Royal Welsh Show (Welsh: Sioe Frenhinol Cymru) is an agricultural show, organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (originally, the Welsh National Agricultural Society, [1] formed 26 February 1904 by influential landowners, at Committee Room 12 at the House of Commons [2] [3]), and first held in 1904.