Download or read book Changes in the Sheep Industry in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. sheep industry is complex, multifaceted, and rooted in history and tradition. The dominant feature of sheep production in the United States, and, thus, the focus of much producer and policy concern, has been the steady decline in sheep and lamb inventories since the mid-1940s. Although often described as "an industry in decline," this report concludes that a better description of the current U.S. sheep industry is "an industry in transition."

Download or read book Wool and Water written by Jennifer Tann and published by History Press. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wool & Water

Download or read book Wool written by W S Simpson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book leading experts within the industry come together to give the first comprehensive treatments of the science and technology of wool to be published in over 20 years. The wool industry has been through a period of substantial change, with a major overhaul of trading methods, exciting innovations in wool-scouring and wool processing methods, and the development of modern technology reflecting a strong emphasis on environmental concerns and energy conservation. Research into wool science has continued to grow, and the technologist now has a better understanding of both the chemical and the physical properties of wool. Modern instruments can determine the structural differences between several types of wool proteins and how they interact, and this knowledge is leading to a deeper understanding of what can be done to create better products and more effective processes. Wool: Science and technology is an essential reference resource for anyone involved in the worldwide wool industry whether as processor, manufacturer, or user for the garment and carpets trades. First new comprehensive treatment of wool for over 20 years Covers all aspects of processing, treatment and manufacture Contributions form distinguished experts worldwide

Download or read book Turning Wool Into a Cottage Industry written by Paula Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete, no-nonsense, up-to-date information source for anyone operating a wool business at home. Includes merchandising tips and descriptions of 18 successful entrepreneurs.

Download or read book The Wool Industry written by Paul Terry Cherington and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Founding of the Wool Industry of Australia written by Charles Trimby Burfitt and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spain s Golden Fleece written by Carla Rahn Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spain's Golden Fleece, Carla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips, Jr., offer the first authoritative history of Spain's vital wool industry. They show how wool was crucial both to Spain's domestic income and to the flourishing European textile industries that depended on the incomparable wool of Spanish Merino sheep. The authors begin by offering a broad and longterm look at the growth, dominance, and decline of the herding economy. They explain the components of wool production, from herding to shearing to preparing the wool for market. And they examine the evolution of the woolen textile industry in Spain and the export trade in raw wool.

Download or read book General Study of the Wool Industry written by Robert Morris Associates. New England Chapter and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vanishing Fleece written by Clara Parkes and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned knitter shares her year-long adventure through America’s colorful, fascinating—and slowly disappearing—wool industry. Join Clara Parkes as she ventures across the country to meet the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Along the way, she encounters a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool fleece is measured, baled, shipped, and turned into skeins. In pursuit of the perfect yarn, Parkes describes a brush with the dangers of opening a bale (they can explode), and her adventures from Maine to Wisconsin (“the most knitterly state”) and back again. By the end of the book, you’ll be ready to set aside the backyard chickens and add a flock of sheep instead.

Download or read book Wool Economy in the Ancient Near East written by Catherine Breniquet and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Ancient Near East covers a huge chronological frame, from the first pictographic texts of the late 4th millennium to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. During these millennia, different societies developed in a changing landscape where sheep (and their wool) always played an important economic role. The 22 papers presented here explore the place of wool in the ancient economy of the region, where large-scale textile production began during the second half of the 3rd millennium. By placing emphasis on the development of multi-disciplinary methodologies, experimentation and use of archaeological evidence combined with ancient textual sources, the wide-ranging contributions explore a number of key themes. These include: the first uses of wool in textile manufacture and organization of weaving; trade and exchange; the role of wool in institutionalized economies; and the reconstruction of the processes that led to this first form of industry in Antiquity. The numerous archaeological and written sources provide an enormous amount of data on wool, textile crafts, and clothing and these inter-disciplinary studies are beginning to present a comprehensive picture of the economic and cultural impact of woollen textiles and textile manufacturing on formative ancient societies.

Download or read book Wool the World s Comforter written by William Dermot Darby and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Florence the Golden Age 1138 1737 written by Gene A. Brucker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text is complemented throughout by a wealth of paintings and drawings, 200 of them in full color. Also included are a chronology of important historical events, a listing of noted Florentine families, and a genealogy of the famed Medici family.

Download or read book Wool an Introduction to Wool Production and Marketing written by H. S. Bell and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Investigation of the Production Transportation and Marketing of Wool written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on the Production, Transportation, and Marketing of Wool and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool written by Jane Court and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2010 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Webb Ware is a veterinarian and senior consultant with the University of Melbourne's Mackinnon Project. He has expertise in animal production systems and animal health.

Download or read book The Wool Industry of the United States 1865 1870 written by Finla Goff Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sheep Business Production and Marketing Guide for Australian Merino Wool written by Shauna Dewhurst and published by NSW Agriculture. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to Australian wool growing, published in 2006 and now out of print. This book covers choice of wool -growing enterprises, identifying, customer needs, assessing profitability, establishing breeding objectives, selection and culling, joining management, nutrition, pastures and grazing management, flock health, preparation and sale of the wool clip. Table of Contents: Chapter 1. The Australian wool industry Chapter 2. Enterprise choice Chapter 3. Who are your customers? Chapter 4. Can Merino wool be profitable? Chapter 5. Establish your breeding objective Chapter 6. Choosing a ram source Chapter 7. Selection and culling Chapter 8. Ram and ewe management Chapter 9. Joining management Chapter 10. Nutrition requirements and digestion Chapter 11. Wool production from pasture Chapter 12. Grazing management Chapter 13. Flock health Chapter 14. Preparing and selling your wool clip Chapter 15. How much is your wool worth? Appendices: 1. Gross margin templates 2. Glossary of wool processing terms 3. Cost of production template 4. Individual animal management 5. Liveweight and body condition assessment 6. Pasture assessment 7. Fodder budgeting calculation template 8. Predicted daily intake of pasture by ewes 9. Some sheep diseases and their prevention 10. Merino wool clip worksheet 11. Shearing data and clip analysis templates References Further Reading