hearers

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Due to the industrialised nature of farming in New Zealand, shearers can expect to handle about 400-600 sheep a day.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Horehore Station, the ranch that was recently sold, employed three people full time and many others part time, such as shearers, fencers and helicopter pilots, Mr. Hindrup said.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

And, faced with a dearth of skilled shearers, he’s flown them in from all over to do it, too.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2018

But good workers - shepherds and shearers - were hard to find.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2016

He noted tools that disappeared, and that the enslaved sheep shearers and spinners who were only supposed to take small amounts of “dirty wool” for themselves were keeping large amounts.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis