Typically, sheep are shorn once a year. This means that the wool is clipped from the animal, producing a bundle of wool that is called a fleece. Several fleeces are bundled together, bagged, and then ...

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Wool and royalty are undergoing something of a love-in at present as prospects for the natural fibre on which Bradford’s original fortunes were built look better than they have for many years. The ...