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	Merino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The merino is not commonly bred in the United Kingdom, as the humidity engenders wool rot and cotting (matting which is caused by movement of the fleece relative to the sheep).
		The merino appears to have originated from the crossing of Spanish with Berber sheep breeds in the 14th and 15th centuries.
		Sheep exportation was forbidden, and wool commerce through the ports of the Hermandad de la Marina de Castilla (the local shipping authority at the time) to Flanders and England was a source of income for Castile in the Late Middle Ages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merino (672 words)

	Merino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The merino is a white short-wool sheep, the male having spiral horns, the ewes beinggenerally hornless.
		The merino is little known in Great Britain, the climatic moisture of which does not favor the growth of the finest wools, butit predominates in all regions where sheep are bred for their wool rather than their mutton, as in the western United States, Cape Colony, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.
		The merino sheep appears to have originated in Africa, whence it was brought by the Moors to Spain.
	www.therfcc.org /merino-154049.html (530 words)

	The Woolmark Company - Australian Merino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Merino sheep were first brought to Australia from the Cape Colony, and then from a number of other countries where the famed "Spanish sheep" (as the were widely known) had gained prominence by the early years of the nineteenth century - notably England, Saxony (S E Germany), France and America.
		The Peppin Merino is particularly prevalent in the sheep flocks of Queensland, on the slopes and plains of NSW, through the north of Victoria and the mixed farming areas of South Australia and Western Australia.
		Saxon Merino sheep are found exclusively in the higher rainfall country of southern Australia, especially in the highlands of Tasmania, the cooler and wetter regions of Victoria and tablelands of New South Wales.
	www.wool.com /about_education_merino.php (1131 words)

	Merino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Although the merino is an excellent grazer and very adaptable, it is bred chiefly for its wool, because it matures slowly and its mutton is generally of poor quality, excepting the related South African Mutton Merino and Merinofleischschaf derivative breeds.
		Fine merino wool is less than 21.5 µm and extra-fine merino is under 19.5 µm.
		Unlike "traditional" wool, merino is much finer, softer, and, best of all, itch-free for all but those with severe sensitivities or lanolin allergies.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/merino (672 words)

	Merino sheep - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		MERINO SHEEP [Merino sheep], breed intermediate in body size having fine wool, developed in Spain.
		These sheep are noted for their hardiness and their herding instincts and have been used as parents of several other breeds, notably the Rambouillet of France.
		Merinos are white-faced with the rams horned and the ewes hornless.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Merinosh.asp (242 words)

	Peace of Yarn :: Merino Sheep :: Fiber
		Merino has a vast micron range, from as fine as 12.5 microns to 24 microns.
		I consider the 15.5 micron Super 150's merino to be the world's most perfect fiber, having all of the great properties of wool with the fineness of cashmere.
		Merino sheep is the oldest, most popular breed.
	www.peaceofyarn.com /merino.htm (116 words)

	Merino Wool thermal underwear, socks, Superfine Merino Wool, possum wool sweaters , tops, pullovers, jackets, - New ...
		Superfine merino wool is the term given to merino wool fibres under 18 micron thickness.
		It is a highland sheep and prospers in the cold and windblown mountains of the South Island of New Zealand.
		Merino Sheep are now been bred for the fineness of the wool fibers and it is found that merino wool becomes super soft when the fiber thickness is under 20 microns.
	www.nznature.co.nz /merino.htm (557 words)

	Andrew Barton Paterson : The Merino Sheep
		People have got the impression that the merino is a gentle, bleating animal that gets its living without trouble to anybody, and comes up every year to be shorn with a pleased smile upon its amiable face.
		A sheep won't go through an open gate on his own responsibility, but he would gladly and proudly "follow the leader" through the red-hot portals of Hades: and it makes no difference whether the lead goes voluntarily, or is hauled struggling and kicking and fighting every inch of the way.
		His sheep, mostly merinos, had plenty of time to get on to high ground and save their lives; but, of course, they didn't, and were almost all drowned.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.6/bookid.1335 (1603 words)

	Sheeptacular Pittsfield! Artist-Decorated Merino Sheep Sculptures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Merino Sheep is highly prized for its wool, which can be 'woven into a fabric almost as sheer and resilient as silk, yet possessing greater strength and warmth." Its fleece is of uniform quality – preferred where spinning is a factory job.
		Merino sheep with their extra folds of skin produce more wool per sheep than other breeds.
		Early Pittsfielders transformed the New England farming scene with the introduction and proliferation of the Merino sheep.
	www.sheeptacular.org /whysheep.html (187 words)

	Merino Sheep in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Australian Merino is not a single homogenous breed but a number of ‘strains’ of sheep all of which, regardless of their origins, are uniquely Australian.
		The “Wanganella” sheep stud was established by the Peppin brothers near Deniliquin, in the Riverina, in 1861.
		The sheep are large framed and relatively plain bodied, producing a heavy fleece which is soft handling and of good colour with a fibre diameter of 20.6-22.5 microns.
	www.merinos.com.au /history.asp (1786 words)

	Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders
		The Australian Merino Centre in Sydney is responsible for the administration and secretarial functions of the AASMB.
		Merino breeders apply to a flock committee in the State in which they are situated for registration as a Merino stud.
		The government has imposed a quota on the number of Merino rams and semen permitted to be exported, and prohibits the export of Merino ewes and embryos.
	www.merinos.com.au (462 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Today, merino sheep are being bred for the fineness of their wool fiber, which ranges from 17 to 23 microns in diameter.
		Merino wool is worn as under wear, or thermal wear, as well as outerwear.
		The merino breed was originally developed for it's fine, durable, elastic wool fiber, in North Africa, during the reign of Claudius, from 14 to 37 A.D. It was then then introduced to Spain by the Romans.
	www.scotchhousecarmel.com /merino.htm (269 words)

	merinovictoria.com
		The Australian Merino is a great success story in the breeding of sheep; hardy, versatile all-purpose; capable of surviving in the harsh regions of Australia as well as on high rainfall improved pastures.
		Wool types are from the very finest Merino all the way through the range to broader Merinos, aiming for large correct frames, high fleece weights with soft handling, bright white wool.
		The Australian Merino has high quality lean meat, with superior tasting qualities and provides the genetics for the bulk of prime lamb mothers in Australia, totalling up to 80% of all sheep in Australia.
	www.merinovictoria.com (382 words)

	Merino Wool Thermal Underwear, Clothing, Merino Wool Socks, Sweaters, Socks - New Zealand Nature Co
		Merino sheep are noted for its very fine and thick wool.
		Merino wool feels natural on your skin - the feel of a super soft natural fabric on your skin on a freezing day.
		It is pure merino wool and at 300grams per meter weight, it is the natural alternative to plastic polar fleece tops.
	www.newzealandnature.com /merinowool.htm (582 words)

	Merino Sheep Maggots - To Start - Merino Sheep Maggots
		Merino sheep are more susceptible to footrot than British breeds and their crosses.
		We have chosen to keep Merino sheep - they are the ones where the rams have huge curling horns...
		Sheep We keep about 20 to 25 sheep on the property - the number varies from year to year.
	newzealand.fanfictionforums.com /merino-sheep-maggots.html (432 words)

	Maine Merino - quality yarn, wool comforters, duvets, knitting vacations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Merino sheep are known throughout the world for their high quality fleece.
		Merino sheep are bred and raised here in Maine's quiet countryside.
		Merino sheep are medium-sized with rams weighing between 175 and 235 pounds and ewes between 135 and 180 pounds.
	www.mainemerino.com (348 words)

	Southrose Merino and Poll Merino Sheep Stud - Newsletters
		His 18.9 micron wool makes him an impressive wool sheep but combined with a body weight of just over 134 kilos and an eye muscle depth of forty-five millimetres, his carcass traits prove him to be an outstanding example of a true dual purpose type.
		Local organic merino lambs from the Broken Hill West Darling district hit what is believed to be a new record high for a consignment of 200 lambs or more.
		The 232 merino wether lambs from the McClure and Daughters, Wilcannia property, made to a high of $149.76 and averaged $110.18 for the whole consignment.
	www.southrose.com /newsletters.htm (845 words)

	Hinsdale Bicentennial - History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In The first History of Berkshire County by David Fields in 1829, a section describing agriculture by Chester Dewey of Williams College reported that "Flocks of sheep from three to four hundred are not very frequent; but we occasionally find one of eight hundred or a thousand.
		The number of sheep is unknown; but there were said to be about 8000 in the town of Lanesborough alone in 1826."
		The Berkshire Agricultural Society based in Pittsfield, the oldest in the nation, had been incorporated in 1811 under the leadership of Elkanah Watson who was credited with introducing merino sheep from Europe, a variety with longer-fibered wool, that rapidly became the major variety.
	www.hinsdale200.org /sheep_history.htm (456 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Delaine Merino Sheep
		The body is fairly free from wrinkles, but it carries heavy neck folds, a rosette or button tail and frequently wrinkles or heavy folds are found behind the shoulders and on the thighs and rear flanks.
		The long, unbroken line of breeding extending back for more than twelve hundred years of sheep bred for one specific purpose, the production of the best wool in the world, and early development under nature's law of "Survival of the Fittest" make the Merino one of the most prepotent breeds of sheep in the world.
		The fact that a large percentage of the sheep in the world carry Merino blood means that they are the best all around breed the world has ever known.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/sheep/delainemerino/index.htm (774 words)

	Merino wool products from the Tin Shed, New Zealand
		New Zealand is a country of 4 million people and over 30 million sheep; consequently much of our farming industry is devoted to sheep and wool.
		Each of the many different breeds of sheep that are farmed in New Zealand give us a different type of wool, wool that is utilised in many New Zealand industries as well as for export.
		The fineness, and therefore softness of wool is measured in microns, Merino wool being low micron wool.
	www.thetinshed.co.nz /merino-wool.asp (194 words)

	The Inheritance of and Association Among Some Production Traits in Young Australian Alpacas
		Relative to those for SA Merino sheep our estimates were greater for GFW, CFW, CVFD and LW, whereas they were lower for the remaining traits, except for SL, which had the same value.
		Relative to SA Merino sheep the alpaca means were greater for all traits, except GFW, CFW and CVFD.
		Relative to those for SA Merino sheep our estimates were greater for GFW, CFW, CVFD and LW, whereas they were lower for the remaining traits, except SL, in which case we obtained the same value.
	www.alpacas.com /AlpacaLibrary/InheritanceTraits.aspx (1440 words)

	Merino Sheep - Exotic Profiles - Steve Mahurin: The Marksman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This sheep is mainly a domestic species gone wild.
		This is one of the larger of the sheep species hunted under the exotic species umbrella.
		The Merino is a white ram with a body covered in usually heavy wool.
	www.themarksman.us /profiles/merinosheep.htm (169 words)

	Bliss Ranch Alpacas and Ultrafine Merinos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It soon became evident that I needed finer Merinos, not being able to simply go out there and buy finer ones, (there were none out there) I had to develop them myself.
		I continue to breed and sell Merinos and their fleeces here on the ranch.
		Since Alpacas are so much more costly, I had to start out with animals, with not quite as fine a fiber as I desired, so I'm breeding them up in fiber finess and quality.
	www.blissranch.com (355 words)

	BusinessDirectory_RutlandCo_Sudbury
		BRESEE FRANKLIN A., (Brandon,) r 25, selectman, breeder of Spanish merino sheep, and farmer 200.
		WEBSTER ANDREW, (Sudbury,) r 3, breeder of Spanish merino sheep, farmer 15, and leases of Lyman, 500.
		WEBSTER LYMAN, (Sudbury,) r 3, breeder of Spanish merino sheep, and farmer 1000.
	www.rootsweb.com /~vermont/BusinessDirectory_RutlandCo_Sudbury.html (1624 words)

	Merino Sheep Breeders Societies and Associations
		Originally known as the German Mutton Merino, the first ten ewes and a ram were imported to South Africa from Germany in 1932.
		The Dohne Merino is a synthetic dual-purpose Merino developed using Peppin-style Merino ewes and German Mutton Merino sires.
		The Merino Land sheep has existed since the 13th and 14th centuries in Germany but was first imported into South Africa in 1956.
	www.stackyard.com /pedigree/html/merino.html (142 words)

	Cheese, Specialty Food, Gourmet Gift Baskets, Cheese Gifts: igourmet
		Amarelo is an unpasteurized sheep's milk cheese from the Beira Baixa region of Portugal.
		Made from the milk of Merino sheep, the milk is curdled after coagulation provoked by the thistle.
		Serpa, a raw sheep's milk cheese from the Alentejo region of Portugal, is considered to be the most famous traditional cheese from this region.
	www.igourmet.com /shoppe/shoppe.asp?cat=1&subcat=Portugal (1440 words)

	Groveland's Est A Laine Merino Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The original Merinos were a wool sheep, who sheared a very heavy, fine fleece.
		At the end of the 18th century Merino blood from Spain and France was introduced into German flocks, resulting in an improved strain of sheep known as the "Wurtemburg".
		In France, there are 65,000 sheep with Merino blood, more than half of which are purebred, found principally in Lorraine, Alsace, and the south-east.
	www.all-animals.com /groveland/merino.html (1765 words)

	The paratuberculosis-attributable mortality rate in a f lock of Merino sheep in Australia.
		While early reports suggested that the biological and economic impact of the disease might be small, in the late 1990s an increasing number of sheep farmers reported high mortality rates in their flocks which they attributed to paratuberculosis.
		In one of these flocks, which contained about 10,000 Merino sheep, we commenced a study in April 2000 with the objectives of estimating the paratuberculosis-attributable death rate and relating the death rate to the seroprevalence of paratuberculosis and the rate of faecal shedding of MAP.
		The paratuberculosis-attributable mortality rate in the adult sheep (12 months or greater)in the first year was 14.6%.
	www.paratuberculosis.org /proc7/abst7_o4.htm (286 words)

	Lesson on sheep shearing, farming captivates pupils 06/13/04
		Ed Lynch (left) and Brian Egan of Greenfield Village finish shearing a merino sheep for the boys and girls and discuss the differences between merino sheep in the 1880s and today.
		Visitors from the Firestone Farm at Greenfield Village in Dearborn brought merino sheep, including a lamb born this spring, to the school for a shearing demonstration.
		The presenters tied in other topics, explaining predator and prey animals and the differences between merino sheep in the 1880s and today.
	www.thenewsherald.com /stories/061304/loc_20040613053.shtml (609 words)

	AIM25: Senate House Library, University of London: Letter concerning Merino sheep
		Merino sheep originated in North Africa descended from a strain of sheep developed during the reign of Claudius, from 14 to 37 A.D. They spread via the Spanish and French royal families to northern Europe.
		Related material: An Account of the introduction of merino sheep into the different states of Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope is G.L. Cat.
		Publication note: Thompson's letter was apparently published, as it is advertised on p.248 of An Account of the introduction of merino sheep into the different states of Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope by C.P. de Lasteyrie [du Saillant] translated by B.Thompson (J.Harding, London, 1810).
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/14/1436.htm (402 words)

	Merino Sheep Hunting Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		These sheep are truly wild sheep despite their looks that could lead a hunter to believe that he is looking at a herd of domesticated sheep.
		During an entire afternoon we watched a group of at least four hunters stalk a herd of these wild Merino sheep and admired the sheep elude the hunters most successfully.
		These sheep are very wily, fast and skilled in the use of the steep and brushy terrain.
	www.cbears.net /public_html/merinosheepupdate0498.html (251 words)

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