For many, many years, we were known as the 'wool capital of the world' because of our huge sheep market. She said the plan is to create a ' tourist sheep' by giving the statue sunglasses, a sundress, a camera slung around its neck and a bag loaded with maps and tourism brochures. High school art students will decorate miniature ceramic sheep that will be entered in the 'Junior Miss Wool' contest. We will all have a chance to go by and vote on our favorite sheep. If so, each year might...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email Area farm to host nat'l sheep dog finals By MATT CASEY Evening Sun Reporter Article Launched:09/09/2007 04:04:11 AM EDT A Cumberland Township farm will host a national competition this month, where some of the participants are used to getting fleeced. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email Area farm to host nat'l sheep dog finals By MATT CASEY Evening Sun Reporter Article Launched:09/09/2007 04:04:11 AM EDT A Cumberland...

DAN BUGLASS RURAL AFFAIRS EDITOR () MEMBERS of the staff at Quality Meat Scotland, the red meat promotional agency, were out on the streets of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness over the weekend dressed as chefs promoting the merits of Scotch lamb in a drive to increase consumption. DAN BUGLASS RURAL AFFAIRS EDITOR () MEMBERS of the staff at Quality Meat Scotland, the red meat promotional agency, were out on the streets of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee,...

Paul Hamilos in Madrid Monday September 10, 2007 The Guardian Usually it's the endless traffic jams, interminable roadworks and streets so tight that two cars can barely scrape through without losing a wing mirror that make driving through Madrid a challenge. Paul Hamilos in Madrid Monday September 10, 2007 The Guardian Usually it's the endless traffic jams, interminable roadworks and streets so tight that two cars can barely scrape through without losing a wing mirror that make driving...

Heralded by sheep specialists as a first-of-its-kind project in Canada, the urban sheep grazing program is still unique to the country, according to Brightbank Finnsheep shepherd Kathy Playdon, whose farm owns the sheep. The once controversial sheep grazing program has evolved into a tourist attraction from its early days as a way for the city to cut grass in hard-to-access areas. The flock was led through the streets of downtown, stopping traffic and drawing smiling people out of...

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