1.   Mow alfalfa and bundle it in bales, shear sheep, bust broncos.

2.   In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.

3.   The farmers sheared the sheep.

4.   This course, organised by the Agricultural training board, is helping to train those who want to learn how to shear sheep.

5.   Farmers son Paul has never sheared a sheep before.

6.   At my age, I was happy enough to settle for watching a sheep shearer shear a sheep.

7.   Believe it or not, here is a coffee-table book that teaches readers how to milk cows and shear sheep.

8.   On the second day, we came across shepherds shearing sheep in a canyon, clipping the thick wool with big scissors.

9.   Ranchers still have to shear their sheep, but the cost of shearing now exceeds the value of the wool.