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Sheepshearing Decline Highlighted by Vermont Farmer
A Banner photographer chronicled sheep shearing with Paul Jepson in North Bennington. Howard Harrington of White Creek explains the demanding craft, averaging six sheep per hour, and notes a shrinking Vermont flock from about one million to six thousand. Jepson and Rufus Gilbert of Dorset are the county’s other active breeders.
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Shaftsbury
Paul Jepson
Howard
Hank) Harrington
White Creek
N.Y
Harrington
Colvin
North Bennington
Jepson
Vermont
Bennington County
Rufus S. Gilbert
Dorset