sheep is bred mainly for wool and has given rise to the warm industry in the velds.Merino sheep is a popular spicies and their wool is very warm.
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In the prairies people have two major occupations. They are cattle rearing and farming. The tall and nutritios grasses are very suitable for dairy cattle. Beef cattle are rearedin large farms called ranches. The prairies are also one of the most productive agricultural land in the world. Wheat is the most important crop in the prairies.While in the velds crop cultivation is not important.The main occupations of the people in the veld are animal rearing and mining. Cattle and sheep are reared here. Sheep are raised mainly for their wool. The veld is rich in minerals and therefore mining is an important activity here.
It was a major center of wool industry that employed at one point 25,000 people. It also was a major center of trade and banking.
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There are several steps involved in obtaining wool from a wool yielding animal. The first step is shearing which is followed by sorting out of the wool. This is then processed in the industry to have a final product which is used in the textile industry.
The vegetation cover is sparse. Grasses dominate the landscape. Red grass grows in bush velds. In the high velds acacia and maroola are seen to be growing.
Jane Court has written: 'Sheep farming for meat & wool' -- subject(s): Sheep, Mutton, Wool industry, Breeding, Meat industry and trade, Wool, Lamb (Meat)
Dryden Brook has written: 'The wool industry in war and peace, a study in control and concentration' -- subject(s): Wool industry
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Wool industry is a boon and a curse in a way.Its a curse because it affects the workers with diseases and also pollutes water.(ie.the extra wool is thrown in river bodies).It is a boon as it provides warmth.An also once the wool giving animal's wool is sheared,new good and better wool grows back.
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John Macarthur a pioneer of the Australian wool industry.
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