The price is usually five cents a head, the farmer providing food, but the shearer finding his own tools.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
shearer in his "Management and Training of Children," says: "The child may inherit instincts, but a kind Providence has ordained that he shall not inherit habits.
"Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training"
Mosiah Hall
The shearer was distinct from the Shearman or Sherman, the former operating on the sheep and the latter on the nap of the cloth.
"The Romance of Names"
Ernest Weekley