Godfrey Bowen
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Godfrey Bowen was a New Zealand Farmer and world acclaimed sheep shearer
. With his brother Ivan, he developed the Bowen Technique which involved the shearer using his spare hand to stretch the sheep's skin, which improved the quality of the shorn fleece. They also introduced the idea of shearing sheep twice a year, which is now the usual practice in New Zealand.
Bowen set a world record in 1953 by shearing 456 sheep in nine hours.
Sheep shearer
A sheep shearer is a worker who uses -blade or machine shears to remove wool from domestic sheep during crutching or shearing.-History:...
. With his brother Ivan, he developed the Bowen Technique which involved the shearer using his spare hand to stretch the sheep's skin, which improved the quality of the shorn fleece. They also introduced the idea of shearing sheep twice a year, which is now the usual practice in New Zealand.
Bowen set a world record in 1953 by shearing 456 sheep in nine hours.