Contractors Who Shear Sheep

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Lido Vizzutti, An Overdue Haircut. New York Times, Apr 20, 2014 (a photo essay titled Backdrop, in Sunday Business section).

text:
www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/business/an-overdue-haircut.html
(“Four million sheep are shorn each year in the United States, said Rita Samuelson, marketing director for the American Wool Council, producing wool with a value of about $49 million”)

slide show:
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2014/04/20/business/BACKDROP.html

Note:
(a) Lavina, Montana
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavina,_Montana
(a town)

(b) legend of online photo 1: “Rambouillet Merino sheep, yet to be sheared, are seen in a pasture at Lehfeldt Land & Livestock in Lavina, Mont. It is the time of year when sheep are sheared for their coats.”  (In print, the kind of sheep is not mentioned.)
(i) Rambouillet (sheep)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambouillet_(sheep)
(The development of the Rambouillet breed started in 1786, when Louis XVI purchased over 300 Spanish Merinos (318 ewes, 41 rams, 7 wethers) from his cousin, King Charles III of Spain)
(ii) Rambouillet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambouillet
(a commune; located in the suburbs of Paris 44.3 km (27.5 mi) southwest from the center; Château de Rambouillet)
(iii) Merino
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merino
(section 1 Etymology)