MorehouseMerino.com
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.:: Morehouse Farm ::. Merino Wool and Yarn for Knitting Yarn and Knitting Patterns Kits and Accessories
Description
We had an ambitious plan: to grow the finest wool in this country and to re-introduce Merino sheep to New England. Once a wool grower’s pride and joy, the Merino sheep had all but disappeared from New England farms. With the rising popularity of synthetic fibers in the forties and fifties and sinking wool prices, the fine-wooled sheep had lost favor with farmers.
The early eighties brought re-newed interest in all things natural, including natural fibers for clothing. And fine Merino wool became the industry standard for luxuriously soft wool. 100% pure Merino Wool was (and still is) a coveted label for high-end wool clothing. The chances for a fine-wool Merino sheep operation to succeed looked promising to us.
In 1987 we imported the first two superfine Merino rams from Australia into America. Superfine Merino are bred in Australia and New Zealand for their superior fine wool. Now our breeding program involved testing and re-testing of our wool for fineness to make sure that our stud rams were producing high-quality progeny. Not only fineness of wool mattered to us, we wanted our fleeces to be brilliantly white, dense and long stapled.
Contact
- morehouse farm
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- red hook New York
- United States 12571
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- 8455786493
