Annelid Characteristics. The fundamental characteristic of the phylum is the division of the body into a linear series of cylindrical segments, or metameres.Each metamere consists of a section of the body wall and a compartment of the body cavity with its internal organs.nnelid Characteristics. The fundamental characteristic of the phylum is the division of the body into a linear series of cylindrical segments, or metameres.
Shearing gangs typically have three to eight members, and travel the country going from farm to farm, shearing every day during the season. It is a hard life but pay can be good, about Â£2 a sheep and a good shearer can shear 200 sheep per day.
Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been shorn or sheared, depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day.Sheep are shorn in all seasons, depending on the climate, management requirements and the availability of a woolclasser and shearers.Ewes are normally shorn prior to lambing, but consideration is typically made as to the welfare of the lambs by not shearing during cold climate winters. working day starts at 7:30 am and the day is divided into four ârunsâ of two hours each. âSmokoâ breaks are a half hour each and a lunch break is taken at midday for one hour. Most shearers are paid on a piece-rate per sheep. Shearers who âtallyâ more than 200 sheep per day are known as âgun shearersâ.