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.
The price of wool is not that flash at the moment. Lambs' wool fetches about $3.80 a kilo and ewes' wool $2.40 to $2.70. That's not a big margin for sheep farmers. They need to make money from wool as well as meat, and they grumble. Low wool prices aren't the only change from the halcyon days of the 1970s.