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Bidding for the shears went to $38,000, well above estimates.
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Hot competition for pricey sheep shears

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that a pair of shears used by legendary Australian sheep shearer Jackie Howe has sold for $38,000 at auction. The mechanical shears, used by Howe for many years, were listed for auction on Oct. 29 by Sotheby’s Australia. The auction house put an estimate on the shears of $15,000 to $25,000.
Yule logs and wheat
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Yule logs and wheat

The following was written by J.T. Hull, editor of the Scoop Shovel, in December 1929. The proper place to celebrate Christmas is on a farm because in its natural history, it began on the farm. Let me explain. From about the fourth century of the Christian era, Christmas has been observed as the birthday of
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Eating healthy costs about $1.50 more per day

The bad news is that it costs more to eat healthy. The good news is that it’s not by much, and it could be more than offset by a reduction in the cost of health care. Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers writing in the Dec. 5 issue of the British Medical Journal said
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Land remains a good spot to park spare cash

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Land remains a “safe deposit box with a view” for the ultra-wealthy, according to the publication 2013 Land Report 100, an annual survey and ranking of the largest private landowners in the United States. It says that in 2012, the country’s top 100 landowners cumulatively increased their private holdings by 700,000 acres to a total
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Squirrels know best: nuts make you live longer

Afew nuts a day might make you live longer, a newly published study in the New England Journal of Medicine says. “Compared with those who did not eat nuts, individuals who consumed nuts (serving size of one ounce) seven or more times per week had a 20 per cent lower death rate and this association
Herds well enough, but doesn’t fit next to you in the front seat of the truck.
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Border collies headed for the unemployment line?

Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have developed a robotic herder which they say does a better job than humans or dogs. A four-wheeled device nicknamed Robotic Rover has successfully herded dairy cows in tests on the university’s dairy herd. “Removing human judgment from trafficking speed will allow us to ensure that cows
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Alberta researchers use eggshells to build better battery

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Your morning omelette may hold the solution to your quick-dying smartphone battery. University of Alberta researchers David Mitlin and post-doctoral fellow Zhi Li have developed a fast-charging supercapacitor using eggshell membranes — a plentiful egg industry byproduct. “We sell the liquid egg whites and the yoke to food processors, and we have no use for
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Flaxseed may reduce blood pressure, early findings show

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The Winnipeg-based trial found significant reductions but researchers say it’s too soon to replace hypertension drugs with flax

Eating a bit of flaxseed each day might help lower high blood pressure, a new study suggests. Researchers said it’s too early to swap out blood pressure medication for the fibre-filled seeds just yet. But if future studies confirm the new results, flax might be a cheap way to treat high blood pressure, they added.
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Eat your salmon and flax, but watch the pills

When it comes to omega-3 fatty acid, the dose may make the poison, say researchers at Oregon State University. “Overall, we support the dietary recommendations from the American Heart Association to eat fish, particularly fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, lake trout or sardines, at least two times a week, and for those at risk of
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Is that tail wagging to the left or right?

You might think a wagging tail is a wagging tail, but for dogs there is more to it than that. Dogs recognize and respond differently when their fellow canines wag to the right than they do when they wag to the left. The findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology show that dogs,

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