Godfrey Bowen

Godfrey Bowen

Godfrey Bowen (1922 - 1994) was a New Zealand Farmer and world acclaimed sheep shearer. With his brother Ivan, he developed the Bowen Technique which involved the shearer using his spare hand to stretch the sheep's skin, which improved the quality of the shorn fleece. They also introduced the idea of shearing sheep twice a year, which is now the usual practice in New Zealand.

Bowen set a world record in 1953 by shearing 456 sheep in nine hours.

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