On Feb 11, 3:29*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:42:22 +0000, polygonum
wrote:

Given the price farmers get for fleeces (that is, folks, sheep fleeces,
not polyester jackets :-) *), there certainly wouldn't be many sheep
kept for wool production here.

Given the knockdown prices the farmers get for fleeces still, when you
buy sheepwool loft insulation it's fecking expensive stuff.
I put down six inches of it last year, but decided to do the rest in
Knaupf mineral wool at a third of the price.

Sheeps wool encourages vermin.
You will be uniquely positioned to see the difference.