Published: 2025-05-08 04:40

北海道 士別 羊の毛を刈る作業が最盛期

北海道有数産地士別市では、夏に向け気温上がるのを前に、の毛を刈る作業最盛期迎えています。

北海道士別市およそ1450頭の飼育する北海道有数産地で、このうち「かわにしのしずお農場」では4月中旬からの毛を刈る作業始まっています。

7日は市の地域おこし協力隊員などの講習兼ね行われ、ニュージーランドでの毛刈り職人として働いている大石隼さん(45)が講師務めました。

大石さんは、暴れないように手足使っ固定することが重要だと説明したうえで、専用のバリカンを使って体全体覆う毛を素早く刈る方法実演しました。

このあと講習参加者は慣れない手つき流しながら1頭1頭の毛を丁寧に刈り込んでいました。 4月から地域おこし協力隊として士別市働いている桐生真太郎さん(39)は「今後独立目指しているので、1人で何頭もこなしていけるように技術を磨いていきたい」と話していました。 講師大石さんは「毛は伸びすぎるとかゆみやダニの付着にもつながるので、毛刈りは重要作業です。受講生がだんだん上手になっていく様子は見ていてもうれしいです」と話していました。

この農場では5月下旬までにの毛刈りを終える予定だということです。

# 言葉 意味
8 ひつじ (羊) : sheep (Ovis aries)
3 ほっかいどう (北海道) : Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
3 しべつし (士別市) : Shibetsu (city) (place)
3 かる (刈る) : to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear; to reap; to harvest
3 さぎょう (作業) : work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
3 たいせき (大石) : 1. large stone; boulder 2. large group of stones (in the game of go)
2 ゆうすう (有数) : prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
2 さんち (産地) : producing area
2 のうじょう (農場) : farm (agriculture)
2 ちいき (地域) : area; region
2 おこし (お越し) : coming; going
2 こうしゅう (講習) : short course; training
2 はたらく (働く) : 1. to work; to labor; to labour 2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
2 こうし (講師) : lecturer
2 つかう (使う) : 1. to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use 2. to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
2 じゅうよう (重要) : important; momentous; essential; principal; major
2 はなす (話す) : 1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat 2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
1 むける (向ける) : to turn towards; to point
1 きおん (気温) : air temperature
1 あがる (上がる) : 1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised 2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
1 さいせいき (最盛期) : 1. golden age; prime; heyday; height of prosperity 2. season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
1 むかえる (迎える) : 1. to go out to meet 2. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
1 およそ (凡そ) : 1. about; roughly; approximately 2. generally; on the whole; as a rule
1 しいく (飼育) : breeding; raising; rearing
1 おか (丘) : 1. hill; height; knoll; rising ground 2. bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
1 ちゅうじゅん (中旬) : middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
1 はじまる (始まる) : 1. to begin; to start; to commence 2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
1 かねる (兼ねる) : 1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do 2. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
1 おこなう (行う) : to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
1 しょくにん (職人) : craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
1 つとめる (勤める) : 1. to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in) 2. to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of)
1 あばれる (暴れる) : to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
1 てあし (手足) : 1. hands and feet; limbs 2. person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
1 こてい (固定) : 1. fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); securing; anchoring; fastening down 2. fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same
1 せんよう (専用) : 1. (one's) exclusive use; private use; personal use 2. dedicated use; use for a particular purpose
1 ぜんたい (全体) : whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
1 おおう (覆う) : to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
1 ほうほう (方法) : method; process; manner; way; means; technique
1 じつえん (実演) : 1. demonstration; presentation 2. stage show; performance
1 さんかしゃ (参加者) : participant; entrant
1 てつき (手つき) : manner of using one's hands
1 あせ (汗) : 1. sweat; perspiration 2. moisture; condensation
1 ながす (流す) : 1. to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears) 2. to wash away
1 かりこむ (刈り込む) : 1. to prune; to trim; to cut back; to clip 2. to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest
1 きりいく (桐生) : Kiriiku (surname)
1 しんたろう (真太郎) : Shintarou (masc)
1 こんご (今後) : from now on; hereafter
1 どくりつ (独立) : 1. independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own 2. independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom
1 めざす (目指す) : 1. to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on 2. to go toward; to head for
1 みがく (磨く) : 1. to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to grind (e.g. lens) 2. to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
1 のびる (伸びる) : 1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.) 2. to straighten out; to be flattened; to become smooth
1 かゆみ (痒み) : itch
1 ふちゃく (付着) : sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
1 つながる (繋がる) : 1. to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to 2. to lead to; to be related to
1 じゅこう (受講) : taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
1 ようす (様子) : 1. state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances 2. appearance; look; aspect
1 げじゅん (下旬) : last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month