American Cotswold Record Association

ACRA-registered Cotswold sheep provide the famous warm, curly pelts that human babies love to have their pictures taken on.  When processed into single-skin throws and rugs buyers commonly pay around $120-$200 apiece for them, mostly depending on size and pelt character.

Nice, big genuine ACRA-registered Cotswolds make extra-large pelts--with long, curly, shining ringlets--and consumers have been readily paying double to triple the price of ordinary tanned sheepskins.

This adds a hefty return on a grower's investment in ACRA-registered Cotswolds.  Modern machine washable pelts attract today's on-the-go buyers.

A 4 to 5-inch fleece makes a very cozy seat in that wooden rocking chair, on car seats and other "too cool" furniture.

Of course, a long, fluffy sheep pelt makes an ideal backdrop for photos of babes (of all ages).