8 June, 1908.] 



A Small Farmer's Woolprcss. 



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The press can be made by any farmer, and is a suitable in-door job 

 for wet da\s. The measurements are 4 feet 6 inches high, and 2 feet 2 

 inches square, clear inside measurement, (twO' sides will need to be made 

 2 feet 4 inches to bring all the sides to 2 feet 2 inches inside). The 

 side pieces are of ordinary hard-wood, 3 feet i inch long; 6x1 can be 

 used for the sides, and 3x2 for the side pieces. Old bolts are used 

 in each corner. 



The pack should be put in with the corners about four inches from 

 the ground, and the centre of the bottom of the pack touching the floor. 

 The staples are necessary so that a wire skewer made of No. 6 fencing 

 wire, and sharpened, can l)e run through the pack and the staple, into 

 the pack again, through the next staple and so on, no cutting of the pack 



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A SMALL FARMER S WOOLPRESS. 



being required. When the bale is full the skewers are withdrawn and 

 the slack of the cap is tucked under, pulled o\er, and drawn tightly 

 with a centre four-ply stitch ; two bolts can then be taken out, and the 

 bale released and sewn up neatly. The staples should be two inches 

 from the top of the press, and made of No. 8 wire driven in and turned 

 up inside, through holes bored only large enough to allow the wire to 

 fit exactly. 



The measurements of a wool -pack are 4 feet 6 inches x 2 feet 3 inches 

 X 2 feet 4 inches, and the box being made a little smaller causes a squarer 

 bale. Tt is necessary to well fill the corners of the pack when com- 

 mencinof. 



