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THE PRESS. 



In the early days of sheep farming in Australia, the great 

 trouble in the back country was the wool press. A lever made of 

 the trunk of a good-sized tree was often used, and many thousands 

 of bales of wool have been pressed by such means. The agricul- 

 tural machinery firms in Sydney and Melbourne now turn out 

 excellent wool presses that are within the reach of the smallest 

 flock owner. They are strongly made, easily worked, and of suffi- 

 ciently light construction that their carriage is easily managed. 

 The screw is absent from these presses, which is a great advantage. 



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In most of the colonies there are regularly established wool 

 sales, at which representatives from the great European and 

 American wool firms are present. It is better for the owner of a 

 small or moderate sized flock to sell his wool at the nearest of thes e 



