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a very compact bundle since buyers prefer the ordi- 

 nary, rather loosely tied fleeces. 



SHEARING MACHINES. 



The use of machines has now become quite com- 

 mon in shearing sheep and they are sufficiently well 



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HAND-SHEARING MACHINE. 



perfected so that they do their work with little 

 trouble from breakage. It is far easier to learn to 

 shear sheep with machine than by hand, though old 

 shearers prefer the hand shears and can shear as 

 many sheep in the old-fashioned way as with the 

 machine. Not so, however, with the novice; he will 



