36 THE SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY 



8 o'clock in the morning. On Saturday the work ceases at 

 12 o'clock in most sheds. 



The shearer, when he first takes a sheep from the catching 

 pen, takes off all the belly wool, which is thrown out into the 





[Photo by Author. 



SECOND POSITION : TRIMMING INSIDE OF LEGS AND OPENING UP WOOL 

 ON LEFT HIND LEG. 



centre of the board. He then trims the inside of the hind 

 legs and crutch, and takes the wool off the outside of the left 

 leg, and removes the top-knot a small cap of fuzzy noily wool 

 which grows on the top of the sheep's head. The machine is 



