WASHING, SHEARING AND MARKING. 



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tying a very coanpact buudle, since buyers pre- 

 fer the ordinary, rather loosely tied Heeces. 



SHEABING MACHINES. 



The use of machines has now become qnite 

 connnon in shearing sheep and they are suf- 

 ficiently well perfected so that thev do their 



HAND-SHEARING MACHINE. 



work with little trouble from breakage. It is 

 far easier to learn to shear shee]) with the 

 machine than by hand, though old shearers 

 prefer tlie hand shears and can shear as many 

 sheep in the old-fashioned way as with the 



