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SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



SHEARING ON THE EANGE. 



Shearing on the ranges occurs at different 

 seasons, according to the condition and charac- 

 ter of the country. Usually in southern ranges 

 it is before lambing, at railway stations where 

 the wool is readily shipped away. If on the 

 other hand, the ewes are shorn upon their sum- 

 mer range, they may be shorn after lambing. 



LINCOLN SHEAHLINGS 



The shearers are roving groups of men, as 

 needs must be, possessed of iron muscles and 

 great deftness of hand. A good shearer will 

 average 100 sheep a day, for which he gets 

 from seven to twelve cents per head. Nor 

 must Eastern shearers console themselves that 

 these men do exceptionally rough or careless 

 work; they shear, on the average, quite as well 



