Plate IX. — Australian Shearing Shed. 



Above, interior of sweating pen with division gates thrown open. On 

 the left is the filling race and the catching pens with the partition be- 

 tween the pens and the shearing board. Notice the 2" X 3" slatted floor, 

 all slats I inch apart. Below, interior showing portion of the shearing 

 board, shearer's tool racks and some of the right and left chutes for the 

 shorn sheep. The double-acting swing doors for entering the catching 

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