Sheep-Shearing Machines.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 15, 16 July 1887, Page 4

Sheep-Shearing Machines.

A new sheep shearing machine has been invented at Murrurundi by Mr Bell, a fitter at a local locomotive depot (says the ‘ Murrurundi Times,’) which is very likely to create a sensation in the pastoral world. The machine is designed to work by means of compresesd air, and is almost perfected; it is small, perfect, and regular and so simple that even a child could work it. On witnessing the work, and examining its constuction, one is surpassed to think that the machine was not invented long ago, To Mr Bell belongs the honor of ‘the invention, whilst Mr Jonee, a mechanical engineer, who came from Sydney to construct the models, is entitled to great praise for the manner in w'hich he has performed his work. It was the latter gentlemen who was engaged upon the construction of Mr Wolseley’s sheepshearing machine which received great praise the other day in Sydney, and which was so favorably reported upon by a committee of experts appointed to test it. It is claimed by the inventors (who have seen the Wolseley machine at work), that the Bell machine can be placed in the market at a fraction of the cost of the former, that greater speed can be obtained, and much more satisfactory results attained. It is further claimed that by use of the Bell machine sheep owners can, from the larger amount of wool obtained, pay off the cost of the entire plant in one season. The machine has been tested and found to work very satisfactory, and no doubt need be entertained regarding its success. Patents have been taken out throughout the world at considerable cost, and the article will put upon the market in s few weeks.