SHEEP SHEARING BY MACHINERY.
According to the Engineer, a machine fot shearing sheep is said to be in successful operation in Victoria. It is made of brass, in the shape of a small trowel. The motion is actuated by a small turbine wheel, about three inches in diameter, geared into another wheel, on which is fixed a cutter. Iu front is a comb, serving as a guard agaiust cutting the skin The steam is conveyed from the boiler by an india-rubber tube, which is double, having one inside the other. The inner one is the injection, and the space between the two the ejection. The machine is used in the same fashion as the shears, but cuts, it is stated, much quicker, and far cleaner, without the least danger of injuring the fleece or theep.
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1975, 4 October 1886, Page 2
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135SHEEP SHEARING BY MACHINERY. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1975, 4 October 1886, Page 2
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