LISTER SHEEP-SHEARING MACHINES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19994, 10 November 1927, Page 9

LISTER SHEEP-SHEARING MACHINES

SEMI-PORTABLE SHEARING PLANT THE NEW LISTER CREAM SEPARATOR. I LEVIN AND CO’S FINE DISPLAY. No introduction of modern times has done more to revolutionise the conditions of a particular industry than the application of mechanical contrivances , to the removal of the sheep’s wool. ; The transition from the old-fashioned scissor shears to machine shears in Australia and other wool-growing countries was only accomplished after many long years of ceaseless opposition on the part of the hand shearers, and there has been no greater contributory factor to this result than the wonderful success of the Lister Machine Shears, now in almost universal use. The enormous number of Lister Shears at work and the increasing demand afford the best evidence of their practical 'value. A summary of the advantages of mechanical shearing may be stated as follows: — The Lister Machine Shear can be mastered in a few minutes. The work can bo done very expeditiously on any part of the farm. There is no waiting about for incompetent hand shearers. The wool, being taken off close to the skin, is not only materially increased in quantity but is of greatly improved quality, resulting in a substantial annual gain. The wool is removed, without tearing, in a single fleece and without injury to the sheep. In a word: Hand Shearing is leakage and loss, “Lister” Machine Shearing is efficiency and profit. The Lister Shearing Machines are made in one of the finest works in the world devoted to this class of work. The materials employed are previously submitted to careful tests in our own chemical Laboratory, and the whole manufacturing is carried out on the most up-to-date British lines. The perfected article thus produced is the logical conclusion of thirty years of experience. In the Colonies, where sheep shearing is conducted on practically scientific lines, upwards of a hundred million sheep are shorn annually by these very effective labour-saving machines, and thousands, and thousands of users in all » pairts testify that “The “Lister’ meets every modern requirement. THE LISTER 1926 MODEL SEMI-PORTABLE SHEARING PLANT. Aiwarded first Order, of Merit at New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin. Engine is fitted with pulley and can be used for pumping water, driving saw-bench, etc. Fitted with 2| h.p . “Lister” hopper-cooled engine and complete with a full range of spares, including tools, combs ’’’and cutters, oil, etc. It is very compact, the foundation block measuring 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 9in. A singleended grinder with discs of ample diameter for grinding wide combs and cutters is attached. Price £lOO. Freight paid to nearest main port or railway station, fitting extra.

WHY THE NEW LISTER SEPARATOR LEADS. 1. It is British made throughout in Britain’s largest cream separator works. 2. Its initial cost is reasonable and commensurate with the high quality of material and workmanship in the machine. 3. It embodies the experience of thirty years’ cream separator manufacturing. 4. It is fitted with (a) a seamless anti-splash receiving tin with special safety tap, preventing the possibility of leakage, (b) Few conical plates which can be inserted in any order, (e) Oilbath with gears running in same, affording a continuous oil-spray to bearings. THE NEW LISTER POWER DRIVE. The new Lister separators are all sent out so that they can be easily and quickly changed over to run by power if desired. All he requires is the power attachment, which can be driven direct from engine shafting, or any electric motor. The attachment consists of a 6in. diameter fast and loose pulley with screwed belt thrower mounted on an iron frame which is bolted to a machined face on the frame base. The spindle is made to engage with the intermediate spindle which runs, in the case of the smaller size separators at the speed of 770 r.p.nu, in the E 4 and E 5 at 576 r.p.m., and in the largest sizes at 430 r.p.m. It is light; there are no springs or jockey pulleys requiring daily adjustment. The attachment can be fitted or removed in less than one minute. Sole agents for New Zealand — Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd. (Lister Dept.) Wellington. Local agent, J. W. Body.—Advt.