. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . -ond, it is a neater and smoother job; third, sheepare not cut into nearly as much as with a handshears; fourth, it is easier to learn shearing withthe machine; fifth, using a shearing machine isnot so hard on the shearers wrist as using a handshears; and sixth, a larger amount of wool is ob-tained because the sheep can be clipped a man is once familiar with the use of themachine he can shear many more sheep a day,and he can hardly be induced to go back to theuse of the hand shears. A care
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . -ond, it is a neater and smoother job; third, sheepare not cut into nearly as much as with a handshears; fourth, it is easier to learn shearing withthe machine; fifth, using a shearing machine isnot so hard on the shearers wrist as using a handshears; and sixth, a larger amount of wool is ob-tained because the sheep can be clipped a man is once familiar with the use of themachine he can shear many more sheep a day,and he can hardly be induced to go back to theuse of the hand shears. A careless shearer shouldnot be employed to shear either with hand shearsor with a machine, for a rough, careless man canhurt the sheep badly by either method. Such ashearer, however, will cut the sheep worse with amachine than with the hand shears. If the cutteris held down too far on one side a furrow is plowed 92 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. through the sheeps skin. Some shearers who arenot careful when performing this work cut off theends of the teats of ewes, which spoils them for. Plate 32. Shearing sheep with a shearing machine at the Universityof Wisconsin. nursing lambs. Others cut off the end of thevagina, which, it is claimed by some authorities,stops them from further breeding. Such men as Shearing and Dipping the Flock. 93 these should certainly not be allowed to shearsheep. In older countries shearers tie up all four legsof the sheep to prevent it from struggling. Thisold-fashioned way, however, should not be prac-ticed in America. A sheep, if properly held, can-not do a great deal of struggling. Just how to holdthe sheep in the many different positions neces-sary while shearing it could hardly be fully ex-plained, but must be learned through actual prac-tice. The best way for the beginner to learn howto hold and shear sheep is to watch an expertshear a few sheep. It may be stated, however,that in every position the sheep must be held soas to draw the skin tigh
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